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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i made these and they were really good and everyone liked them but they were lumpy. For those that bake, do I need to add more water?
Mine have never come out lumpy, but yes, that sounds like it could possibly work. You can always experiment!
Thanks for this recipe! To avoid using are sweetener, but to still get some sweetness, would it work to soak and blend dates (as in your no sugar banana bread recipe)?
*added sweetener
I made a pumpkin spice version with canned pumpkin puree (instead of banana) and pumpkin pie spice. They were sooooo good! I did add more sweetener. Any ideas of how to make a gingerbread version?
Incorporate molasses and ginger somehow? Sounds like a fun experiment!
are the nutrition facts including the chocolate chips?
These are wonderful and I am not a baker. I am on my fourth batch and they keep getting better. Want to try to add PB peanut butter, has anyone tried this?
What would happen if you used unsweetened almond milk for the water in the Breakfast Oatmeal Cupcakes to go. When I cook oatmeal I always use dairy, almond or soy milk and never water so am just wondering.
I’m sure it would be fine. Be sure to report back if you do try!
Okay so I made these today and I’m trying to figure out if they should have cooked longer. Are they supposed to be dry throughout or still moist?
Still moist! 🙂
Just found this recipe on pinterest yesterday and I made them last night. Took 2 to work with me and Oh My! These are soo good. I used agave nectar for the sweetener (decreased the water like you said) and a mix of banana and applesauce …because I ran out of banana 🙁 But thanks to your substitutions page the applesauce saved the day. I made 6 with cinnamon and raisins, 6 with coconut and white choc chips, and 12 with choc chips. This working mom on the run thanks you for sharing this recipe!!
I substituted 3 Tablespoons unsweetened applesauce + 1Tablespoon oil and they turned out fantastic! I also did some in small tins just sprayed with non-stick spray and they come out in bite-sized pieces, very nice.
How well would these work in a jumbo muffin pan?
Thank you Katie! I just made these muffins with milk and dark chocolate chips and some walnuts, and they are AMAZING! I ate about 3 already. They’re delicious, nutritious, and really healthy, too. I’ll totally be eating these before school when I’m late – which is almost always.
We love oatmeal for Breakfast this will be another way to fix oatmeal for Breakfast. Thank you for another way to have.
I love this idea of oatmeal on the go. Mt question is, does the muffin peal away from the paper without being sticky?
If you wait one day, they will peel off very easily. Or just don’t bake in liners.
They look lovely! Do you store them in the fridge or on the counter? In a container or plastic bag? Don’t want them to get soggy!
Fridge in a container is best. Or freeze and then reheat.
Katy, This is so good !! I just made half of amount muffins (12 cup cakes). I was using with Apple sauce (1 bottle (680g) and 1/3 cup of water instead banana. And also, 3 Tb Coconut in dry ingredients. Everything came perfect texture on my mouth !!
Next time I ‘m using with mashed bananas .
yummy. I added chia and flax and used pure maple syrup however mine didn’t pour out, but rather spooned into the tins like a big cookie. Not sure what I missed but still taste good