Chocolate Baked Oatmeal
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Sounds decadent, but this chocolate baked oatmeal with peanut butter is loaded with healthy ingredients. Of course, it’s still absolutely delicious and so easy to whip up.
I shared a variation of this chocolate baked oatmeal on Instagram and it was such a hit, I knew I had to make a version to share on the blog! My birthday, Valentine’s Day and Galentine’s Day land in this month so I figured now was the perfect time! I would love to wake up to this on my birthday (hint, hint, Isaac!) and also think it would be so fun to serve at a Galentine’s Day brunch.
How to Make Baked Oatmeal with Chocolate
One of the reasons baked oatmeal is so popular is because baked oatmeal recipes are so easy to whip up and perfect for meal prep! You literally need one bowl and one baking dish. Anytime I can cut back on dishes, I’m going to! We do wayyyy too many dishes around here to be adding more mixing bowls, especially now that we have a baby. From pump parts to bottles… it seems like our sink is always fill with dishes.
To make this baked oatmeal, you start by mixing together the rolled oats, almond milk, cocoa powder, maple syrup, baking powder, sea salt, flaxseed, mashed banana, coconut oil, peanut butter, vanilla in a large bowl. Once that’s combined, add in your chopped chocolate.
Pour the oatmeal mixture into a baking dish that has been sprayed with cooking spray and spread remaining chocolate pieces on top. Then, you’ll just bake until the oatmeal has set. Remove from the oven and let cool for a few minutes and then drizzle peanut butter on top and serve!
Baked Oatmeal Dietary Swaps
I get a lot of questions about ingredient swaps for certain recipes so I thought I would share some easy swaps here if you’re trying to adapt the recipe to follow a certain diet.
- Oats – be sure you use certified gluten-free oats if you need the recipe to be gluten-free.
- Milk – my fave is oat milk. But, almond milk, coconut milk, or regular milk can work if that’s what you prefer!
- Peanut butter – as you know, I love the combination of peanut butter + chocolate, but if you have a nut allergy or prefer a different seed or nut butter, feel free to swap!
- Chocolate – if you’re looking to keep this recipe vegan or dairy-free, be sure to use vegan chocolate. I like using the Lily’s chocolate, which is sweetened with stevia and lower in sugar.
- Flaxseed – if you don’t have flaxseed on hand, you can use an egg instead or omit the flaxseed altogether.
Can You Make Baked Oatmeal Ahead of Time?
Yes, you can totally make baked oatmeal ahead of time. Here’s what I recommend:
Option 1: Bake and Reheat Before Serving
- Prepare baked oatmeal as the recipe suggests. Once baked, let the oatmeal cool, cover the baking dish and place in the fridge. You can do this 1-2 days in advance.
- When ready to serve, take oatmeal dish from fridge, cover with foil and reheat in a 350°F oven for about 20 minutes. For individual portions, set toaster oven to 350°F and bake for 5-10 minutes or reheat in the microwave for 1 minute.
Option 2: Prep as Much as You Can Without Baking
- Mix together your dry ingredients in a bowl, cover and let sit out on the counter until morning.
- Mix together all the wet ingredients in another bowl, cover and store in the fridge until morning.
- In the morning, simply mix the wet and dry ingredients together, pour oatmeal mixture into your prepared baking dish and bake as recipe suggests.
Chocolate Baked Oatmeal Serving Suggestions:
Like I said, this would be the perfect baked oatmeal for a brunch! But what do you serve with chocolate baked oatmeal?!
- Yogurt parfaits – could have them pre-made in little mason jars or it could be fun to have a build-your-own yogurt parfait bar!
- Breakfast meat – can’t go wrong with breakfast meat at a brunch. Bacon or sausage would love lovely or try tempeh bacon for your vegan friends!
- Fruit salad or fruit kabobs – every brunch needs fruit!
- Fun drinks – I feel like drinks can really elevate the brunch! Serve fresh squeezed juices, mimosas and/or fun coffee drinks.
More Oatmeal Recipes
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- S’mores Baked Oatmeal
- Cranberry Orange Baked Oatmeal
- One Pan Baked Oatmeal
- Protein Baked Oatmeal
- Chocolate Peppermint Baked Oatmeal
Be sure to check out all of my baked oatmeal recipes as well as all the popular oatmeal recipes here on EBF.
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Chocolate Baked Oatmeal
Ingredients
- 2 cups old fashioned rolled oats
- 2 cups non-dairy milk
- ¼ cup cocoa powder
- ¼ cup pure maple syrup, plus more for serving
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- Scant 1/2 teaspoon sea salt
- 1 Tablespoon ground flaxseed*
- 1 ripe banana, mashed (about ½ cup)
- 1 Tablespoon melted coconut oil
- 2 Tablespoons peanut butter + more for drizzling
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- ¼ cup chopped chocolate or chocolate chips*
- cooking spray
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 375°F.
- Spray an 8×8 square baking dish with cooking spray.
