Chocolate oatmeal?! Is there really such a thing?
Oh my goodness, yes! In just 5 minutes, you can make this decadent-yet-good-for-you chocolate oatmeal for one.
It’s like dessert for breakfast!
I don’t let chance dictate whether my day gets off to a good start. I’d rather make sure it’ll be a good day… by consuming chocolate first thing.
Sometimes, it’s in the form of my Chocolate Banana Bread.
Or this ultra creamy Vegan Chocolate Mousse.
But often, it simply means mixing a spoonful of chocolate peanut butter into my morning oatmeal, or cutting a big hunk off a 100% chocolate bar to eat on the side of whatever breakfast I might be having.
It’s not possible to eat chocolate and frown at the same time.
Really, it’s not. Try it!
Am I wrong? Can you do it?
Well, then at least I got you to eat some chocolate!
What’s your favorite way to eat oatmeal?
Is there a specific way you always prepare it?
Or maybe you don’t like oatmeal at all?
For inspiration, here are some of my favorites:
Over 50 Healthy Oatmeal Recipes
Chocolate Oatmeal Recipe
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup rolled oats
- 3/4 cup milk of choice
- 1 overripe banana (here's a banana-free version)
- 1 1/2 tbsp cocoa powder
- 1/8 tsp salt
- 1/4 tsp pure vanilla extract
- sweetener of choice, as desired
Instructions
- Combine all ingredients and cook, uncovered, over medium-high heat for 5-7 minutes. When it starts to bubble, stir occasionally. Sweeten as desired. You can also make this up the night before if you wish.View Nutrition Facts
Notes
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I just made this and it is delicious! I am not the biggest fan of oatmeal and don’t eat it that much but I like chocolate and decided to try this and it is so good. Also I tryed eating this and frowning at the same time and it did not work!
This recipe is like healthy fudge for breakfast. I could die of happy, but I’ll try not to!
HI Katie
Loving your recipes! Im after a recipe for protein bars for my diet. They need to be <10g of carbs and <30g of protein per 100g. Would you have a recipe? 🙂
Hi Zoe,
This is the only protein bar recipe I have at the moment: https://lett-trim.today/2013/04/04/homemade-peanut-butter-protein-bars/%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E
Katie, could you give us the exact nutritional info for this recipe?
Could you make this in the evening, and leave it in a jar as “overnight oats”?
I’d love a recipe for “overnight oats” that includes chocolate milk (or chocolate almond milk) instead of plain milk.
Sorry, I have never tried it so I really don’t know.
I usually have cold overnight oatmeals for breakfast! I prepare them the night before though. I combine plain/chocolate full-cream milk/soy milk (the thicker the better for me!), a serving of dry oats (rolled oats, if there is!), slices of banana and/or slices of apple (opt. cinnamon), and I make sure that the oats are soaked in the milk before leaving them overnight in the fridge. By next morning, I’d have a bowl of creamy chocolate oatmeal with fruits ready for breakfast! 🙂
I make this chocolate oatmeal without the milk, but add some shredded coconut or sunflower seeds, chia seeds, cinnamon, and it reminds me of no-bake cookies! I’m not hungry for chocolate the rest of the day either. (Good for the diet!)
I love taking my uncooked oat and putting them in a food processor and grind them and cook them in milk and you get “cream of wheat”
Does this oatmeal have the same calories and nutrition as the basic chocolate oatmeal?
Can i use water instead of milk?
hello katie! I am in loooove with your blog, I just wanted to know th nutritional info. of this recepie??? 🙂
Katie, just made your chocolate oatmeal this morning, it was AMAZING!!!!!!
I don’t have a website, but my favorite way to make oatmeal is just oats and dark chocolate almond milk. Just cook it like the directions say!
I know you posted this forever ago, but I just made it and LOVE it! Great recipe 🙂
Just made this for breakfast:) mmmmmm so good. I added a swirl of pb on top and that was pretty darn good! Thanks for the recipe! And boy that was really filling.
I knew I would love this recipe so I doubled it! I used old fashioned oats, fat free milk, and stirred in 1 tbsp. of sugar. I cut the banana into big chunks, and mashed them with a potato masher while the oatmeal cooked. Delicious!!
Next time I don’t think I’ll add the extra sugar. The sugar in the banana adds the sweetness that I like.
Thanks Katie!!