Name: Chocolate Peanut Butter Overnight Oats
Prep time: 10 min
Total time: 10 min
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 2 cups rolled oats, divided; 3 cups almond milk, divided; 4 tablespoons cocoa powder, divided; 4 tablespoons peanut butter, divided; 8 teaspoons honey, divided

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This chocolate peanut butter overnight oats recipe is the perfect breakfast meal prep. It’s gluten free, dairy free and can easily be made vegan! You can have several days of breakfasts made in under 10 minutes and with only 5 simple, healthy ingredients including rolled oats, peanut butter and almond milk. This grab and go recipe makes overnight oats without yogurt so it’s just staple pantry ingredients you’ll need!

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Why You’ll Love This Recipe

These chocolate peanut butter overnight oats are an easy grab and go breakfast. They are perfect for simple make-ahead breakfast meals being they take only a few minutes to make and prep.
Overnight oats are a super flexible recipe that is entirely customizable. You can make them vegan, they’re gluten free and dairy free, and you can change up the flavors by adding different fruit or toppings so that each day it tastes like a different breakfast!
They can be used as a snack anytime throughout the day because they’re filling but not too heavy.
Overnight oats can be a great source of protein when you mix in protein powder or collage, and add healthy options like flax or chia.

Check out these other oat recipes: Strawberry Baked Oatmeal, Blueberry Baked Oatmeal, Apple Spiced Slow Cooker Oatmeal, Mixed Berry Baked Oatmeal

Ingredients in Chocolate Peanut Butter Overnight Oats

One great thing about this recipe is that there are only 5 simple ingredients that are almost all pantry staples. To make this meal prep breakfast, you’ll only need rolled oats, almond milk (or your milk of choice), cocoa powder, peanut butter, and honey. Almond butter can be used in place of peanut butter, but I recommend using a smooth peanut butter or almond butter and not using one of the chunky variety.

Make Your Overnight Oats Vegan

To make chocolate peanut butter overnight oats vegan, you only need to make one simple swap in this recipe. In place of honey for the sweetener, you can replace it with maple syrup. You can also use any dairy free milk such as coconut milk, oat milk or the listed almond milk.

How to Prepare Overnight Oats

Step 1

The first step to preparing chocolate peanut butter overnight oats is to gather 4 individual meal prep containers and your ingredients. You can also use a large mixing bowl that has a lid and serve it out of there.

Once you have your containers set out, measure and add 1/2 cup rolled oats, 3/4 cup almond milk, 1 tablespoon cocoa powder, 1 tablespoon peanut butter and 2 teaspoons of honey into each container.

Step 2

Once you have all of the ingredients added into your meal prep containers, you will need to use a fork or whisk to stir really well to combine everything together. The cocoa powder takes a few extra stirs to fully incorporate into the liquid.

After mixing, the oats should be completely covered by the milk. If not, add a little more liquid until your oats are covered. They will absorb all the liquid and need it to become soft. Cover your containers with the lids and place in the refrigerator.

Step 3

The last step is to let the oats sit overnight, or for at least 3 hours. They need this time to absorb the liquid so the oats soften and become smooth prior to eating for breakfasts or snacks. Then, just prior to eating, you can add your toppings individually to each serving. Toppings can range from fruit like strawberries or banana slices, additional peanut butter or almond butter, flax or sunflower seeds, or whatever sounds like a good flavor combination to you!

Storing Chocolate Peanut Butter Overnight Oats for Meal Prep

When making overnight oats for meal prep, it’s really easiest to use individual prep containers. Doing so truly makes it a grab and go breakfast that you can easily run out of the house with! I love using the Ello Duraglass 2 Cup Round glass food containers for these overnight oats.

The Ello 2 Cup Meal Prep Bowls are also ideal for salads, prepping and storing fruit and vegetables, perfectly portioned soups or grain salads like quinoa or couscous, and more. They always come in so handy for us for prepping both breakfasts and work lunches! They’re also BPA free, come with a silicone sleeve to protect the glass and prevent the containers from sliding around in the fridge or cabinet and a leak proof lid. They can be used in the microwave, freezer, dishwasher and oven, which we absolutely love!

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Additions and Toppings

Additions you can make to your overnight oats:

This recipe is really flexible! It’s not overly sweet, so if you want to make it sweeter to overpower more of the cocoa powder taste, you can add additional honey or maple syrup, or add in 1/2 teaspoon of vanilla extract into each meal prep container of oats. You can mix in chia seeds which will add a thicker texture, about 1/2 tablespoon per container, or flax or hemp seeds.

Toppings for Chocolate Peanut Butter Overnight Oats:

There are so many options for toppings, which I like to use to change up the flavors and textures when I eat this for breakfast for a few days in a row. You can add toppings such as: sliced bananas, sliced strawberries, nuts (sliced almonds, walnuts or pecans), flax, sunflower seeds, mini chocolate chips, additional peanut butter or almond butter.

FAQ:

What are overnight oats? Overnight oats are a way to prepare oats that require no cooking! Instead of cooking the oats on the stove or in the microwave, you can instead let it rest in the refrigerator once you’ve mixed it with the liquid. After a few hours, or in the morning, you have a creamy and pudding like breakfast that is easy to take on the go or just reduce the amount of time in the morning you have to use to make breakfast.

Can you use steel cut oats in overnight oat recipes? Yes! You can use steel cut oats instead of rolled oats. Steel cut oats will result in a texture that is more chewy than using rolled oats in overnight oats, and you should increase the liquid by 1/4 cup for each 1/2 cup of oats used.

Can you use almond butter instead of peanut butter in overnight peanut butter oats? Yes! You can use almond butter in place of peanut butter in this overnight oat recipe. You can also use different nut and seed butters such as Sunbutter or cashew butter.

Can you heat up overnight oats? You can heat up overnight oats if you prefer not to eat cold oatmeal. You can heat each serving in the microwave for 30 seconds to 1 minute, stirring halfway, or on the stovetop with a bit of additional liquid added.

What is the texture of overnight oats? Overnight oats give a porridge-like consistency that is a mix between the traditional oatmeal and a pudding texture. You can change the texture and consistency by stirring in a bit more liquid just prior to eating to make it thinner, or adding something like chia seeds to make it thicker.

How long do overnight oats need to sit? You can eat the oats any time after they have absorbed the liquid and become soft, this is typically after they have been sitting for 3 hours in the refrigerator. Giving them more time, ideally overnight, will result in a creamier texture. As the name implies, they should sit for 8 to 12 hours so all the liquid and flavor really have been absorbed and soaked up by the oats.

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