Coffee Overnight Oats
Published 4/7/2016 • Updated 1/23/2024
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Coffee overnight oats marry two of our favorite things — coffee and overnight oats! Old-fashioned oats and chia seeds are soaked overnight in a combination of coffee, almond milk, maple syrup, and vanilla extract to make your next morning’s breakfast easy and SUPER delicious.
We drizzled these creamy coffee overnight oats with a yummy salted date caramel topping for a sweet, slightly salty, and extra caramel-y touch. It’s phenomenal!
I gave this particular coffee overnight oats recipe to one of my girlfriends who lives in my building (HEY ANG), and I’ve got her hooked on these bad boys. It’s great for meal prep, so you can enjoy a delicious breakfast every day of the week. Just combine your ingredients, soak overnight, make your date caramel, drizzle it on, and dig in!
Coffee Overnight Oats – What You’ll Need
- Rolled oats: also known as old-fashioned oats, they’re less processed than quick oats and hold up well when being soaked overnight.
- Chia seeds: chia seeds are packed with nutrients and absorb liquid to create a gel-like consistency when soaked.
- Almond milk: this dairy-free milk provides a perfect creamy texture for your overnight oatmeal.
- Strong cold press: we like using a strong cold brew coffee (or cold press). You can also use espresso or normal brewed coffee depending on how strong of a coffee flavor you prefer.
- Maple syrup: pure maple syrup adds a natural sweetness that tastes so yummy with the coffee flavor.
- Medjool dates: be sure to get pitted dates. The softer, the better! Dates add a delicious natural sweetness and smooth texture to your date caramel sauce.
- Food processor: we use our food processor to blend up the date caramel sauce. If you don’t have one, a blender will work too!
Variations and Substitutions
The beauty of overnight oats recipes is that they’re quite forgiving when it comes to ingredient substitutions. If you don’t have rolled oats, quick-cooking oats are a great substitute.
You can also swap the almond milk for oat milk, soy milk, or any other dairy-free or regular milk if you prefer. Only have regular brewed black coffee? That’ll work just fine! Rather not use maple syrup? Honey is also a great option as a natural sweetener.
And for the date caramel topping, you can top the overnight oats with chopped dates and sea salt instead.
Top Tips for Coffee Overnight Oats
- Depending on how thick you like your overnight oats, you may need to add a splash of almond milk before serving.
- Make these ‘mocha’ overnight oats by topping them with mini chocolate chips, too!
- This recipe can easily be doubled or tripled to make multiple servings for the week ahead. Just store it in an airtight container in the fridge.
- Want some extra protein? Add a scoop of your favorite protein powder to the overnight oats before soaking them overnight!
How to Store Overnight Oats
Place your cold brew overnight oats in an airtight container and store in the refrigerator for up to 3-4 days.
What to Serve with Coffee Overnight Oats
I love trying out different variations of these coffee overnight oats by adding other tasty toppings each time I make them (which is often). Try out any of your favorite toppings that sound good to you! Some of our favs include:
- Fresh fruit: anything goes here. Fresh raspberries, strawberries, bananas, and blueberries all work well with the coffee flavor.
- Cacao nibs: sprinkle on top for some extra crunch and a chocolatey touch.
- Yogurt: top your overnight oats with a dollop of Greek or vanilla yogurt for some added creaminess and protein.
- Nuts: chopped almonds, walnuts, or pecans would be delicious.
- Seeds: add some extra texture and nutrients with pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds, or hemp seeds.
When it comes to sides, you’ll absolutely be obsessed (and caffeinated) if you pair these oats with our Vanilla Sweet Cream Cold Brew or this DIY Maple Pecan Latte.
For something savory, our Egg and Arugula Toast, Bacon Egg Cups, or Cheesy Sous Vide Egg Bites are all the rage.
Coffee Overnight Oats
Ingredients
- 1 cup rolled oats
- 1 tablespoon chia seeds
- pinch sea salt
- 3/4 cup unsweetened, plain almond milk
- 1/2 cup strong cold press OR brewed coffee
- 2 tablespoons maple syrup
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Optional Date Caramel
- 4 Medjool dates pitted , the softer the better!
- pinch of salt
- **Water
Instructions
- Combine all of the ingredients in a medium storage container. Mix to combine and cover.
- Place in the refrigerator, covered, for at least 2 hours or overnight.
- Before serving, option to add a splash more milk depending on how thick or thin you like your oats. Serve cold.
For the Date Caramel
- Place 4 Medjool dates into a high-speed food processor. Process on high until pureed. Depending on how soft your dates are, you may need to add water. Add by the 1/2 teaspoon.
Tips & Notes
- *You can easily double or triple this recipe.
- This will last up to 3-4 days in the fridge.
- Nutrition information does NOT include the date caramel.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
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This is amazing especially because I like to put coffee in all the things. These OOs look sooo creamy I cannot wait to try!!
Coffee is life.
Nothing better than breakfast and coffee in one perfect overnight oat package! YUM!
WOO! I couldn’t agree more 🙂
Just when I thought overnight oats couldn’t get any better… Espresso over night oats with caramel?! Cannot wait to try these!
LOL. RIGHT?! Don’t forget to make the date caramel…it’s the best part!
This is awesome.
Fires up my culinary creativity…I’m thinking: how to turn this into a Tiramisu derivative 🙂
YAS. Just throw some ladyfingers on there and you are good to go.
You should do a post on Linley! We see her so much on snap chat but barely know anything about her / her role at FFF! Oh, and these oatmeals are such a tease for me- I have celiac but also an intolerance to oats (even GF). I miss oatmeal the most!
SO HAPPY your foot is doing well! This week literally keeps getting better and better. DAT SALTED DATE CARAMEL.
Thank you!
BEST WEEK EVER! I love how creative your flavors are and these photos? STUNNING.
This is legit THE BEST WEEK EVER.
I’m a huge fan of oatmeal! I have been meaning to try out this caramel syrup made with dates for awhile now. Maybe I’ll give it a go. It seems so easy!
You are going to absolutely LOVE this date caramel. So easy and so nummy!!!!
Yay, congrats on the foot news! You’ll see, those 1-2 weeks will be over before you know it! 🙂
As for these espresso overnight oats, yum! I don’t drink coffee in the morning, but these make me want to try (especially that date caramel on top, yum!).
ps. I made your Carrot Cake OO (without raisins because we ran out of them grrr. -> so instead I )put crushed walnuts in it since I usually make my carrot cake with walnuts) and it was delicious! Loved the spice combo 🙂
Thanks for your kind words, Stella! YAY so glad you loved the Carrot Cake OO.
Awesome idea to eat coffee! One more excuseto consume caffeine 😀