These chocolate chip baked oatmeal breakfast squares are like eating a giant chocolate chip oatmeal cookie for breakfast, straight from the oven!
❤ Just 7 ingredients
❤ You can make them the night before
❤ Leftovers freeze really well
❤ Great for a healthy meal or snack on the go
❤ A wholesome & filling breakfast
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Don’t forget the chocolate chips
My favorite chocolate chips, that I use almost exclusively in my own recipes, are Enjoy Life Mini Chocolate Chips.
If you’ve been reading my blog for a while, you’ve probably noticed I love to add mini chocolate chips to recipes, both for taste and presentation.
Just look at this gorgeous dark chocolate Brownie Baked Oatmeal!
It’s much easier to spread mini chips out evenly in baked goods so you get chocolate in every single bite, whereas with larger chocolate chips you might get one bite with chocolate and then another with no chocolate at all.
People often write in to ask me how I can eat chocolate chips as a vegan.
The Enjoy Life chips I recommended above actually are vegan, non-GMO, and free from 14 common allergens, including gluten, soy, eggs, dairy, and nuts. (They also come in Semi-Sweet Mega Chunks and Dark Chocolate Morsels.) You can find the brand in many regular grocery stores or online.
Breakfast on the go
Of the thousands of recipes I’ve posted here on the blog, my mom will tell you that these breakfast squares are her all-time favorite.
She calls them “boatmeal” (for baked oatmeal) and will often text me on the weekend that she’s made another batch to take into work every morning during the week.
Because leftovers freeze well, you can easily plan ahead and freeze whatever you aren’t going to eat within 4-5 days, to keep an instant healthy breakfast on hand for rushed mornings or any time you don’t feel like cooking.
Step One: Combine all ingredients in a large mixing bowl.
Step Two: Spread into a parchment-lined 9×13 pan.
Step Three: Bake at 350 F, then slice into bars or squares, and breakfast is ready for the whole week!
Above – watch the video how to make chocolate chip breakfast squares
Chocolate Chip Breakfast Squares To-Go
Ingredients
- 4 cups rolled oats
- 2 2/3 cup applesauce or mashed banana
- 3/4 cup water
- 1 tsp salt
- 1/2 cup or more mini chocolate chips – I love Enjoy Life Mini Chips
- 1/4 cup oil, nut butter, or additional water
- pinch stevia or 1/2 cup pure maple syrup, honey, or agave
- only if using stevia, 1/2 cup additional water
- 2 tsp pure vanilla extract
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 F. Line a 9×13 pan with parchment. In a large bowl, stir all ingredients until well-mixed. Smooth into the pan. Sprinkle additional chocolate chips on top if desired. Bake on the center rack 28 minutes, then do not open the oven door but turn off the heat and let sit in the closed oven an additional 20 minutes. Slice into bars or squares. Leftovers can be refrigerated 3-4 days, or freeze the bars to have on hand any time you need an instant healthy breakfast you can take on the go!View Nutrition Facts
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Notes
**Giant Chocolate Giveaway**
I’ve teamed up with Enjoy Life Foods to offer a very lucky reader an entire year’s supply of their vegan baking chocolate.
To Enter: Just leave a comment on this post sharing about how you’d use the chocolate chips – in cookies, brownies, muffins, bars, eaten straight out of the bag…
Sadly, I’ve been told that I cannot enter my own giveaway, or I would be all over this!
More Healthy Recipes With Chocolate Chips:
I love to use mini chocolate chips when I make cookies.
I love to eat chocolate chips out of he bag. I have every intention to bake with them, but it never happens until it’s too late & there aren’t enough left in the bag for the recipe.
Oh….my…..gosh….. I love this recipe! Just wish I had found it sooner. I add extra chocolate chips (as suggested) and 1/4 cup coconut oil and 1/4 cup p.b. for more staying power. The kids and the husband love it so much it’s become a weekly make – haven’t had to freeze them yet LOL
Made these squares for breakfast on the go and I really like them. They are really filling and tasty 🙂 <3
I would use these chips in everything (almost) Cookies, brownies, oatmeal, breads, just everything!!
My niece is allergic to dairy so we love using Enjoy Life chocolate chips in all of our baking. Both of us love to bake so we would be able to make all kinds of desserts with the chocolate chips. Cookies, muffins, cake balls…
i absolutely love these chips! they the only ones i buy now. they r good in cookies to brownies to cereal bars that u share. thanks for another great recipe i will try when i get more chocolate chips.
Oh My!! I use Enjoy Life chocolate chips whenever I have a recipe that calls for chocolate. I love to melt them down and drizzle over desserts or use as a dip too. I even just eat the wonderful morsels straight out of the bag! I is so nice to know there is a healthier option out there and they actually taste awesome. If I win the Enjoy Life giveaway, not a mosel would go to waist!!
As a student I love having ready to go breakfasts, it gets rid of one more thing to think about. I especially love your healthier, and delicious, options for breakfasts on the go. I would definitely use these chocolate chips in every possible breakfast I would make!
I would use these to make the amazing brownie recipe from glutenfreegoddess.com and granola bars from ohsheglows.com. I would also try making your kale chocolate chip cookies – they look fun! My plan wouldn’t be to eat them from the bag…but it would definitely happen!