Healthy and easy overnight oats that taste like the best oatmeal cookies ever!? Yup this right here is like eating dessert for breakfast and better yet it’s quickly prepped the night before so you can literally grab and go. The perfect kinda breakfast for busy weekdays!
As you already know, I have quite the obsession with breakfast. Breakfast food is just so much fun! Especially when it’s quick, easy, healthy, and tastes like dessert like this easy overnight oats recipe!
Now that it’s almost summer here in Texas, I’m all about these overnight oats! While I love regular hot oats, I always like to mix it up with cold oat recipes around this time of year. And since this recipe tastes shockingly like a real oatmeal cookie (my favorite type of cookie, in case you were wondering), this recipe is just an all around win!
What are Overnight Oats?
Overnight oats are a mix of porridge oats with some sort of liquid usually dairy or nut milk, coconut milk or maple syrup and are eaten cold. They’re mixed with spices such as cinnamon, fresh or dried fruit and sometimes even chocolate for something extra indulgent.
The great thing about them is that you basically just put everything in a mason jar, give it a mix and let it chill overnight in the fridge. The oats soak up all the flavors and become so comforting and delicious.
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Here are Some Essentials for Making Overnight Oats:
This Oatmeal Cookie Easy Overnight Oats recipe also makes a great post-workout recovery, by the way. My workouts have been INTENSE lately, and at the end I’m super desperate for a good recovery (has anyone tried the Beach-Ready Total-Body Workout???)! These oats have a great blend of protein and healthy carbs that are perfect for a delicious workout recovery.
Make it vegan: A note for my vegan friends: Replace the greek yogurt with coconut yogurt, and you’re good to go!
Personally, there’s nothing I enjoy more when it comes to food than a breakfast that tastes like dessert. I think part of this is because of my major sweet tooth problem and the fact that I pretty much grew up actually eating real desserts for breakfast, haha!
Now that I’m a healthy eater, I enjoy making breakfast foods that taste like dessert but are still good for you, like my Strawberry & Cream Overnight Oats or Pumpkin Pie Overnight Oats)!
Top Tips for Making these Easy Overnight Oats
- Leave the overnight oats in the fridge for a minimum of 6 hours but overnight is best.
- You can replace the almond milk for any nut milk.
- If you prefer a thicker consistency omit the almond milk altogether and if you’d like a light consistency then add an extra 1/4 cup more than what is stated in the recipe.
- You can add dried fruit of chocolate chips into the mix.
- Store in mason jars with a lid so they are easy to grab and go.
More Healthy Breakfast Recipes You Might Like:
- Healthy Mango Banana Smoothie
- Chocolate Avocado Smoothie (vegan & gluten free)
- Healthy Ezekiel Bread French Toast
- Tofu Scramble Vegan Breakfast Bowl
Oatmeal Cookie Overnight Oats
Ingredients
- 3/4 cup rolled oats
- 2 Tbsp almond butter
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1 packet stevia
- 2 tsp maple syrup
- 1/4 cup nonfat plain greek yogurt
- 3/4 cup unsweetened almond milk
Instructions
- Combine all of the ingredients together and mix.
- To make the overnight oats thinner (more liquid), add 1/4 cup more of unsweetened almond milk. To make them thicker, omit the almond milk completely.
- Place in jars and refrigerate overnight.
- In the morning, remove from refrigerator and enjoy!
Notes
- Leave the overnight oats in the fridge for a minimum of 6 hours but overnight is best.
- You can replace the almond milk for any nut milk.
- If you prefer a thicker consistency omit the almond milk altogether and if you'd like a light consistency then add an extra 1/4 cup more than what is stated in the recipe.
- You can add dried fruit of chocolate chips into the mix.
- Store in mason jars with a lid so they are easy to grab and go.
Wow these overnight oats sound so good, oatmeal cookies are my fav!
Is there a substitute for the yogurt? Sometimes my body struggles with dairy. Thanks.
Hi, Amanda! Feel free to just add almond milk instead of yogurt. If you want the texture to be thick, I really like using cashew yogurt as a dairy-free option!
Yum!
Thanks, Jennifer! These oats are so good!
If I don’t have stevia packets, but a big container of it, about how much of a tsp would equal a packet? Any idea? Thank you! Can’t wait to try this!!
Hi, Kristen! A packet of stevia is about 1 tsp. Enjoy the recipe! 🙂
Do you have to use almond butter will any butter work also same question line instead of greek yogurt can we use regular yogurt?
Cashew butter would also work great! Really any nut butter should work, but peanut butter has a strong taste and may change the flavor a little bit. Regular yogurt works wonderfully, too! Simply adjust the amount for the desired thickness (since it’s not as thick as greek yogurt). Enjoy! 🙂