Chocolate Peanut Butter Overnight Oats
Published 8/26/2022
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Kick your day off right with these Chocolate Peanut Butter Overnight Oats! Packed with 13g of protein and 11g of fiber, this healthy breakfast can’t be beat.
For more overnight oats inspiration, check out 8 ways to eat overnight oats as well as some of our favorite flavors: lemon cheesecake, creamy banana, and overnight steel cut oats.
High-Protein Chocolate Peanut Butter Overnight Oats
Overnight oats are a great way to start your day! Packed with protein, whole grains, and fiber, this breakfast will get your day going with the energy you need. Plus, each serving has 13g of protein.
These overnight oats are also perfect for meal prep, so you’re not making a time-intensive breakfast every morning of the week. And you really can’t beat this chocolate peanut butter flavor combo.
What You Need
These chocolate peanut butter overnight oats pack a tall list of clean ingredients that you likely have on hand already. Need to make a few dietary substitutions? We got you:
- Rolled oats: this recipe calls for rolled oats AKA old-fashioned oats, but you can always use quick-cooking as well! If you’re hoping to explore steel cut, check out our recipe for overnight steel cut oats here and modify that one to add peanut butter and cocoa powder!
- Peanut butter: Yes, this is called chocolate peanut butter overnight oats, but if you can’t tolerate peanut butter, any kind of nut or seed butter will also work for this!
- Cocoa powder: The cocoa powder gives these overnight oats the delicious chocolatey taste without adding sugar. If you’re looking to add additional protein to this recipe, sub out equal parts chocolate protein powder for the cocoa powder!
- Chia seeds: Chia seeds are an important part of many of our overnight oats recipes. They add great texture to overnight oats while packing a punch of protein!
- Honey: Out of honey? Try maple syrup or agave nectar! You can even skip this if you’re trying to cut out sugar altogether.
- Almond milk: any kind of milk will work for this recipe, including: dairy milk, cashew milk, oat milk, etc.
Variations
As always, we encourage you to make breakfast your own! We love adding protein boosters and extra fruit to our overnight oats. Check out some of our recommendations:
- 1 medium mashed banana
- 2 tablespoons protein powder
- 1/4 cup yogurt (Greek or non-dairy)
- pinch of salt
- 2 tablespoons mini chocolate chips
- 2 tablespoons powdered peanut butter
Topping Ideas
Top these delicious chocolate peanut butter overnight oats with whatever your heart desires. We love sprinkling on any (or any combo!) of the following:
- Drizzle of peanut butter
- Handful of mini chocolate chips
- Sliced banana
- Sliced strawberries
- Handful of raspberries
How to Store Overnight Oats
We love storing our overnight oats in a glass container, in the refrigerator. Feel free to double or triple this recipe so that you can meal prep your way into the week!
Overnight oats will last in an air-tight container in the refrigerator for up to 5 days. Since this recipe does not have any fruit involved, it may last even longer.
Chocolate Peanut Butter Overnight Oats
Ingredients
Dry
- 1 cup rolled oats
- 3 tablespoons cocoa powder
- 1 tablespoon chia seeds
- pinch salt
Wet
- 2 tablespoons all-natural peanut butter
- 1 cup unsweetened almond milk
- 2 tablespoons honey, or maple syrup
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
- Place all ingredients into a medium bowl or mason jar and mix until combined.
- Seal tightly and place in the fridge for at least 2 hours or overnight.
- Eat cold or heated up, whatever you prefer!
Tips & Notes
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Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
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I rarely post reviews, but this was AMAZING! I’ll definitely be adding this into my rotation for a quick, easy breakfast. Can’t wait to try the different variations and even the Chai Spice oats that I also see on the website. Thank you!
I have made this recipe so many times and I love how versatile it is! I generally add collagen and rather than add the peanut butter into the mixture, add it on top before I eat it. Yum!
Thank you for the great recipes, very clear presentation of the material. Since childhood, I did not understand the indignation of children about the porridge: semolina, oatmeal, well, how can you not like them? 😋 I’m probably not of this world, because all the food that most people do not like, I usually love: pizza with pineapple, porridge, olives, castings and more, I do not list everything)))
Absolutely delicious! I’ve never been a big oatmeal fan, but my husband finally convinced me to try overnight oats and this was the first recipe I tried. Tastes like desert! So chocolatey and even better with some fresh raspberries added! Can’t wait to try your other overnight oats recipes!
Yours looks delish!
Easy and delicious!
This is so delicious. I added 1/4 cup of Greek yoghurt and topped it with hemp seeds and banana, its definitely in my breakfast rotation now.
Can’t wait to try this receipt for peanut butter rolled oats.
Holy moly that’s a lot of carbs for only half the recipe
You mention adding protein boosters. Any good suggestions for doing so?
You could add more protein powder, collagen, powdered greens, hemp hearts, ground flax, etc.!
Hi Lee, If adding protein powder would you need to increase the almond milk?
I would add 2 tablespoons MAX of protein powder so it doesn’t taste chalky and maybe add 2 tablespoons extra milk!
Really good. Nice way to prepare breakfast for two days in one shot.