Samoa Baked Oatmeal
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Published Mar 18, 2020, Updated Mar 05, 2024
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Love coconut, caramel and chocolate? You will adore this healthy Samoa baked oatmeal. It’s made with coconut milk, date caramel and a chocolate drizzle.
I’m not sure how it took me so long to combine two of my favorite foods but here we are… Samoas + baked oatmeal had a baby and it’s delicious! This breakfast recipe is sweet, but still pretty healthy and really hits the spot. I’d like to personally request this at all brunches moving forward! I’m calling it now: this Samoa baked oatmeal will be the new cinnamon roll. 😜
Here’s What You Need:
- old fashioned rolled oats
- coconut milk – we’re using canned coconut milk for this recipe – regular or light.
- date caramel sauce – this recipe is super simple (only 4 ingredients) and worth making!
- ground flaxseed
- applesauce
- coconut oil, vanilla extract, baking powder and sea salt.
- unsweetened shredded coconut
- chocolate chips – I like Enjoy Life or Lily’s chocolate chips
The Star of the Show…
In my opinion, the date caramel sauce is the star of this recipe! I’ve used it in my salted caramel oatmeal and on my apple nachos but I figured it needed to make an appearance with a baked oatmeal recipe too!
While it is an extra step it’s super simple and only slightly more difficult than buying a caramel sauce at the store. And the ingredients for my homemade date caramel are waaay better than the ingredients you’ll find in store-bought caramel. Most have high fructose corn syrup, preservatives and food coloring.
For the date caramel, all you have to do is blend all ingredients in a high powered blender or food processor. You’ll have a caramel sauce made out of whole food ingredients in no time at all. Highly recommend keeping a stash of this caramel in the fridge at all times.
Meal Prep Oatmeal? Heck Yes!
One of my favorite things about baked oatmeal is that it is perfect for meal prep. The entire recipe (besides the date caramel) can be mixed in one bowl. Then you simply bake it and portion out your servings. Let the baked oatmeal cool completely before putting it in an airtight container and storing in the refrigerator for up to five days. When you’re ready to enjoy, you can eat cold or reheat it. My personal favorite way to reheat baked oatmeal is to pop it in the toaster oven. Then I like to add a splash of milk and top with an extra drizzle of date caramel sauce!
More Baked Oatmeal Recipes to Try:
- Strawberry Banana Baked Oatmeal
- Chocolate Baked Oatmeal
- Carrot Cake Baked Oatmeal
- Peanut Butter Banana Baked Oatmeal
- Peach Baked Oatmeal
- S’mores Baked Oatmeal
More Oatmeal Recipes:
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Samoa Baked Oatmeal
Ingredients
- 2 cups old fashioned rolled oats
- 1 15oz can regular or light canned coconut milk (about 1 and ¾ cups)
- 1/4 cup date caramel, see recipe below
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon sea salt
- 1 Tablespoon ground flaxseed
- ½ cup applesauce
- 1 Tablespoon melted coconut oil
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 Tablespoons unsweetened shredded coconut + more for topping oatmeal
- 4 Tablespoons chocolate chips, divided
- ¼ teaspoon coconut oil to thin chocolate
- extra date caramel, for drizzling
- Date Caramel
- 8 medjool dates, pitted*
- 1/2 teaspoon sea salt
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 3/4 cup unsweetened almond or oat milk + more if needed
Instructions
- Make date caramel by adding all ingredients into a high powered blender or food processor (and blend until mixture is smooth and there are no date chunks detectable. Add additional milk until the date caramel is thin enough to drizzle, but not too thin.
- Preheat the oven to 375°F.
- Spray an 8×8 square baking dish with cooking spray.
- In a large bowl, mix together the oats, coconut milk, date caramel, baking powder, sea salt, flaxseed, applesauce, coconut oil and vanilla.
- Add 2 Tablespoons shredded coconut and 2 Tablespoons chocolate chips and stir until just combined.
- Carefully pour oatmeal mixture into the prepared baking dish.
- Scatter shredded coconut on top.
