Chocolate Overnight Oats
I love this recipe from Rainbow Plant Life! The recipe is vegan, but you can adjust as needed. I use plain Greek yogurt and oat milk. Delicious, filling, and lots of topping options. I love having something in the fridge that’s just ready to go in the morning.
High-Protein Chocolate Overnight Oats
Serves: 3
Active time: 5 min / Inactive time: 1 hour
Ingredients
¼ cup (24g) raw cacao powder or unsweetened cocoa powder (see Note 1)
1 to 2 tablespoons (20 to 40g) pure maple syrup (see Note 2)
1 ½ cups (360g) high-protein plant-based yogurt (see Note 3)
1 cup (240 mL) soy milk (see Note 4)
1 ½ cups (150g) old-fashioned rolled oats
3 tablespoons (33g) chia seeds
½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
¼ teaspoon kosher salt, more to taste
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract, more to taste
Serving options
Plant-based protein chocolate powder (see Note 5)
Almond butter (or nut butter of choice)
Raspberries (or fruit of choice)
Directions
- Heat up ¼ cup (60 mL) of water until almost boiling, then add to a large bowl. Stir in the cacao or cocoa powder and maple syrup and whisk well until you have a smooth, lump-free paste or slurry. Let it cool for a few minutes.
- Add the yogurt and milk to the bowl, and whisk until well combined. Add the oats, chia seeds, cinnamon, salt, and vanilla. Whisk or stir until the oats are well incorporated and everything is evenly combined. If the mixture looks thick, add more milk.
- Store in a sealed large jar or container, or divide between three small sealed jars. Chill overnight (or for at least 1 hour) and store in the fridge for up to 5 days.
- When ready to serve: If you are using protein powder, add ½ scoop (½ oz / ~15g) of protein powder (for one serving) to a bowl. Whisk in enough filtered water to make a thick and creamy slurry. Now add in your one serving of overnight oats and stir well to combine, adding more water as needed if it’s too thick.
- If desired, top overnight oats with nut butter and berries.
Notes
- Raw cacao powder has a slight bitterness to it, so if you’re new to this ingredient, you may want to stick with unsweetened cocoa powder.
- 1 tablespoon maple syrup will yield very lightly sweet oats. If you’re planning to stir in protein powder that has some sweetener, start with 1 tablespoon (20g) maple syrup and add more to taste when serving.
- Such as Icelandic Provisions Oatmilk Skyr Yogurt or Kite Hill Foods Greek Yogurt.
- Any soy milk you choose will have a good amount of protein per cup. In the RPL kitchen, we like Westlife soy milk (9g per cup!) and Eden Foods soy milk (12g per cup!). If you prefer more liquidy oats, you may want to add more milk now (or stir in before serving).
- In the RPL kitchen, we like Momentous Chocolate Protein Powder or** **Vivo Life Protein Powder.
Nutrition Boost Ideas
● For more plants, mix some flaxseed meal or hemp seeds into the oats.
● Top with raspberries (½ cup has 4g fiber!) or diced pears (1 medium pear has 6g fiber!).
Storage
● The overnight oats will stay good in the fridge for up to 5 days.