Brownie Batter Peanut Butter Swirl Stovetop Oatmeal, the healthy chocolate oatmeal of your dreams. Use this easy chocolate stovetop oatmeal recipe and then swirl in your favorite peanut butter for a breakfast that tastes like dessert, but is actually healthy!
We are huge oatmeal fans here at Fit Foodie Finds, so if you need more inspiration, you can find some of our most popular healthy oatmeal recipes here and our favorite overnight oats here.
From overnight oats to Instant Pot steel cut oats to crockpot oats, we have all the healthy oatmeal recipes you could ever imagine. Today we’re sharing one of my all-time favorite oatmeal recipes and it involves two of the greatest things on Earth…chocolate and peanut butter.
Brownie Batter Stovetop Oats
These brownie batter oats are made on the stovetop in under 15 minutes. They’re fluffy, healthy, and made with ingredients you probably have on hand. Did I mention that they are also gluten free, dairy free, vegan, and kid-friendly?! WOOT.
What you Need
- rolled oats: you can also use quick cooking oats, but you will need to adjust the liquid and use less!
- almond milk: any kind of milk will work, or even water too!
- cocoa powder: make sure to buy unsweetened cocoa powder as we will be adding our own sweetener to this recipe!
- peanut butter: all-natural, drippy peanut butter is the way to go for almost all Fit Foodie Finds recipes. It will also “swirl” the best, too!
- maple syrup: don’t have maple? Try using honey or agave instead!
- cinnamon: a dash of cinnamon really brightens up this recipe!
- vanilla extract: don’t skimp on the vanilla! It’s warm and yummy.
- banana: banana is used as an all-natural sweetener for this recipe. If you don’t like banana, try using applesauce. If you use applesauce, you’ll likely need to add more maple syrup as applesauce is not as sweet as mashed banana.
- salt
Why stovetop?
There are so many different ways to make oatmeal such as soaked, Instant Pot, crockpot, the microwave, etc. One of our favorite ways is classic and simple and made on the stovetop! If you are not using steel cut oats and you want to eat your oatmeal warm, we highly suggested taking that extra step and cooking your oats on the stove.
Why? Well, let me tell you! If you cook your oats on the stove, you can get them much fluffier and more voluptuous than in the microwave. Yes, it takes 10 minutes longer, but your oats will turn out creamy and oh-so-delish. PS: you should totally try our banana stovetop oatmeal, too!
More Topping Ideas
Don’t want to stop at just the peanut butter? Here are more topping ideas for your chocolate oatmeal!
- chocolate chips
- sea salt
- banana slices
- blueberries
- granola
- hemp seeds
- chia seeds
More Chocolate Oatmeal Recipes
- Chocolate Chia Overnight Oats
- Chocolate Covered Strawberry Overnight Oats
- Chocolate Raspberry Cheesecake Overnight Oats
- Chocolate Chai Vegan Overnight Oats
Chocolate Oatmeal with Peanut Butter Swirl
Ingredients
- 1 cup rolled oats
- 2 cups plain, unsweetened almond milk
- 2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
- 2 tablespoons peanut butter divided
- 1 tablespoon maple syrup
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 large banana mashed
- pinch salt
- optional: 1 tablespoon of chocolate chips optional
Instructions
- Place all ingredients (leave out 1 tablespoon peanut butter for drizzle) into a medium-size pot and turn heat to medium/high.
- Bring to a boil and then turn the heat down to medium and cook for about 10 minutes, or until the oatmeal has thickened. Stir often.
- Pour oatmeal into two bowls. Then, drizzle on 1/2 tablespoon of melted peanut butter on top of each bowl for the swirl. Last, add a few (optional) chocolate chips on top and a sprinkle of coarse sea salt. Enjoy!
Tips & Notes
- Storage: store in an air-tight container in the refrigerator for up to 5 days. We recommend reheating in the microwave and then adding the peanut butter.
This is the best oatmeal ever!!!😍 I made this for my hubby’s birthday breakfast yesterday … we decided we can wait for a holiday to have it again so we’re having it again today. So creamy and intensely chocolate…
So delish!
Um HELLO!! This recipe is delicious, easy to make, and great for meal prepping breakfast for a few days. I’ve always loved oatmeal but didn’t know it could be this good
Great Recipe! My whole family loved this one- even my picky kids! 🙂
Yum!! This looks delicious – can’t wait to try it!
Any ideas for bananas substitutions?
You can just omit and add more maple syrup! It’s really just for extra sweetness!
Recipe made in heaven! I never thought oatmeal can taste this amazing. Thank you for sharing this.
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Lee these oats were to DIE for!!! They reminded me of eating a no-bake cookie. AKA delicious!
Gosh darn it!!!! also realized I positioned 2 tbsp of peanut butter as opposed to 1 tbsp!
So solving that introduced me too cal is 372 , protein 13g, carbs 46g and fat ar 16g.
those replies to my authentic remark must be getting stressful sorry! And once more i am very very excited to try this!!!
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Gosh darn it!!!! Also realized I put 2 tbsp of peanut butter instead of 1 tbsp!
So fixing that brought me too cal is 372 , protein 13g, carbs 46g and fat ar 16g.
These replies to my original comment must be getting annoying sorry! And again I am very very excited to try this!!!
So I’m really excited to try this recipe out but I’ve put it in 3 different programs to do the nutrition and I’m really sorry to say this but your nutrition is way way way off.
Each program (mynetdiary, myfitnesspal, and dotfit) all give me this
Calories 495
Fat – 24g
Carobs – 57g
Protien- 17g
The ingredients I will use are
GF rolled oats by bobs red mill
Almond/coconut breeze unsweetened
Banana for sweetness
Unsweetened cocoa powder
Skippy natural peanut butter
I don’t mean to step on toes or upset you, just wanted to let you know for future posts 🙂 but besides this I’m so so excited to eat this as a treat after my competition next weekend!
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Oh I did make one mistake.
I did cut the recipe in half to make sure I was doing the macros for just one serving and when entering it I but a half of banana instead of a 4th!
So! That shaved off 27 cals, 8 carbs , and 1g protein.
So I’m really excited to try this recipe out but I’ve put it in 3 different programs to do the nutrition and I’m really sorry to say this but your nutrition is way way way off.
Each program (mynetdiary, myfitnesspal, and dotfit) all give me this
Calories 495
Fat – 24g
Carobs – 57g
Protien- 17g
The ingredients I will use are
GF rolled oats by bobs red mill
Almond/coconut breeze unsweetened
This oatmeal is to die for! Making this for the hubby and I tomorrow morning before our bike ride around the Chain of Lakes! Thanks for a great recipe, Lee!
WOOOOT! Sounds like the best day ever if you ask me 😛
Lee these oats were to DIE for!!! They reminded me of eating a no-bake cookie. AKA delicious!
YAY!!!!!!!! One of my favorite oatmeal recipes to date!
Is it cheating if I say keep the chocolate and still have almond butter?
Also that swirl pic is just too perfect. #nailedit
😛 I’m all about the swirl girlfrannnn.