Chocolate Almond Oatmeal (Overnight Oats)

Who loves chocolate for breakfast? I do! This delicious Chocolate Oatmeal recipe is full of healthy ingredients.

Overnight oats are the best. Breakfast is waiting, and ready when you are. No excuses for skipping the most important meal of the day.

Healthy breakfast recipes don’t have to be boring. Here are a few of our favourites:

• Oatmeal Breakfast Donuts are baked with lots of healthy ingredients.
• Breakfast Banana Split is just like eating dessert.
• Homemade Muesli is so much better than the store bought Alpen cereal.
• Sunrise Overnight Oats made with large flaked oatmeal, bananas and yogurt.

RECIPE and INSTRUCTIONS for this chocolate oats recipe can be found in the recipe card at the bottom of this post.

I do love porridge. I remember mom cooking it on the stove. Great for the cold winter mornings before heading out to school. Topping it with brown sugar and milk.

She never made chocolate porridge. Wow, so glad I found out this was a thing. You can get anyone to eat breakfast if you say there is chocolate in the recipe.

Healthy Chocolate Oatmeal Ingredients

If you are into plant-based recipes, this is perfect. Vegan overnight oats made with almond milk can be made on the weekend for easy breakfasts all week long.

• Steel cut oats are super nutritious. I like using the quick cooking variety, but the regular kind work too. If you need them gluten-free, be sure to check the labels.
• Almond milk, but feel free to use any plant based milk you like. You can even use regular dairy milk (but not for the vegan version).
• Chia seeds are packed with nutrition.
• Hemp seeds have a mild nutty flavour. Also known as hemp hearts.
• Goji berries full of vitamins, minerals and antioxidents.
• Honey is my favourite sweetner. I love to buy it local.
• Cacao powder is less proccessed than cocoa powder.
• Fresh berries for garnish.

You can find all of these ingredients at any health food store. Local honey is becoming readily available. I just found some blueberry honey that is so good.

How To Make Overnight Oats

A good oatmeal recipe that is so easy. You cannot mess this up. That is the truth!

• Measure the dry ingredients into a bowl.
• Add the almond milk.
• Stir to combine.
• Cover and place in the fridge overnight.

In the morning, stir, dish, garnish with some fresh fruit, and eat. Easy or what? This chocolate breakfast will be hard to resist.

I can attest to the fact that coffee and chocolate go hand in hand. Have you tried mocha coffee yogurt?

Best Oats For Porridge

Oatmeal is highly nutritious and comes in several types.

Steel-cut oats are my all-time favourite, especially for recipes like this. There is a quick-cooking variety that cooks up in about 7-10 minutes. The regular variety takes about 30 minutes to cook.

The oat groats are sliced and resemble grains of rice. Also known as Scottish or Irish oats. The cooked texture is chewy.

Rolled oats are made with whole grains that have been flattened. They can be large flaked, also called old-fashioned oats or regular flakes. Great for baking, and they cook much faster than steel-cut oats.

Instant oats are the most highly processed variety. They are pre-cooked and can easily be prepared with boiling water. This variety doesn’t offer the nutritional value compared to the other two.

FAQ

Recipes Using Oatmeal

There are so many ways to incorporate oatmeal into delicious recipes. Here are a few to try:

• Oatmeal Breakfast Casserole is baked and a great addition to the weekend brunch.
• Kefir Oatmeal Pancakes packed with lots of healthy ingredients.
• Granola Dust is the perfect topping on any dish of yogurt.
• Homemade Granola Bars are no bake and pefect for snacks, hikes and eating on the run.
• Chewy Granola Bars are baked and nutritoin packed.
• Holiday Cookies are always a hit. Santa loves them.
• Chewy Oatmeal Cookies perfect for your afternoon coffee break.
• Holiday Granola pefect as a food gift or stocking stuffer.

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