With these breakfast oatmeal cupcakes, you cook just once and get a delicious and healthy breakfast for the entire month!
The simple breakfast oatmeal cupcakes are one of my family’s favorite things to eat on rushed mornings.
I first made the recipe years ago, and we still love them!
My mother often makes a batch for herself and takes them to work so she can have a nutritious breakfast that’s easy to prepare on busy weekdays.
She’ll send me a text message with a screenshot, saying “Guess what I had for breakfast again today!”
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These wholesome breakfast cupcakes are:
Quick to make
Portable and non messy
Easy to eat at a desk or pack in a lunchbox
Gluten free and vegan friendly
Just throw a couple into your bag, perhaps along with a container of peanut butter and some fresh fruit, and you’re good to go with a balanced breakfast.
My family, a former college roommate, and eight of my friends are all hooked!
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Above, watch the step-by-step oatmeal cupcake recipe video
Never skip breakfast again.
Cook once, and you don’t have to worry about breakfast for close to a month!
These customizable “breakfast” baked oatmeal cupcakes are great on-the-go fuel for those days when you have zero time in the morning to prepare a big meal.
The recipe can be oil free, and it gives you the option to easily change up the flavor by choosing different spices and add-ins for endless breakfast cupcake variations.
Do you ever skip breakfast? And what do you usually eat on days when sitting down to breakfast just isn’t an option? When I was a teenager, I hated getting up early, so breakfast was often something portable, eaten in the car as I rushed to school.
I never understood how my friends who skipped breakfast could make it through class. The only times I’ve ever really skipped breakfast were weekends when I was 13 or 14… because I’d completely sleep through it!
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Breakfast Oatmeal Cupcake Flavors
Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Raisin: replace up to half of the mini chocolate chips in the base recipe below with chopped raisins.
Banana Bread: add a half teaspoon of ground cinnamon to the batter, and stir in a handful of crushed walnuts or pecans if desired.
Coconut Cookie Dough: use coconut oil or coconut butter and stir in about a third of a cup of shredded coconut before baking.
Chocolate Chip Peanut Butter Cup: replace the oil with an equal amount of peanut butter, and throw in a handful of chopped peanuts if you wish.
You can also turn the recipe into Chocolate Chip Breakfast Squares!
Breakfast Oatmeal Cupcakes To Go
Ingredients
- 5 cups rolled oats
- 2 1/2 cups mashed banana (or this Banana-Free Version)
- 1 tsp salt
- 5 tbsp pure maple syrup, agave, or honey OR stevia equivalent amount
- 2/3 cup mini chocolate chips, optional
- 2 1/3 cups water (Increase to 2 2/3 cups if using stevia)
- 1/4 cup oil, nut butter, or additional banana
- 2 1/2 tsp pure vanilla extract
- optional add-ins: cinnamon, shredded coconut, chopped walnuts, ground flax or chia, wheat germ, raisins, dried fruit, etc.
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 380 F, and line 24-25 cupcake tins. In a large mixing bowl, combine all dry ingredients and stir very well. In a separate bowl, combine and stir all wet ingredients (including banana). Mix wet into dry, then pour into the cupcake liners and bake 21 minutes. I also like to then broil for 1-2 minutes, but it’s optional. (If you let them cool overnight, they'll no longer stick to the liners.) These oatmeal cakes can be eaten right away, or they can be frozen and reheated for an instant breakfast on a busy day.View Nutrition Facts
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Hi Katie,
Just tried this recipe and I’m curious about the coconut oil. I used vegetable oil because I’m concerned about saturated. Were your nutritional value calculations done with coconut or vegetable oil? Thanks!!
I make a couple of changes to the recipe but bake these for strenuous outdoor activities. They are my fuel food. I soak rolled oats overnight and bake at a lower temp for a longer period to make them dense. I take a few of these along with a few energy balls (like fudge babies but with maca powder and goji berries). I have to be on mostly grain-free diet (I do not react to GF oats and corn). I nearly cried when I baked ‘Eggy breakfast bread’. I got to make and eat a sandwich for the first time in a long time. Thank you so much, Katie.
I’ve been vegan for about four years now and during that time, I drastically reduced the amount of desserts and baked goods I was eating in an attempt to eat healthier (plus it’s difficult to bake in a dorm room 😛 ).
I just discovered your blog and I wanted to say thanks so much for all your work! I’ve already baked several of your recipes and I’m very thankful to have healthier options 🙂
There is a way to scale down the ingredients for 6 or 5 oatmeal cupcakes? anyone can help me, I don´t know a lot about baking.
Thanks
I’m continuously amazed at how you manage to produce healthy delicious sweet recipes.
It’s crazy. I actually trust that these taste good; because so far every recipe has. Look forward to making them this week. Thank you so much.
This sounds so yummy and, importantly, easy that I AM going to make it 🙂 (not a cook)
Thanks for recipe I eat oatmeal every morning never can tirefrom it. I make it with many variations so this recipe just makes life so much smoother. Wonder what I can use the xtra time on! Thx I curious to try steel cut oats I bet the texture will be nice
These turned out really good! I was worried they would stick to the paper, but they didn’t. I used maple syrup and coconut oil. Mine came out to about 130 calories each (for a half a recipe). I added craisins and coconut in some and chocolate chips in others. A great on-the-go breakfast. My 18-month old loved them, too.
In what ratio did you put the coconut oïl and maple syrup? Thanks.
I see that it says you can freeze but can you leave out on counter in container or refridgerate for a few days?
I’m never hungry first thing in the morning, but my daughters always are. So if we have to be somewhere early, since food isn’t naturally on my mind, it can be difficult for me to remember to pull something together for them to eat and they often end up with a baggie of dry cereal and a cup of milk in the car. Oops! This is a wonderful alternative that I can have ready-to-go. Thank you!