Soft, baked, healthy pumpkin oatmeal breakfast cups – great for meal prep, or a healthy breakfast on the go!
Cook just once – and you get a healthy breakfast for the entire week!
Vegan
Gluten-free
Dairy-free
Egg-free
High-fiber
High in Vitamin A
And just 8 ingredients!
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Just grab however many you want out of the freezer.
Throw them into a lunchbox or tupperware container.
And take them on your way!
The original version of this recipe—the Breakfast Oatmeal Cupcakes To Go—is one of the most popular recipes on my blog.
It’s a recipe that many readers (including my own mom) have added to their routine breakfast rotation, because the cupcakes are easy to take on-the-go and can be individually frozen so they’re ready any time you need an instant healthy breakfast.
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You can frost the cupcakes if desired, with melted coconut butter, almond butter, or even homemade Vegan Marshmallow Fluff.
Feel free to have fun customizing the oatmeal cups with different add-ins, such as raisins, chopped walnuts, shredded coconut, or even dried cranberries.
I added chocolate chips this time, because chocolate is obviously my absolute favorite add-in for pretty much everything.
Watch the pumpkin oatmeal cupcake recipe video above.
Also try this traditional Pumpkin Cupcakes Recipe.
Pumpkin Oatmeal Breakfast Cupcakes
Ingredients
- 2 1/2 cup rolled oats (200g)
- 1 1/4 cup pumpkin puree
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp pumpkin pie spice or additional cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 2 1/2 tbsp pure maple syrup or honey OR pinch stevia
- 1 cup plus 2 tbsp water (plus 2 1/2 tbsp if using stevia)
- 2 tbsp oil or almond butter, or additional water
- 1 tsp pure vanilla extract
- chocolate chips or other add-ins, as desired
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 380 F. Line a muffin tin. In a large bowl, stir together all dry ingredients. Add remaining ingredients, pour into the liners, and bake 21 minutes on the center rack. If you wish, you can then broil for up to two additional minutes, watching so they do not burn. Take out and let cool. (Note: If you let the cupcakes sit overnight, the liners peel off easily the next day.) Leftovers should be refrigerated for optimum freshness, or you can freeze them for another day. Frosting and add-in ideas are listed above in this post.View Nutrition Facts
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Notes
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Added sesame seeds for a little crunch and a little brown sugar to sweeten them. Also added a flax egg for consistency. Used raisins as the add in and they were great!
I liked this recipe for its taste and fiber. But since my cupcake pan is silicone they came out to gooey for me. Has anyone made them as bars? Would I need to change anything?
Mine came out gooey, too. IT wasn’t sweet, so I sprinkle stevia powder on it before biting into it.
I made these and also used silicone liners – however, I used quick oats and they did not turn out gooey.
These also aren’t really sweet as Melissa said, but I enjoyed them with applesauce on top for sweetness!
These turned out phenomenally well! So nice to have a transportable version of healthy oatmeal. No bowl or spoon needed!
I know this is an older post. However, I must say I am OBSESSED. I found this recipe earlier this week and made it. I’d been doing a light version of keto for over year. I missed whole grains and stuff like that, so I was looking to incorporate more of that, yet not go crazy on carbs. More of a calories/ lower carb rather than keto approach. These turned out SO GOOD. They are so soft in the middle and it almost makes me think of a pumpkin bread. I think next time, I’m gonna use a lower carb sweetener to replace the maple syrup ( or not.. because it was delicious). I’m now busy thinking of different flavors to make the oatmeal in. Apple Cinnamon or Blueberry anyone? YUM
also wanted to add that no, they aren’t overly sweet. I thought it was perfect though. Especially if you are planning on topping it with something (although I did not)
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Do I have to you tin liners? Or can I just grease the muffin pan?
In all of these healthy baking recipes, can peanut butter count as a nut butter? Does it work the same?
It can! If you want a more neutral taste in a recipe, use almond or raw cashew butter, or peanut butter will give a peanut butter flavor in recipes (especially nice in chocolate recipes).
These are very good. Have made them several times.
Thank you so much for making them!
Is there a good way to add more protein?