These oats are chocolatey on the outside with a gooey peanut butter center. While these feel like a dessert for breakfast, they are actually full of whole grains, fiber, and protein! These can be prepped in just under 5 minutes. All you have to do it, blend, bake, and enjoy. The hardest part is waiting for them to bake I promise!
Every person with a sweet tooth knows the struggle of craving something sweet in the morning but wanting to start the day on a healthy note. With these quick and easy chocolate peanut butter baked oats, you can finally get the best of both worlds! While these feel like you are having a dessert for breakfast, they are actually full of whole grains, fiber, and protein! Be sure to check out my other flavors of baked oats too, such as my Cinnamon Streusel Protein Baked Oats.
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Baked oats are one of my favorite things to have for breakfast. If you like cake, you will definitely love these. AND, if you like the the chocolate-peanut butter flavor combo, you are really going to love these! I love experimenting with different flavors of baked oats and have additional recipes at the bottom of this post.
What You Will Need
- Blender – This is the most important part! Make sure you have a good blender to make a smooth batter. A Nutribullet or Blend Jet are the perfect size for overnight oats!
- Small Oven-Safe Ramekin – 10 oz. is the perfect size for single serving baked oats.
- Oats – Yep, just plain old fashioned rolled oats. Make sure you don’t use steel-cut or quick oats. You will need 1/4 cup.
- Almond milk – More specifically, 1/3 cup of unsweetened vanilla almond milk. You can use plain or a different flavor if you want, but just make sure that it is unsweetened!
- Unsweetened applesauce – Make sure it is unsweetened! Unsweetened applesauce is an awesome healthy substitute for oil! And no, your oats will not taste like applesauce. You will need 1/3 cup.
- Egg whites – Egg whites makes the oats super fluffy and give you extra protein. I used 3 tablespoons of liquid egg whites that you just buy in a carton. You could also use 1 large egg.
- Sugar-free syrup – You can use any liquid sweetener of choice, but I prefer to use a sugar free breakfast syrup because it is super low in calories!
- Protein Powder – You will need 30 grams of a chocolate protein powder. I personally love the Prozis Chocolate 100% Real Whey Protein Powder. You can use the code “KATIE10” for 10% off if you decide to use that brand!
- Baking powder – To make the oats rise and taste like a cake!
- Salt – Brings out the flavor in the oats.
- Peanut Butter – I submerge 1 tbsp. of peanut butter in the middle of my oats before baking them. After baking, feel free to add a little more on top.
How To Make
- Blend – Yep, it’s that easy. Baked oats became so popular because they are one of the easiest things to make. Toss all of the ingredients except for the peanut butter in a small blender such as a Nutribullet.
- Pour – Pour your batter into a greased ramekin. Submerge 1 tablespoon of peanut butter in the center of the oat mixture.
- Bake – Bake at 350°F for 20-25 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean. I stick around the 20 minute mark because I do like mine to be a little gooey.
- Top – Top with additional peanut butter if desired!
Optional Substitutions
For the Egg Whites
Feel free to substitute this for one large egg, or if you can’t have eggs there are lots of egg substitutions out there!
For the Applesauce
I get asked about substitutes for applesauce all the time because people are worried that you can taste the applesauce. Well let me assure you, you don’t even know it’s there. However, if you are still looking for a substitute, you could use 1/2 a banana (mashed) or plain non-fat Greek yogurt.
For the Almond Milk
Use any milk that you would like! Almond milk is my favorite because I personally have a food sensitivity to lactose and almond milk is very low in calories.
For the Protein Powder
The whole point of these oats are to be high in protein…BUT if you do not like using protein powder or are not interested in having protein in your oats, you can omit the protein and just use less almond milk. Or, you could use the same amount of milk and more oats!
Can I Prepare Baked Oats Ahead of Time?
Yes, and they are just as good reheated! You can make these the night before, cover your ramekin, and place in the fridge overnight. When you are ready to enjoy them in the morning just pop them in the microwave for about 45 seconds. You can keep your oats in the fridge for up to 4 days.
Another option is that you can blend the oats, place them in your ramekin, cover them overnight in your fridge, and bake them in the morning!
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Chocolate Peanut Butter Protein Baked Oats
These oats are chocolatey on the outside with a gooey peanut butter center. While these feel like a dessert for breakfast, they are actually full of whole grains, fiber, and protein! These can be prepped in just under 5 minutes. All you have to do it, blend, bake, and enjoy. The hardest part is waiting for them to bake I promise!
Ingredients
Instructions
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Preheat your oven to 350°F. Spray a small oven safe ramekin with some nonstick spray.
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Blend all ingredients together in a small blender except for the peanut butter.
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Pour your oat mixture into your prepared ramekin.
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Place the peanut butter in the center of the oats, making sure it is fully submerged into the oats.
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Bake for 15-20 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean.
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Let cool for about 10 minutes before digging in! Top with additional peanut butter if desired.
Servings 1
- Amount Per Serving
- Calories 362kcal
- % Daily Value *
- Total Fat 11.9g19%
- Saturated Fat 1.9g10%
- Cholesterol 10mg4%
- Sodium 500mg21%
- Total Carbohydrate 32g11%
- Dietary Fiber 6g24%
- Sugars 9g
- Protein 37g74%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily value may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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