Creamy Chocolate Overnight Oats
Published 6/6/2024
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Get your chocolate fix for breakfast with these deliciously creamy (and healthy!) Chocolate Overnight Oats. This overnight oats recipe is made with rolled oats, chia seeds, maple syrup, cocoa powder, almond milk, and a little Greek yogurt!
You know what makes Mondays 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, and protein, and a bowl of these overnight oats will keep you going all day long, which has been essential for these crazy work days now that we opened our food truck!
Ingredients for Chocolate Chia Overnight Oats
The base ingredients for this overnight oats variation is very similar to our classic overnight oats. Here’s what you need:
- Rolled Oats
- Vanilla Extract
- Maple Syrup
- Greek Yogurt
- Cocoa Powder
- Chia Seeds
- Almond Milk
To assemble, all you really have to do is mix everything together in a bowl, let it sit for at least 2 hours, but ideally overnight in the fridge.
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.
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
- Feel free to double this recipe.
- 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.
Watch It
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
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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!