Get your chocolate fix for breakfast with these deliciously creamy (and healthy!) Chocolate Overnight Oats. This overnight oat recipe is made with rolled oats, chia seeds, maple syrup, almond milk, and a little Greek yogurt!
You know what makes Monday’s worth getting up for? These Chocolate Chia Overnight Oats. Are they good for you, you ask? You bet your bippy they are. They are packed with fiber, protein and a bowl of these overnight oats will keep you going all day long. Which reminds me, I have been hungrier than a hungry hungry hippo in the past three weeks than ever before. Has that ever happened to you?
I have been traveling quite a bit over the last month and I feel like that has attributed to my hunger. Hear me out. I went to a bachelorette party in Washington. It wasn’t your normal bachelorette party. I went alpine hiking with 12 amazingly strong women and it was the single most physically challenging thing I’ve ever done. We hiked 6,000ft in a day and I slid down a mountain and had to save myself with an ice ax. It’s like my metabolism boosted itself into a frenzy.
After Washington, Team Fit Foodie hung out in the Boundary Waters. It was an amazing trip where you have to rely on your physical body to survive. Needless to say, I haven’t been able to satisfy my hunger since those two trips. I’ve been intentionally eating larger breakfasts and trying to keep sustenance in my bag at all times.
These Chocolate Chia Overnight Oats are just the breakfast I need to feel satisfied all day long. These easy overnight oats taste like chocolate ice cream. No joke! I could eat it all day, every day. They are creamy, easy to make, and perfect for meal prep breakfast. We can attribute the creaminess of these oats to the Greek yogurt! If you are vegan, leave out the greek and add more almond milk. If you are all about the dairy, overnight oats with yogurt are a dream come true.
Now, Let’s look at the ingredient line-up.
Ingredients for Chocolate Chia Overnight Oats
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Chocolate Overnight Oats
Ingredients
- 1 cup rolled oats
- 3 tablespoons cocoa powder
- 1 tablespoon chia seeds
- pinch salt
Wet
- 1/4 cup nonfat, plain Greek yogurt
- 1 cup unsweetened, plain almond milk unsweetened
- 2 tablespoons maple syrup
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
- First, mix dry ingredients in a medium bowl. Then add wet ingredients and mix again.
- Place in the refrigerator, covered, for at least 2 hours or overnight. Serve cold.
- Top with greek yogurt and fresh strawberries.
Tips & Notes
**It should stay good refrigerated for up to 3-4 days.
**Depending on how thick you like your overnight oats, you may add a splash of almond milk before serving.
**Nutrition facts are without the toppings.
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Nutrition facts
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Can I swap out the rolled oats for Coach’s Oats (Cracked n’Toasted Oats) 1:1 ?
Could you use quick oats in this recipe?
Yes! You can use quick oats 🙂
Do you warm it in the microwave in the morning?
Oh man…I would take chocolate in my oats ANY day! Your version of overnight oats looks so mouthwatering! I’m going to be trying the recipe ASAP!
What are the fat grams for your recipe? I’m excited to try this!
Hi- I am so excited to try your recipes. It has been nearly a year since I have started to work out and eat healthier and in the year I haven’t come across too many healthy recipes.
Quick question: Can I heat these recipes up?
YAY! Yes you can totally heat these up. But, you don’t need to and most people eat them cold!
Never in my life would I ever consume a regular bowl of oatmeal–it’s just not my thing, doesn’t appeal to my palette in the least. But needing an easy on-the-go breakfast option in the mornings–and honestly just tempted by the many delicious-looking photos of these chocolately delights–I’ve given some overnight oats recipes a try. I tried to like some of these concoctions, I really did, but most of them I just ended up adding heaping scoops of warmed peanut butter to mask the mediocre taste of mushy oats mixed with lumpy mashed bananas. Until now. I kid you not, these oats are phenomenal, so creamy and chocolately. I was a little concerned when I read to eat cold as I’d always warmed up previous recipes, but, man, my first bite immediately put that concern to rest. I used cacao instead of cocoa, and since I didn’t have any vanilla extract on hand, I used unsweetened vanilla almond milk instead of unflavored. I do think the Greek yogurt makes all the difference. This is a real treat for any chocolate lover–for breakfast, dessert or any time you need to feel full and satisfied! Thank you so much for this phenomenal find!!! 🙂
YAY! So glad we converted you to an oatmeal lover 😀
I’ve made this a few times and its always so good! Its definitely very chocolatey but I love chocolate so I’m all for the chocolate overload. Almost feels like eating dessert for breakfast. So yummy!
It looks very tasty I’ll try today thanks
Could you substitute the cocoa for cacao?
I haven’t tried that, but I think it would work!
I have strawberries and cherries in the fridge…can’t wait to make this recipe again! I made it years ago when you first posted it; can’t wait to try it again!
I used unsweetened cocoa powder because it didn’t specify and it was bitter- not sweet at all. Can you specify what kind of cocoa powder? My powder was not expired and I am 100% sure I added all of the ingredients. Thanks!
Just tried this; I found the cocoa powder too bitter for me. The maple syrup was not enough to sweeten the oats.
Wow , just wow ! This recipe is my morning miracle ! I love it so much !!! I switched the greek yogurt by soy yogurt and it still gets the creaminess I need ! Thank you so much for this little treasure !
This recipe is absolutely amazing and like you said I think it’s the Greek yogurt that gives it that creaminess. I’ve tried many overnight oats and this is by far my favorite. I added a little bit of raspberries as well as strawberries in the morning I love that combination! Thank you !
Hi,
I was wondering if the yogurt really was necessary?
Thank you for your recipes
It’s not 100% necessary, but it does give overnight oats an amazing flavor and texture.