2-Ingredient Chia Jello
Updated Dec 26, 2025
This Chia Seed Jello is made with 2 ingredients: chia seeds and fruit juice! It's a healthy high fiber snack and great for meal prepping!
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Make Jello with Chia!
This Chia Jello is a delicious vegan snack that tastes so good and is so good for you. Made with chia seeds, fruit juice, and an optional sweetener, this refreshing treat is packed with fiber, protein, and omega-3 fatty acids. Plus, it’s quick to whip up a batch on the weekend to enjoy all week long. If you love my chia pudding, you will love this fresh spin on it.
Happy Cooking!
– Yumna
Chia Jello Ingredients
- Chia seeds: When combined with a liquid, the chia seeds expand and become gel-like, creating a very gelatinous texture, similar to how gelatin and agar agar work in traditional jello. Using chia seeds is an easy vegan alternative to make a gel-like dessert.
- Juice: This will be used as the liquid base for the chia jello. Use your favorite 100% fruit juice, such as apple, grape, or pineapple juice. I used mango juice, blueberry pomegranate, green juice, and berry juice.
- Honey: This is optional if your juice isn’t sweet enough
How to Make Chia Jello
Chia Jello
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons chia seeds
- ⅓ cup juice of choice
- 1 teaspoon honey or other sweetener optional
- Fruits for topping
Instructions
- Pour ingredients into a jar and mix well. Let settle for 2-3 minutes then mix again very well until you see no clumping.
- Cover the jar and store in fridge overnight or for at least 4 hours.
- When you’re ready to eat it, top with your favorite fruit and enjoy cold!
Notes
Nutrition
Nutrition information provided is an estimate. It will vary based on cooking method and specific ingredients used.
Recipe Variations
- Incorporate fruit puree. Use a few tablespoons of puree to give the chia jello a thicker consistency.
- Spice it up. Add warm spices like ground cinnamon, nutmeg, and ginger to apple juice for a chia jello that is excellent for the fall and winter. Or add a touch of chili powder to go with tropical fruit like mango, or pineapple juice.
- Endless toppings. Chia jello is delicious as is, but serving it with toppings like fresh fruit, whipped cream, or coconut chips, takes it to another level.
- Dress it up as yogurt parfait. Chia jello is a great base for a healthy parfait and would make an excellent breakfast. Add yogurt, top with granola, sliced bananas, and fresh berries, and dig in!
Recipe Tips
- Stir well. It’s important to stir the mixture well and often during the first five minutes to prevent clumping and ensure the even distribution of chia seeds.
- Allow plenty of time for the jello to set. Chia seeds work best when you let them soak in the liquid for several hours or overnight. This may be the most challenging part about the recipe, but you want to give them enough time to do their magic.
- Serve chilled. Just like regular jello, chia seed jello tastes better when chilled. Plus, it will help the jello to set properly and give it a firmer texture.
- Use fresh chia seeds. If your chia jello doesn’t gel after two hours, you likely have chia seeds past their prime. Even though chia seeds have a long shelf life, they have an expiration date. The high fiber content may break down over time, reducing their ability to gel.
FAQs
It will take at least 2 hours of chilling in the fridge for the chia jello to thicken properly. For best results and flavor, let it sit overnight in the refrigerator.
If your chia seeds have still not set after being in the fridge overnight, it’s likely that your chia seeds may be bad or expired. While you can still use them in smoothies, and the like they don’t expand the same, keep your chia seeds in the freezer for the best shelf-life.
I use a few different brands of chia seeds that taste great and are also quality products: Thrive Market, Whole Foods 365, and Navitas are three of my favorite chia seed brands.
Comments
Delicious and easy to make. We enjoy every bite.
Yay, I’m so glad! Thank you!!
Fast and easy to prepare. I made this with tart cherry juice, which I love because it is a little relaxing. It’s tasty and a good way to get more super healthy omega 3 into my diet. My kiddo had some and said she likes it. She loves strawberries right now – she would love it with some low sugar strawberry preserves…
Sounds great!
Does ground chia seeds gel at the same rate as whole chia seeds? I want to use it as a substitute for xanthan gum in bread making but I’m not sure how long to soak it.
Hi there! They work pretty much the same ground vs. whole in this recipe or a pudding, but I can’t speak to using them in a bread recipe.
I’ve made the recipe and it turned out amazingly good ! Light , refreshing & so nutritious, the good thing in this recipe is it contains 10 g of fiber just from the chia seeds !
I highly recommend this recipe !
Thank you yumna
You’re so welcome! Happy to hear that you liked it!