- In a large bowl, mix together the oats, non-dairy milk, cocoa powder, maple syrup, baking powder, sea salt, flaxseed, mashed banana, coconut oil, peanut butter and vanilla. Stir together, then add 1/8 cup of the chopped chocolate.
- Carefully pour oatmeal mixture into the prepared baking dish.
- Scatter remaining chocolate on top.
- Bake for 25-30 minutes, or until the oatmeal has set. Remove from the oven and let cool for a few minutes. Portion and serve with a drizzle of peanut butter on top.
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Notes
- If you need this recipe to be gluten-free be sure to purchase certified gluten-free oats.
- For a vegan version, be sure to purchase dairy-free/vegan chocolate.
- If you don’t have flaxseed on hand, you can add an egg instead or omit.
- Storage: Store in the refrigerator in an airtight container for 4-6 days.
- Reheat: To reheat the whole baked oatmeal, cover with foil and reheat in a 350°F oven for about 20 minutes. For individual portions, set toaster oven to 350°F and bake for 5-10 minutes or reheat in the microwave for 1 minute.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
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My kids love it, definitely a win!
Tomorrow morning will be the 4th time to make it 👍🏼
Ah! That’s so amazing, Robyn! So glad this chocolate baked oatmeal has been a hit. Thanks for the review. I really appreciate it!
I left out the coconut oil, flax, and chocolate chips, and this is SO delicious and brownie-like!!! I want to try most all of your baked oatmeal recipes and have made 3 already; they have all been AMAZING!! Thanks for all you do 😉
Oh yay, so glad this still turned out for you!! Thanks for making it and for the review. I so appreciate it!
Superb. This is a hit for the whole family here in the UK. It’s so lovely to find a baked oat recipe that the whole family can enjoy.
I don’t add the coconut oil though as we are WFPB with SOS (i.e. virtually no processed oil, virtually no salt and virtually no refined processed sugar) and this came out beautifully.
I shall definitely encourage others to give it a go.
Woo! So glad this recipe was a hit with your fam, Dee!! Thanks for making it and for the review. I so appreciate it!
I made this multiple days in a row when I was six days late with my 3rd child! It hit the spot and kept me busy! I actually made them into cupcakes and they were perfect!
Yay!! So glad you loved this recipe, Tanya. Thanks for making it and coming back to leave a review. It means the world to me.
I had this today and it was delicious. I’m italian so only just learning to eat Oatmeal but you get loads and keeps you full. Thank you
So glad you enjoyed this recipe, Barbara. Thanks for making it and for the review. I so appreciate it!
Delicious and creamy. Great chocolate flavor and it’s healthful! I didn’t have coconut oil so used avocado oil instead and it turned out great.
Woo! So glad this recipe was a hit! Thanks for making it and for coming back to leave a review. I so appreciate it, Susan!
Great recipe! My boyfriend was looking a bit suspicious when I took it out of the oven and served it instead of his regular bowl of overnight oats, but he enjoyed it so much that he took two portions and asks for it for desert in the evening! Will also try out the blueberry version.
So glad this baked oatmeal was a hit!! Thanks for the review. I so appreciate it.
Thank made this with a few alterations to amp up the protein. I omitted the maple syrup and added chocolate collagen protein powder which I find to be sweet tasting. I also realized I was out of banana so I used applesauce in place of it. I also used dark chocolate chips. The recipe worked great! I should have left the maple syrup in because it wasn’t sweet enough even with the protein powder’s sweetness but I addressed that by drizzling the 5 ingredient Hershey’s chocolate syrup! You could totally do maple syrup drizzle too. Yum!
I’m glad you enjoyed this recipe, Gina! Thanks for making it and for sharing your subs. I so appreciate it!
Oooh – love the idea of using applesauce when we don’t want a banana flavor! So trying this!
Let me know how it turns out 🙂
These. Are. AMAZING!!!!!!!!!
If you were debating making them, MAKE THEM!!!
I used 1and 1/2 cups of almond milk instead of 2.
Then I poured half of the batter in the pan, added a layer of peanut butter & chocolate chips, and then the other half of the batter. A-MAZ-ING!!!
Yay!! So glad you loved this recipe, Sienna!! Thanks for the review. I so appreciate it. 🙂
Can’t stop eating it! The flavor is so rich and luxurious – sweet but not too sweet. I knew this was going to be a win the instant I saw the combination of chocolate, peanut butter, and oatmeal. I used only 1 1/2 cups of milk because I’ve found in these recipes that if I use 2 cups, it doesn’t bake all the way through, and it worked perfectly. For the topping, I mixed peanut butter and melted coconut oil to make it nice and drizzley. Would heating up the peanut butter have the same effect?
Woo!! So glad you loved this recipe, Madeline. I’ve definitely done that before with my peanut butter and it worked wonderfully. It should be fine to heat the pb in the microwave, but you’ll want to make sure you heat it in small increments of time stirring in between so the pb doesn’t get scorched.