Today, I’ve got another delicious version of my healthy dessert oats. My chocolate chip cookie overnight oats are amazing when you want something sweet for breakfast but still want to get some fibre and protein in your meal. These oats will keep you full and energized all morning and are great to grab from the fridge and go!
Overnight oats are my favourite breakfast to eat at my desk and I just love how easy they are to make and grab and go. I’m trying to incorporate more fibre into my diet as well so having oats for breakfast will always help me reach my goals.
If you’re in a breakfast rut, give these chocolate chip cookie overnight oats a shot and mix up your breakfast game a little. I promise you won’t regret it and they’ll hopefully have any sweet tooth cravings you’re having.
If you want some other easy and healthy grab and go breakfast options, check out my bakery style oatmeal muffins or my funfetti banana bread which also makes the best French toast!
Do I Need the Almond Extract?
No, but I highly recommend it. It really puts these chocolate chip cookie overnights oats over the top and makes them taste more like a cookie.
Are These Oats Gluten Free?
Making this recipe gluten free is super simple, all you need to do is ensure your oats are certified gluten free. That’s it!
As a side note, if making anything gluten free for someone with an allergy, ensure you thoroughly wash any equipment, jars or utensils. Any contact with flour may trigger an allergy. I like to say any baking I do in my own home is gluten friendly as I am using flour often and cannot guarantee there’s been no cross contamination.
Why I Love Overnight Oats
- Super simple and quick to make. Only takes about 5 minutes.
- Easy to grab out of the fridge in the morning and take with me to work.
- Easy to eat when I’m busy at work. I can have a couple bites while I’m going over patient’s imaging at my desk and then come back to it later.
- Adding to the previous reason, when I take 3-4 hours to eat my oats throughout the morning, they taste good straight out of the fridge and once they’ve warmed up to room temperature. Perfect breakfast when you don’t actually get a proper break to eat. While some people may say I could eat before work, I don’t care to get up earlier in the morning and I’m never hungry until I’ve been up for 1-2 hours. I know many other people have the same problem.
- They are super healthy and easy to add various toppings too like berries for added nutrition.
- There are a million different flavour combinations. Believe me, I’ve got about 30 different recipes written down that I need to test. This is important to me because I find I get bored of foods quick. If I can eat a different flavour every day of the week, I’m likely not going to get bored.
Benefit of Oats
- Oats are a great source of fibre, mostly soluble fibre which helps slow down digestion and keeps you feeling full longer. The type of soluble fibre also aids gut health by supporting healthy gut bacteria. This can help reduce inflammation and symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome.
- While many people say oats have no protein and aren’t a good thing to eat due to this, we seem to be a very protein obsessed culture currently, this isn’t actually true. While oats aren’t a high source of protein, they do contain about 4g per serving and include a good balance of essential amino acids. This is still important as you do need all of the essential amino acids in your diet, not just some of them.
- Oats are also high in iron, an essential mineral that many people don’t get enough, especially women. Iron is essential for making hemoglobin which is how your body carries oxygen throughout your body.
- As well as iron, oats are also a good source of other trace minerals like manganese, copper and phosphorus. These all aid your body in various tasks like bone building, collagen forming, creating red blood cells, etc. These are just a few of the benefits of eating oats and a few of the reasons I love them so much. If you’d like more information, check out https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4325078/ or https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/food-features/oats/.
Baking Tips
- For best results, once you’ve mixed everything together, let rest in the fridge overnight for at least 6 hours. This helps the oats get nice and soft and gives you a creamier consistency.
- I create my recipes based off weights so I recommend measuring by weights if you own a scale. It’s actually so much easier and makes for much less cleanup. I wish I had baked by weight from the beginning, I could never go back now.
More Overnight Oats Recipes
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Chocolate Chip Cookie Overnight Oats
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 tbsp (30g) cashew butter
- 1/2 cup (110g) unsweetened oat milk (or any milk)
- 1 tbsp (20g) maple syrup
- 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/8 tsp almond extract (optional but recommended)
- 1/2 cup (60g) rolled oats
- 1/2 tbsp (5g) chia seeds
- 1 tbsp (10g) mini semi sweet chocolate chips
Instructions
- In a small jar or container, that's at least 250mL, add your cashew butter. If it's pretty stiff, pop it in the microwave for 15-20 seconds in a microwave safe dish. This will make it easier to incorporate.
- Then add the milk, maple syrup, vanilla extract and almond extract if using. Stir it all together until combined and there's no big chunks of cashew butter.
- Add in the oats and chia seeds and stir until well combined. Add in the chocolate chips and again stir until well combined.
- Seal the container or jar and store in the fridge for at least 6 hours. Top with more chocolate chips if you wish and enjoy!
