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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I’m on a grain-free diet at the moment and your posts are making it EXTREMELY hard! This looks like my idea of heaven!
This sounds great!! I love both versions! I need to try this 🙂
Yum I might go for that tomorrow 🙂
And spooky about the apple bars too 🙂
This is how I eat my oatmeal most of the time!
I like it this way or adding maca powder,cinnamon, chia seeds, fruit, and almond butter too. 🙂
My oatmeal taste is pretty plain-I like it with some almond milk and sweetener. Although, I recently tried your recipe with chia seeds and it was goooood! I’m now sold on chia.
The chocolate one looks good too!
My current favourite is carrot cake porridge at the moment, made by cooking grated carrot for a bit, then adding the (jumbo) oats and some ground mixed spice… so good and even my major sweet tooth doesn’t want any extra sweetener 🙂
I love making your voluminous oats the night before and then cooking them again on the stove in the morning. I like to add a scoop of vanilla protein powder and then a couple of seasonal toppings. Right now my favorite is a few spoonfuls of pumpkin, raisins, and loads of cinnamon and pumpkin pie spice! 🙂
I like rolled oats prepared with water, then I add some chopped banana.
I recently started eating oats with real butter mixed in + cinnamon (ala HEAB) — that is another delicious combo.
Ooh yum!!! I actually have oatmeal most mornings. My regular go-to is crumbling walnuts over the top and then dotting a few DARK chocolate chips (very dark; I don’t want to start my morning off with a sugar rush and I cannot handle sugar!). But other fall favourites include a kind of apple compote on my oatmeal and I MUST try some of these pumpkin and sweet potato oatmeal recipes I’ve seen kicking around. Thanks!
Oh and I usually make my oats half and half with water and milk because I just don’t like runny oats. The milk makes them so creamy too that I don’t need to add much in the way of creamy toppings :). I guess you can tell I think about oats a lot…
I LOVE oatmeal, and chocolate is definitely the BEST way to start the day!! I can’t remember the last time I DIDN’T have chocolate for breakfast haha! 😛