- Bake for 40 minutes, or until the oatmeal bake has set and flakes are toasted and golden. Remove from the oven and let cool for a few minutes.
- While cooling, add 2 Tablespoons of chocolate chips to a microwave safe container with the coconut oil. Heat in the microwave in 30 second increments until melted. Drizzle chocolate over the baked oatmeal. Then drizzle date caramel sauce over top.
- Serve immediately with chocolate and date caramel sauce drizzle.
- For storage: store in the refrigerator in an airtight container for up to 4 days.
- To 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.
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Notes
- Recipe works best fresh, soft medjool dates. If dates are dry or hard, you can soak them in water for about 30 minutes, drain and then use them in the recipe.
- If you’re using the smaller deglet noor dates, you’ll need to use more! This is something you can play around with to get the caramel sauce thickness you’re looking for.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
I don’t have flaxmeal (or chia). Could I omit or substitute with something else?
You can swap in a regular egg!
Easy to make and delicious result!
I love coconut and chocolate, so this was a perfect breakfast! Also convenient to take as a snack 🙂 Thank you so much for this delicious recipe, looking forward to try more of your recipes.
Ahh that makes me so happy to hear, Madelon. I’m so glad you enjoyed this baked oatmeal. Thanks for trying it and for coming back to leave a comment and star rating. I really appreciate it. <3
Such a good recipe! Tastes like a dessert but healthier! 10/10
Yay!! I’m so glad you enjoyed this recipe, Liz. Thanks for trying it and for coming back to leave a comment and star rating. I really appreciate it!
So tasty! My whole family loved this, including my picky children. This was not too sweet at all – just perfect. And, the date caramel sauce is bomb!! I’m glad it made more caramel than needed for this recipe, so I can keep it on hand to dip fruit in, add some to coffee, etc. So good!!
Ahh that makes me so happy to hear, Kristin! I’m so glad this baked oatmeal recipe was a hit with your family. Thanks for trying it and for coming back to leave a comment and star rating. I so appreciate it. <3
10/10 highly would recommend! I was blown away at how similar it tastes to an actual Samoa! And you weren’t kidding about the caramel sauce- SO GOOD! Seriously one of the best desserts I’ve tasted in a while! Only thing I would add is that if you choose to bake in muffin tins to monitor them closely, as 40min was a bit too long when using the mini muffin tins. I baked half in regular size and half in the minis and they were a bit burned/too crispy- but that’s my fault for not checking them. Aside from that, these will most certainly be made again and again!!
Ahhh yay!! This makes me so happy to read, Marissa! I’m so glad you loved this baked oatmeal recipe. Thanks for trying it and for coming back to leave a comment and star rating. It means the world to me and is super helpful for other readers. <3
This is delicious and the perfect healthy, comfort, quarantine breakfast. I used chia meal in place of Flax and accidentally left out the melted coconut oil (because I forgot it in the microwave). Thank you for all you do to bring us fun, wholesome food that feels very indulgent!!
You’re so welcome, Laura! <3 I'm so glad you enjoyed this baked oatmeal. Thanks for trying it and for coming back to leave a comment and star rating. It's super helpful to other readers, so I appreciate it!
We are just finishing this baked oatmeal as I write this review and we must say that it is absolutely spectacular! This is definitely a do over for many times to come and we love Eating Bird Food recipes!
Ahh that makes me so happy to hear, Retha!! So glad this baked oatmeal recipe was a hit! Thanks for trying it and for coming back to leave a comment and star rating. It means the world to me. <3
This baked oatmeal is SO good…love all the clean ingredients that come together so well. I prepped and reheated a piece each day with a splash of almond milk. Thank you so much for this recipe!! ❤️
Ahh yay!! I’m so glad you enjoyed this baked oatmeal recipe, Christy. Thanks for trying it and for coming back to leave a comment and star rating. I so appreciate it. <3
Incredibly delicious!I made this for my family this morning and my mom described it at “heaven sent”. Thanks for sharing all of your amazing creations!
Omg that’s amazing!! So glad this recipe was a hit with your family! Thanks for trying it and for coming back to leave a comment and star rating. It means the world to me. <3