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
InstructionsÂ
- 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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So I didn’t think that I would like this oatmeal because I’m a bit picky with oatmeal because 1) breakfast is my favourite meal and it needs to be good to keep me from snacking non stop. 2) so many recipes for oatmeal have way too much sugar that it hurts so I usually just snatch the just of the recipe and make it my own. 3) I once tried chocolate oatmeal and even though I loooovvee them separately when I combined them before it just didn’t work.
But, that being said, I loved having this for breakfast this morning. I used coconut milk because I make my own oat milk and rice milk and I ran out and was too lazy to make more last night. Also didn’t add any sweetener as the banana was enough (refer to point 2). And I added some home made peanut butter in my bowl. Oh and a few extra pinches of salt. Yummmyyyy! Thank you so much for the recipe. I almost always have banana so I can make this often. Like many of your recipes, this one was a success.
super easy and delicious recipe. thank you katie !
There’s been a new trend of replacing the water or milk with coffee. How do you think that would taste in this?
Eating this right now. Scrumptious! I used a little sweetened protein powder instead of actual sweeter and it was perfect.
How exactly are you claiming an oats recipe is gluten free, as you have tagged? Do you even know what gluten is, or are you just jumping on the fad?
So…six years after you listed this, I found it and tried it. WOW, is all I can say. Totally yummy way to start the day. I did do it a little differently but it is essentially the same. I used Bob’s Red Mill quick cooking oats and added the ingredients after it was cooked. You use water for Bob’s oatmeal so I just added a half cup or so of milk after it cooked. I also used Hershey’s Special Dark Cocoa and it was amazing! Thanks, Kate! Two thumbs up!
I don’t see the nutritional information for this.. am I missing it somewhere? Thanks.
Can I cook this in a crockpot 3-4 hours on low?
You can definitely experiment! Maybe double or triple the recipe?
What did you top it with? Looks so good!
This is so good and simple. Thank you so much for sharing! 🙂