Peanut Butter Overnight Oats
Published 4/25/2024 • Updated 6/3/2024
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Peanut Butter Overnight Oats is the best breakfast in so many ways! This overnight oats recipe is one of our OGs and more recently, we’ve used this recipe to make blended overnight oats, a super popular Instagram trend! Check out the video and directions in the recipe card.
For more overnight oats inspiration, check out 8 ways to eat overnight oats as well as some of our favorite flavors: classic vegan, creamy banana, and overnight steel cut.
You know I am an overnight oats queen and I’m here to report that my toddler Gus is an overnight oats KING. He is literally obsessed and says “morrr morrrr” with the ASL sign asking for more.
Whether you have kiddos at home or don’t have kiddos, I can’t wait for you to try this version of overnight oats 🙌🏻
Peanut Butter Overnight Oats Ingredients
- Oats: both rolled oats and quick-cooking oats work for this recipe. I prefer the texture of quick cooking! 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!
- peanut butter: yes, this is called peanut butter overnight oats, but if you can’t tolerate peanut butter, any kind of nut or seed butter will work!
- chia seeds: Chia seeds are an important part of our classic overnight oats recipe. If you don’t have chia seeds on hand, you can try something like ground flax seeds however you may need to play with the liquid ratio because chia seeds really help suck up a lot of moisture.
- maple syrup: out of maple? Try honey 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 such as oat, cows, or soy.
- Greek yogurt: while this is optional, we HIGHLY recommend because it adds a depth of creaminess.
Quick Instructions
Once you’ve got all of your ingredients out all you need to do is mix it together and let the magic happen! We like to mix our overnight oats together in a large Pyrex, mason jar, or even a meal prep container. Anything glass that has a cover will do!
Once mixed together, place into the refrigerator, covered, for at least 2 hours, or for best results, overnight. By letting all of the ingredients soak, it will thicken and become a luscious breakfast with an amazing texture!
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.
Optional Add-Ins
As always, we encourage you to make breakfast your own! This is a very basic peanut butter overnight oats recipe that is both vegan and gluten-free (f you use certified g/f oats). We love adding protein-boosters and extra fruit to our overnight oats. Check out some of our recommendations below.
- 1 medium mashed banana
- 2 tablespoons protein powder
- 1/4 cup yogurt (Greek or non-dairy)
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- pinch of salt
- 2 tablespoons mini chocolate chips
- 2 tablespoons powdered peanut butter
We specifically wanted to make this a vegan overnight oats recipe, but if you are not plant based we HIGHLY recommend adding 1/4 cup of Greek yogurt. It will give you the creamiest overnight oats you’ve ever tried!
How to Store Peanut Butter Overnight Oats
Like we mentioned above, we love storing our overnight oats in a glass container and 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 the refrigerator for up to 5 days. Since this recipe does not have any fruit involved, it may last even longer.
More Overnight Oats Recipes
- Peanut Butter Banana Overnight Oats
- Banana Overnight Oats
- Vegan Peanut Butter Cup Overnight Oats
- Overnight Oats – 8 Ways
Peanut Butter Overnight Oats
Ingredients
Dry
- 1 cup rolled oats or quick-cooking oats
- 2 tablespoons all-natural peanut butter, + more for topping
- 1 tablespoon chia seeds
Wet
- 1 tablespoon maple syrup
- 1.25 cups plain, unsweetened almond milk
Optional Add-Ins
- 1/4 cup nonfat plain Greek yogurt
- 2 tablespoons protein powder, we recommend vanilla or plain
Instructions
- Place all ingredients into a large glass container such as a Pyrex or mason jar.
- Stir until combined and place the top on your container.
- Refrigerate for at least 2 hours or overnight.
- Top with more peanut butter and a few chocolate chips.
Make Them Blended Overnight Oats
- 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.
Tips & Notes
- peanut butter: if you are hoping to swap the peanut butter for powdered peanut butter, we suggest replacing it with 2 tablespoons of powdered peanut butter. You may need to slightly adjust the almond milk and add a tablespoon or two more.
- In this blended overnight oats video — we added a chocolate magic shell to the top. Simply melt 2 tablespoons of chocolate chips and 1 teaspoon of coconut oil. Mix them and pour them on top. After you refrigerate it for 2 hours, the shell will be hard.
Watch It
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
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So whatd be better to keep the dry mixture in the fridge or the one with milk and honey
I tried these after one night, but do you know how this recipe would fair if meal prepping for about 5 days at once? I have another recipe with steel cut oats that has done well, but I’m not sure how this one would fair prepping it several days in advance.
These should do just fine for 5 days, but probably no longer. You may need to stir before eating!
I have been wanting to try overnight oats for a while. This recipe was simple and seemed doable for my first try. I woke up like a kid on Christmas morning and ran to the fridge to have see how it turned out. So good!!! I substituted in Ripple unflavored milk, organic almond butter, a little agave instead of syrup and added a vanilla cashewmilk yogurt. With two young children and mornings being so busy this is my go to for breakfast now! Thank you!!
This recipe is a home run! My whole family enjoyed it and we didn’t even add extras on top. I’ll make this again for sure.
Glad the fam loved it!
first time i make overnight oats! i LOVED this!!
Can’t stop eating these!! Perfect breakfast after a workout!
I’ll cook this today! I’m also struggling for a healthier me, I’ve even start running with SportMe marathon training app and I can say I’m on the right track now. Nutrition is an important part of my losing weight plan, and your blog posts are a true inspiration!
i just made this with 1/2 cup of almond milk and 1/2 cup oats and flax seed instead of chia seeds, will it still turn out right if i leave it in overnight?
What kind of peanut butter do you use in this recipe? Also, do you have any specific brand or kind that is your personal favorite?
We almost always use Smuckers, 365, or Fresh Thyme brand, which are all all-natural and super drippy!