Feel like having cake for breakfast? Make this Chocolate Chip Baked Oats instead! It tastes just like cake and super easy to make. With 30 minutes of bake time, you will be having dessert for breakfast!
Baked oats started trending on Tiktok and the internet went crazy! Similar to what happened with the Baked Feta Pasta. There are so many different ways to make these baked oats. You can get as creative as you like with the flavors you choose. Whether you choose to do a chocolate flavor or a vanilla birthday cake, in the end, you will love this amazing creation. All you need is some base ingredients which are oats, bananas, eggs, and milk. You can then get creative with your additions like a hint of peanut butter, some cocoa powder, a bit more sweetness by adding some honey or maple syrup. These Chocolate baked oats are perfect any time of the day!
Why you will love this recipe
- Healthy: all ingredients used in making these baked oats are clean and healthy. A healthy treat to enjoy as dessert or breakfast.
- Delicious: we can’t even tell you how delicious this baked oats recipe is. You will have to try it to see what we mean.
- Easy: It takes no longer than 5 minutes to blend you
Ingredients you will need
Rolled Oates
Banana
Milk
Egg
Vanilla
Nut Butter
Maple Syrup or Honey
Baking Soda
Salt
Chocolate Chips and Sprinkles optional.
How to make baked oats From scratch
- Preheat the oven to 375 F
- Place all ingredients into the blender. Except for the chocolate chips.
- Blend for one minute until all ingredients are well blended.
- Pour the batter equally into two greased ramekins. Add half a tablespoon of chocolate chips into the batter and mix it in. Top with the other half tablespoon of chocolate chips.
- Bake for 25-30 minutes until a toothpick comes out clean
- Let it cool and serve!
Recipe tips and substitutes
- Oats: Do not use steel-cut oats, You may use quick oats if you don’t have rolled oats. If you don’t have any oats, use 3/4 cup of white, wheat, or oat flour.
- Egg: There are egg substitutes out there that you can use to replace the egg. But other options that you may consider with ingredients you already have at home are flaxseed, yogurt, buttermilk, silken tofu, applesauce. replace 1 egg with 1/4 cup of all the above. If you are replacing it with flaxseed, mix 1 tablespoon of flaxseed with 3 tablespoons of water.
- Milk: Any milk will work in this recipe.
- Nut butter: We used peanut butter, but you can use any nut butter like almond butter or cashew butter.
- Sweetener: We used maple syrup, but you can use honey or agave. If you want to use coconut sugar or monk fruit sweetener it’s fine too.
Frequently asked questions
Baked oats are best served the day of but you can certainly save leftovers covered in the fridge for up to 3 days. Reheat in the microwave for 20-30 seconds.
Yes! We suggest you just use the microwave to reheat these chocolate chip baked oats. All it takes is a few seconds and they taste great!
Oats are one of the healthiest grains. They are very nutritious and naturally gluten-free. Oats are loaded with vitamins, minerals, fiber, and antioxidants. Reducing the risk of heart disease is among many of its health benefits
Other healthy breakfast and desserts recipes to try
- Baked Sweet Potato Hash
- Keto waffles
- Healthy Chocolate Bark
- Banana Date Nut Bread
- Chocolate Peanut Butter Banana Muffins
- Chocolate Zucchini Cake
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Chocolate Chip Baked Oats
Ingredients
- 1 Cup Rolled Oats
- 1 Ripe Banana
- 1 Egg
- 1/2 Cup Almond Milk or any milk
- 1 Tsp Vanilla Extract
- 1 Tsp Baking Soda
- 1 Tbsp Nut Butter I use peanut butter. Any other nut butter works
- 2 Tbsp Maple Syrup or honey
- 2 Tbsp Dark Chocolate Chips
- 1/8 tsp Salt
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 375 F
- Place all ingredients into the blender. Except for the chocolate chips.
- Blend for one minute until all ingredients are well blended.
- Pour the batter equally into two greased ramekins. Add half a tablespoon of chocolate chips into the batter and mix it in. Top with the other half tablespoon of chocolate chips.
- Bake for 25-30 minutes until a toothpick comes out clean
- Let it cool and serve!
Notes
- Oats: Do not use steel-cut oats, You may use quick oats if you don’t have rolled oats. If you don’t have any oats, use 3/4 cup of white, wheat, or oat flour.
- Egg: There are egg substitutes out there that you can use to replace the egg. But other options that you may consider with ingredients you already have at home are flaxseed, yogurt, buttermilk, silken tofu, applesauce. replace 1 egg with 1/4 cup of all the above. If you are replacing it with flaxseed, mix 1 tablespoon of flaxseed with 3 tablespoons of water.
- Milk: Any milk will work in this recipe.
- Nut butter: We used peanut butter, but you can use any nut butter like almond butter or cashew butter.
- Sweetener: We used maple syrup, but you can use honey or agave. If you want to use coconut sugar or monk fruit sweetener it’s fine too.
Luna says
Do you have to use rolled oats or can you use captain oats
Rena Awada says
Hi Luna,
Captain Oats is like quick oats, right? It should be fine. The texture will change a bit.