Healthy Chocolate Coffee Oatmeal
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Healthy Chocolate Coffee Oatmeal is an easy to make, healthy breakfast! Packed with caffeine and coffee, it’s so delicious and perfect for meal prepping!
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Healthy chocolate baked oatmeal is an easy to make, healthy breakfast or snack! Infused with caffeine from coffee and a hint of sweetness from chocolate chips, it’s so delicious! This baked oatmeal recipe is fantastic for meal prepping, too.
It’s no secret how much we (and you!) love baked oatmeal. Our Healthy Blueberry Baked Oatmeal and Chocolate Peanut Butter Baked Oatmeal are two of the most popular recipes on our site.
If you’ve never made a baked oatmeal recipe – NOW is the time to try it! It is seriously one of the best easy, healthy breakfasts you can make!
Seriously, what could be better than chocolate and coffee in your breakfast? If you have never included coffee into cooking or baking, you will flip over this recipe!
3 great reasons to make chocolate baked oatmeal
- It’s packed with healthy nutrients. Oats are great for good heart health, and studies have shown that, in moderation, dark chocolate is good for you, too!
- Coffee oatmeal is a quick and easy way to perk up in the morning. Just a little spike of caffeine can get your blood pumping a bit more quickly, giving you a boost of energy. Not to mention, the flavors of chocolate and coffee pair perfectly together! Java adds a lot of flavor to savory dishes too, like coffee BBQ pulled pork.
- Easier to clean up than stove top oatmeal. No sticky oatmeal saucepan to wash means you’ll have more time to sit down and enjoy your healthy breakfast.
ingredients in our baked oatmeal bars recipe
- egg
- almond milk – We use homemade almond milk – it’s SO easy to make!
- brewed coffee
- applesauce
- honey
- coconut oil
- old fashioned rolled oats
- cinnamon
- coffee
- chocolate chips
You can find substitutions for all of these ingredients below in the green shaded box.
tips for making perfect chocolate baked oatmeal
- Grease the baking dish. – It doesn’t matter if you plan to cut the baked oatmeal into bars or serve it up casserole style. Either way, remember to grease the pan. Otherwise, you’ll have baked oatmeal stuck in the bottom of the dish, which makes it more difficult to wash.
- Preheat your oven. – You need the oven to be completely hot before you put the dish of oatmeal in for baking.
- Use freshly brewed coffee for the best flavor.- It’s okay if the coffee is at room temperature, just avoid using coffee that has been sitting in the pot all day (or overnight).
Baked Oatmeal Substitutions:
Skip the chocolate: ny type of chocolate chips work well. Dark chocolate is full of antioxidants, but if you would prefer semi-sweet, milk chocolate, or white chips, go for it. Even dairy free chocolate chips work! If you want to skip the chocolate altogether, you can sub in fresh berries or other fruit.
Make it vegan : sub egg for one flax egg, sub honey for maple syrup, make sure to use a dairy free chocolate chip
Milk: Regular milk is fine, or if you need something dairy free, try our recipes for walnut milk or almond milk.
Make it gluten free: make sure you’re using gluten free certified rolled oats.
Optional add ins: chopped nuts, more chocolate, shredded coconut, fresh fruit
In addition to making your life easier, this healthy chocolate coffee oatmeal just TASTES good! Chocolate instantly puts me in a good mood.. and coffee… well who doesn’t love coffee?
You deserve a little treat for breakfast this week, so go ahead and enjoy this recipe! I promise you’re going to love it!
How long can you keep baked oatmeal for?
You can keep baked oatmeal stored in the refrigerator for up to a week. If you don’t plan to eat it before then, I would slice it, wrap into individual pieces and place them in the freezer.
Then you can just quickly defrost when needed!
oatmeal bars recipe FAQ
By making it at home and baking it in the oven, the chocolate baked oatmeal is already a healthy breakfast. To bump up the protein, you could include some protein powder. Using a flax egg instead of a regular egg will increase the amount of fiber in your bars.
Dark chocolate is a much healthier choice than any other variety, because it is lower in sugar and higher in antioxidants.
We do not recommend it. Quick oats are not quite the same as old fashioned rolled oats, because they are processed and partially cooked. Using quick cooking oatmeal in baked oatmeal bars is likely to give the bars a mushy texture.
