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Vegan Chia Seed Crackers (4 ingredients)

These vegan chia seed crackers are light, crispy, tasty and satisfying! They’re my new favourite healthy high-protein snack and they have only 4 ingredients! One of which is water. You’ll be blown away by how easy and simple they are to make and customize. Plus, they’re naturally gluten-free. I’m obsessed!

How to Make Chia Seed Crackers Video Tutorial

For how to make these vegan chia seed crackers, watch at 5:54. I partnered with Thrive Market for this video.

Why make your own Chia Seed Crackers

You want delicious crispy crackers and feel great about the nutrious ingredients like “superfood” chia seeds while making life easier for yourself! These chia seed crackers are:

  • light and crispy
  • super customizable to your own taste
  • easy to make in your oven

How to Make Chia Seed Crackers

You’ll make these crackers in the oven so preheat it to 300°F. Meanwhile, you’ll blitz the dry ingredients (2 tablespoon chia seeds, 2 tablespoons hulled sunflower seeds, 1/4 teaspoon salt and a big pinch black pepper) in a food processor or pulse in your blender until the seeds are roughly pulverized. Then transfer this rough meal to a bowl and add water to form a paste.

Spread this chia paste on a large piece of parchment paper, place another piece of parchment on top and roll to make a thin, even layer. Afterwards, carefully peel away the top layer of parchment. Score the chia seed layer so you’ll be able to break apart the individual crackers easily after baking. Add some toppings if you like.

Finally, bake for 30 to 35 minutes or until the crackers are crispy. At the same time, take care not to over bake. Since the crackers are so thin, they can burn easily. 

When you’ve removed the crackers from the oven, they’ll also be quite hot (of course) so let them cool before breaking them into individual crackers and storing them in an air-tight container. They’ll stay fresh for at least a week and up to two weeks.

Chia Seed Cracker Ingredient Variations

These vegan crackers are easy to customize. You can add things like:

  • toasted oats (uncooked oats seem to add a musty flavour)
  • nutritional yeast
  • spices and herbs

Try to keep the ratio of dry ingredients and liquids in mind, though different dry ingredients will absorb more or less liquid. You can double the amount of dry ingredients without increasing the amount of chia seeds. Adding extra grains like toasted oats tends to lighten the texture of the crackers.

substitutions
You can substitute chia seeds directly for flax seeds, though the flavour will be a bit nuttier. You can also substitute sunflower seeds for other seeds or nuts. I have had a viewer regret choosing pine nuts as a substitute though. Sunflower seeds are quite low in fat compared to others so keep this in mind when choosing substitutes.

liquid ingredients
You can also change the liquid from water to something else to add more flavour. For example:

  • pickle juice
  • tomato sauce or paste
  • diluted balsamic vinegar

If you end up adding too much liquid, even things out by adding some more ground chia/flax/oats. Just also remember to slightly increase the salt too. Play around with this and have fun!

Just make sure your cracker ‘dough’ looks a lot like the texture shown in the video. I’m sorry I didn’t get a photo for you yet. The recipe comes together so quickly that when I make it, I don’t even think about taking pictures. I’ll update this post when I do though.

Printable recipe for Vegan Chia Seed Crackers

Yield: 2 servings

Vegan Chia Seed Crackers (4 ingredients)

stack of vegan chia seed crackers

These 4-ingredient vegan chia seed crackers are super easy and quick to make, high in protein and a great source of omega-3's, and healthy and delicious! The texture is light and crispy; perfect to snack on by themselves or with some vegan deli slices, vegan cheese, or with dips. Besides that, you can customize these crackers to make your own favourite flavour combinations. See the notes below for details.

One batch makes 2 servings; about 1 cup of crackers. Feel free to multiple this recipe to create larger batches.

Prep Time 5 minutes
Bake Time 30 minutes
Total Time 35 minutes

Ingredients

  • 3 tablespoon water
  • 2 tablespoon chia seeds
  • 2 tablespoons hulled sunflower seeds
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • big pinch black pepper

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 300°F.
  2. Blitz the dry ingredients (chia seeds, sunflower seeds, salt and pepper) in a food processor or blender for 5-10 seconds or until the sunflowers are roughly pulverized. Transfer to a bowl and add water. Mix until a paste forms. Make sure your cracker 'dough' looks a lot like the texture shown in the video.
  3. Transfer the mixture to a piece of parchment paper. Fold the parchment over the mixture and roll flat with a rolling pin. Carefully peel away the top of the parchment; the mixture should be quite flat and smooth. Tear away the excess parchment (and save it for something else). Use a pizza cutter or knife to score cracker shapes.
  4. Place the parchment on a baking sheet and bake for 30 - 35 minutes or until the crackers are crispy. Do not over-bake! They can burn easily. Let cool for a few minutes before breaking up the big sheet of chia seed cracker into pieces.
  5. To store, let the crackers cool completely to room temperature and check that they are totally crisp before storing in an airtight container at room temperature. They should stay fresh for a week or two.

Nutrition Information:

Yield:

2

Serving Size:

1/2 cup of crackers

Amount Per Serving: Calories: 102Total Fat: 8gSaturated Fat: 1gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 7gCholesterol: 0mgSodium: 748mgCarbohydrates: 6gFiber: 5gSugar: 0gProtein: 4g

Nutritional Information automatically calculated by a plugin and may not be correct.

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  • Catherine
    Reply

    Per video this goes in 300°F oven.
    Cheers

    • Mary
      Reply

      Yes! Thank you for pointing that out! I’ve fixed that now 🙂

  • Vanessa
    Reply

    Did you use raw or roasted sunflower seeds? I used raw, but I am not sure if it matters (maybe the roasted ones would give it a deeper flavor). I mixed Old Bay Spice Mix into the dry mix. Wow! These are SO tasty. I could easily eat the entire batch in 1 sitting!
    Thanks for sharing this recipe, and all the other stuff you post! Keep up the great work!

    • Mary
      Reply

      I used raw but I’m sure roasted would work too. Like you said, probably a deeper flavour too. I’m so happy your enjoyed these! And personalized too 🙂 Thanks for the kind words. The encouragement means so much! <3

  • Melenie
    Reply

    Thank you for this recipe. I have been searching for an easy and tasty cracker recipe. I have a number of dietary restrictions but this recipe works for me! You’ve made my day ?

    • Mary
      Reply

      You’re most welcome, Melenie. I’m so happy I could help!
      -Mary

  • Kaitlyn Modz
    Reply

    Yum! I just made these with a little bit of oat flour, nooch, and pickle brine–super tasty. I didn’t roll them all out thin enough but it didn’t really matter because the flavor was so good (and I was too impatient to just cook the thicker ones for longer). Gonna have to make these a bunch!

    • Mary
      Reply

      Yay! That’s awesome to hear. 🙂

  • Kathy The FUN Baker
    Reply

    Dear Mary,
    I just found your wonderful-sounding Chia Cracker recipe & can’t wait to try it! I am trying to adjust my diet (Lower carbs, chol, fat, etc. intake for health reasons) & eat healthier, but I miss some of the salty snack foods I used to eat too often. I’m hoping these crackers will quell some of my bad cravings/habits & give me a healthier choice in that regard. Thank you SO Much for sharing your delicious recipes with us! Happy Spring!! <3

    • Mary
      Reply

      Happy Spring to you as well, Kathy. Thanks so much for the kind comment and I hope you enjoy these crackers 🙂
      Cheers,
      Mary

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