This easy chocolate peanut butter baked oatmeal recipe is a healthy breakfast for the whole family.
Cook just once, and get breakfast for the entire week!
Ooey, gooey, chocolatey peanut butter baked oatmeal that can be prepared the night before and is perfect for taking on the go.
The recipe yields a large number of servings, so it’s great for when you have guests spending the night or are feeding a crowd.
Leftovers can easily be frozen, to reheat any time you’re in a rush and need an instant and healthy breakfast.
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This chocolate peanut butter baked oatmeal can be all of the following:
Soy Free
Dairy Free
Gluten Free
Egg Free
Refined Sugar Free
Just 8 Ingredients
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If you’ve been reading my blog for a while, you might have noticed that many of the recipes will call for “milk of choice” as one of the ingredients.
People often ask me what this means, or what milk I personally use. My favorite, and possibly the most-used ingredient in my entire kitchen, is Blue Diamond Almond Breeze. It’s creamy, dairy-free and plant-based, and its unsweetened varieties (original, vanilla & chocolate) have less than 40 calories per cup. I go through so many cartons of almond milk that I usually buy them five or six at a time!
(And yes, in case you were wondering, this is SUPER FUN to carry home from the grocery store.)
Most often my go-to will be the Almond Cashew Unsweetened Original, which—thanks to having zero grams of sugar—is especially good for using in savory recipes like these Cheesy Ramen Noodle Bowls or my Ultimate Vegan Cheese Sauce.
I also make sure to always have a couple shelf-stable Almond Breeze (good for up to a full year) tucked into my pantry, because you never know when you might run out of refrigerated almondmilk halfway through making a recipe.
This is exactly what happened to me yesterday morning when I was making the peanut butter oatmeal, and having that shelf-stable Almond Breeze on hand saved the day. Or, it saved my breakfast plans at least!
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Peanut Butter Cup Baked Oatmeal
Ingredients
- 1/3 cup peanut butter or allergy-friendly sub
- 2 2/3 cup overripe mashed banana (banana-free version here)
- 1 cup milk of choice – I like Almond Breeze Almondmilk
- 1/4 cup pure maple syrup OR additional milk of choice if you are used to the lower sweetness level of clean-eating recipes
- 2 1/2 tsp pure vanilla extract
- 3 cups rolled oats
- 1/2 cup cocoa powder
- 1 tsp salt
- optional chocolate chips and/or melted peanut butter for garnish
Instructions
- Be sure to use bananas that are partially or mostly brown before peeling, which means they're ripe. Preheat the oven to 350 F and either line a 9x13 baking pan with parchment or grease the bottom and sides very well. In a large bowl, stir together the first 5 ingredients until evenly combined, then stir in remaining ingredients. Smooth into the pan, top with chocolate chips if desired. Bake on the center rack 30 minutes, then do not open the oven door even a little, but turn the oven off and let the pan sit in the turned-off oven for an additional 20 minutes. Garnish with additional peanut butter or maple syrup if desired, and serve hot or cold. This tastes even better if you loosely cover and refrigerate overnight, so I highly recommend serving it the day after it's made. Leftovers can also be sliced and frozen for up to two months.View Nutrition Facts
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CCK I’m curious you thoughts about links between use of stevia and infertility? I have noticed you use it in a lot of your recipes an wondered if you had a concerns about these studies?
I know your question is geared towards Katie, but I just wanted to chime in. You are the first person I have seen actually say this! Years ago (about 4) I had gotten into clean eating after a extremely bad reaction to Splenda. Stevia was just starting to get its name out there and in all the Clean Eating mags they included this. Since now I always check side effects of everything, I looked into Stevia and yes, while nothing is concrete they were finding Stevia having ill effects on reproductive organs. We were trying for baby #3 so I immediately threw out what Stevia I bought and never have bought it again. I mean, you never know. They say things are safe and then 10 years later they come back saying *oops*. I will use white sugar over anything else if I have to. And don’t get me started on how awful Agave is but everyone thinks its so great. It’s more processed than high fructose corn syrup! I stick with maple and date sugar but mostly use coconut palm crystals. Sorry for the long post but like I said, everyones so in love with that stuff I have never seen anyone actually say this!
HOLY WOW. I woke up, saw this, made this, ate this, and now BLISS. Is it a dessert? Is it breakfast? Who cares?! It’s delicious and I’m raring to go on my six-hour hike up in the mountains now. Thank you, never would’ve known my day could start this decadently!
this looks soo good!
Omg this looks like it might be one of my favorite recipes that you’ve ever posted!! I am going to make this asap!! I love your baked oatmeal recipes and this looks like the best one yet! I might add a little Dark Chocolate PB dreams on top for frosting 😉
This looks delicious!! I ALWAYS have chocolate or something sweet with my breakfast (and as my pre workout meal before breakfast ;))
funny, i just put a strawberries n “cream” baked oatmeal in my oven, decided to read my blogroll while I waited for it to bake and came across your breakfast! I do think chocolate is great any time of the day, but sometimes chocolate and pb sit heavy with me if I eat it too early.
Trying to avoid grains, so in some of your recipes I’ve substituted raw hemp seed for oatmeal and it works beautifully and adds a bunch more protein! Haven’t tried it in this one yet, but I’ll bet it would work!
I’ve made boatmeal every day this week for breakfast and I’m addicted! It is such a yummy and filling breakfast and feels so indulgent! I look forward to waking up and eating a new boatmeal flavor with my cup of coffee!! I just had the chocolate chip boatmeal for breakfast and it was heavenly! I topped it with peanut butter and had that yummy PB/chocolate taste! Can’t wait to try this one- keep the boatmeal coming!!
This is definite must make! My kids would love it. Thanks for sharing!!
Looks like another winner!! And yes, I “occasionally” have chocolate for breakfast 🙂
I love dessert anytime so this sounds good to me! I love making what I call Apple Pie Oats, it’s like eating apple pie for breakfast!
Hi Katie!
Can I sub something else besides the fruit?? I’m not a fan of fruit in my oatmeal 🙁 Other than that it looks amaaaaaaazing!!
Maybe some kind of yogurt, like Wholesoy… or even Greek yogurt like SoDelicious brand?
I will try that, thank you! xo
I have this in the oven now, but the “batter” was awesome. The frosting is equally awesome, and I am actually having this for lunch since green smoothies are almost always my breakfast. I honestly wish you had a separate savory blog because I have loved so many of your chocolate blogs that I am curious what a savory blog from you would be like. lol I know you are busy, though. I won’t keep my hopes up, but I know your book is going to be fantastic.
Honestly, I’m with you… but I also wish there were more time in the day to even TRY all the savory ideas I have 🙁
Oh my!!! I’ll take dessert for breakfast any day. I have been known to drop a few chocolate chips in my oatmeal……accidentally, of course! 😉
this looks delicious! I pinned it !(: