Creamy Banana Overnight Oats
Published 6/17/2024
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If there is one thing my 1.5-year-old loves, it’s overnight oats! I love using all-natural sweeteners like mashed banana in his overnight oats and he loves it too. This recipe is made with oats, chia seeds, Greek yogurt, and mashed banana.
Make a batch of these creamy banana overnight oats today, and enjoy them for breakfast all week long.
How to Make Banana Overnight Oats
We’re BIG fans of overnight oats here at Fit Foodie Finds, and have lots of great overnight oats recipes on our site, but if this is your first time making overnight oats, have no fear! This is easy peasy, and you’ll be eating the most delicious creamy banana overnight oats in no time. Let’s get into it.
Step 1: Mash Bananas
Overripe bananas are easiest to mash, but if you don’t have any on hand, ripe bananas will also work. If you have overripe bananas stored in your freezer (or even better if you have sliced frozen nanners in your freezer!), place them on a plate and defrost in the microwave until they’re soft enough to mash.
Grab a medium-sized Tupperware or bowl with a lid and mash your bananas in it. You’ll be using this bowl to store your overnight oats in the fridge, so make sure there’s enough space for all the ingredients. Plus, then you don’t have to wash multiple dishes!
Step 2: Mix it Up!
Add the rest of your ingredients to the bowl with the mashed bananas, including:
- Rolled oats
- Chia seeds
- Almond milk
- Greek yogurt
- Honey
- Vanilla extract
Give the whole thing a big stir until all the ingredients are combined, and cover the bowl and place in the fridge for at least 2 hours or overnight. This will give the oats and chia seeds enough time to perfectly soften into the best overnight oats you’ve ever had.
Step 3: Top and Enjoy!
This recipe serves 6, so it can easily be halved or doubled depending on how many you’re meal prepping for. Separate into meal prep containers or Mason jars to enjoy on the go, and you’re on your way to a delicious and nutritious start to the day.
Feel free to top with your favorite overnight oats toppings, or whatever you have on-hand. We love using:
- Sliced bananas
- Sliced berries
- Sliced apples
- Nut butters
- Granola
- Dried fruit
- Diced nuts
Make them Blended Overnight Oats!
If you love a smooth and creamy overnight oats recipe, then blended overnight oats are for you.
- Add all of the ingredients into a high-speed blender.
- Blend on high for about a minute. This will pulverize the oats and make them super creamy.
- Transfer the overnight oats into an airtight container and refrigerate for at least 2 hours or overnight.
- In the morning, you can eat as-is, or add a splash of milk to thin things out a bit.
Creamy Banana Overnight Oats
Ingredients
- 3 cups old fashioned rolled oats, gluten free if desired
- 3 tablespoons chia seeds
- 4.5 cups plain, unsweetened almond milk
- 1.5 medium bananas, mashed
- 1 tablespoon honey
- 1.5 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1/3 cup nonfat plain Greek or dairy-free yogurt
Instructions
- Mash bananas in a medium sized Tupperware and then add the rest of the ingredients.
- Mix well and then cover and place in the refrigerator for at least 2 hours or overnight.
Tips & Notes
- Add protein: option to add a scoop of your favorite vanilla protein powder.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
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I have started getting to overnight oats, and I’m not a huge fan of this recipe. I can’t taste the bananas hardly (I was worried 1.5 bananas wouldn’t be enough so I even used 2 bananas). I also can’t really get into chia seeds. All they seem to do is add calories and zero flavor. I think perhaps using vanilla-flavored almond milk may have helped this.
Crazy, I love it! Congrats!
Sound delicious!
What a quick and easy recipe to follow. Early morning rush often results in me skipping breakfast. But no more now I am gonna try this one! Thank You
yummy and creamy
Yum! So healthy and so tasty.
Love ALL of your overnight oats recipes! Just dug into the steel cut overnight oats recipe this morning! YUM!
That’s looks amazing
Love overnight oats! It is the easiest breakfast for me! Love combining different tyoes of beriies and nuts also!
Overnight oats are one of my recent loves. Back in high school, I would almost never, ever consume raw oats, even soaked oats. If they weren’t heated, I wouldn’t take a single bite! I thought they’d taste super disgusting, but boy was I wrong. Once I gave them a few trials and errors, I became HOOKED. This recipe looks to die for–you can’t go wrong with bananas!
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