Storing Leftover Baked Oatmeal:
Serving: This baked oatmeal is great to eat on its own, but you could also serve it with Greek yogurt on top! For a heartier, fully balanced breakfast of protein, carbs, and fat, pair it with a slice of sausage egg bake.
Storing: If your chocolate and coffee oatmeal is in a casserole dish, cover the dish tightly with plastic wrap. It should keep well in the fridge for up to 1 week. To avoid it from becoming stale or moldy, we do not recommend storing it at room temperature.
Freezing: Fully baked oatmeal will keep for about 3 months in the freezer. You can slice and freeze it as a casserole or as bars. Either way, be sure to use an airtight, freezer-safe container.
Other healthy oatmeal recipes:
If you love oatmeal, check out this list of Healthy Oatmeal Recipes!
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Healthy Chocolate Coffee Oatmeal Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 egg
- 1 1/2 cups almond milk can sub dairy milk
- 1/2 cup brewed coffee
- 1/2 cup applesauce
- 1/4 cup honey
- 1 tablespoon coconut oil melted + cooled
- 2 cups old fashioned rolled oats
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/2 tablespoon coffee finely ground
- 1/2 cup chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees+ prepare a greased 8×8 baking dish.
- In a large mixing bowl, whisk together egg, almond milk, coffee, applesauce, honey, and coconut oil until combined.
- Stir in oats, cinnamon, coffee and chocolate chips.
- Pour the batter in greased baking dish.
- Bake at 350 for 30-35 minutes or until edges start to brown. Remove from the oven, cool, and store in an airtight container in the refrigerator.
Notes
- Skip the chocolate: Baked oatmeal is pretty flexible and you can make a lot of substitutions to it. If you want to skip the chocolate you can sub in fruit. I’d check out this Healthy Blueberry Baked Oatmeal if you’re looking for a fruit oatmeal recipe!
- Make it vegan : sub egg for one flax egg, sub honey for maple syrup, make sure to use a dairy free chocolate chip
- Make it gluten free: make sure you’re using gluten free certified rolled oats.
- Optional add ins: chopped nuts, more chocolate, shredded coconut, fresh fruit
I’m going to make this over the weekend. I can’t wait to taste it! Thanks!
Thanks, Andy! Hope you love it!
Love this recipe!
I’m so glad you like it, Jen! It’s one of my favorite breakfast recipes too!
Enjoy it!! It’s one of my favorite breakfasts 🙂
So do you warm it up to eat it every morning? Or eat at room temperature? Looks delicious !
I prefer to eat it warm. You could eat it cold – but when you warm it up the chocolate gets all melty and delicious 🙂
Nice! I love chocolate and coffee too, and oats. I think I’ll have to try this.
Definitely give it a try and let us know what you think 🙂
Nah ah!!! OMG my two FAV things for breakfast (coffee and chocolate) in oats form?!?! Brilliant. Seriously how did you think of this?!? #creative
I love them both too!! Coffee + chocolate go so well together, and I make baked oatmeal almost every week… so it just seemed like a natural fit to try them 🙂
This looks AMAZING! When I saw your post in Instagram I just had to come check this out! LOVE it! Coffee and chocolate are two regular guests at my breakfast table…so this is perfect!
Thank you so much, Laura! This is easily one of my favorite recipes. I <3 chocolate and coffee SO much
Whattt??? Girl, that’s amazing that you got a weeks worth of meal prep done in under an hour. Since our family is a bit bigger, it might take a little bit longer, but wow, I need to learn from you.
Thank you 🙂 It’s taken me forever to nail it down – but now I can get it all done pretty quickly!
Wait this looks amazing! I might even try it today. Where did you get those pans from they are so pretty.
Let us know if you try it! I got these at TJ Maxx 🙂
why yes, of course I would love some oatmeal with my coffee 😀
LOL! Yes!!
I can’t wait to try this over the weekend! Coffee and oatmeal and chocolate chips?! Count me in!
Right?! Can’t think of a better combo 🙂
Mmmmm you had me at “chocolate coffee” – it’s like killing two birds with one stone. Breakfast with your coffee already in it. I’ve been getting into coffee protein shakes too. hehe. I just became a coffee addict – it’s bad. But if there are better ways to consume it than cream and sugar I’m down…I never allowed myself to get hooked on those things.
I’m all for putting coffee in whatever you can! I loooove adding coffee to protein shakes – it’s so yummy!
This combines way too many of my favorite things. 😉
I totally agree, Tarah!