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My chocolate peanut butter overnight oats are a tasty, simple, and kid-friendly make-ahead breakfast. Packed with chocolate flavor from cocoa powder, these oats are made without yogurt and are vegan by default. The perfect staple recipe for busy mornings!
Peanut butter overnight oats are a meal prepper’s dream and one of my favorite breakfast recipes. They are so good, can keep for a few days in the fridge, and take less than 5 minutes to throw together.
Even better, they’re filling, and they taste like you’re eating dessert for breakfast. And your kids can make their own! Win. Freaking. Win.
Reader Review
“I never understood what all the rage was about overnight oats until I tried this recipe. This like a dessert. Normally something that tastes so good is not good for you but this is good for you and delicious! I did tweak the recipe and used homemade yogurt instead of milk and I used honey. It’s the best part of going to work bright and early knowing I have this to eat for breakfast but also seems like a treat.”
Leigh
Because I love a meal prep recipe, I’ve experimented a lot to test how long these will last, and it seems like 4-6 days are about the max time the overnight oats can chill in the fridge.
When making peanut butter overnight oats, I mix everything in a pint wide-mouth canning jar. It makes two servings, and it is ready to go in its own carrying case.
PB and Chocolate Overnight Oats without Yogurt
Equipment
Ingredients
- 2 tsp peanut butter {or almond butter or your favorite nut butter}
- 1 tsp cocoa powder
- 2 tsp pure maple syrup
- 1/2 tsp chia seeds
- 1 cup old-fashioned oats
- 1 cup milk {use your favorite. Non-dairy works great}
Instructions
- Combine maple syrup, peanut butter, cocoa powder, and chia seeds in a canning jar or bowl. Mix to form a paste and to get the chunks out of the nut butter.2 tsp peanut butter, 1 tsp cocoa powder, 2 tsp pure maple syrup, 1/2 tsp chia seeds
- Add the milk and oats and stir!1 cup old-fashioned oats, 1 cup milk
- Cover and place in the fridge for at least 6-8 hours. Enjoy cold or hot.
Notes
- Adjust the maple syrup to taste. 2 tsp is the middle ground for sweetness.
- The oats I use are old-fashioned. You can use quick-cooking oats if that is what you have on hand, but the texture may be a little mushier than old-fashioned oats.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
I never understood what all the rage was about overnight oats until I tried this recipe. This like a dessert. Normally something that tastes so good is not good for you but this is good for you and delicious! I did tweak the recipe and used homemade yogurt instead of milk and I used honey. It’s the best part of going to work bright and early knowing I have this to eat for breakfast but also seems like a treat.
Leigh, I’m honored to be part of your morning routine!
And yes, I agree with you on the hype around overnight oats. I was always a bit creeped out by them until I found the right flavor combo for me.
Love this I added a smashed up banana. Soooo good!
Great addition! Did you add it right before serving or when you mixed everything up initially?
These are so simple but sooo good! I haven’t found a chocolate overnight oats recipe I liked until this one and I think it’s because it uses less cocoa powder than most so it’s more balanced. The ingredient ratios are perfect!
Molly, I’m thrilled to hear you have enjoyed them so much! Thank you for taking the time to leave a review.
Eating mine right now. Tastes like a low sugar no bake cookie. Love it!
So glad you are enjoying it Kaite! I love your description of the taste; it’s spot on.
Made these as spiced oatmeal instead of chocolate and it needed a little more cinnamon but was pretty good over all.
What other spices did you use beside cinnamon? Cause I want to try it! 🙂
I’m making these again – perfect for “not quite in the routine of getting out soooo early for school” mornings!
Mornings are rough. Physically impossible sometimes even!
So easy and delicious — able to use PB2 to save a few calories and still got great flavor.
So glad you enjoyed it Deb! I made a batch last night with PB2 thanks to your great idea and am excited to try it out!
I made mine with almond butter and subbed honey for the maple. It tasted great! My favorite fridge oats flavor so far.
Sounds so good Lindsey!
I LOVE LOVE LOVE overnight oats but have since found out thru an elimination diet that’s oats & my digestive system are not friends, even GF oats are no bueno. So I made this tonight for the hubs breakfast tomorrow. I will report back how much he loved it!
Our friend who did a Whole30 also found that oats were one of her issues. I’m sorry to hear that is the case for you too.
Can’t wait to hear his thoughts on them!
So my hubs loved this! He said it tasted like chocolate peanut butter pudding. It’s a keeper. Oh & tell your friend. I made myself an overnight oat recipe using buckwheat groats & while it certainly isn’t the same, it wasn’t terrible. She might want to give it a try.
Who-hoo!!! Glad it was a hit with the hubs, and I love the idea of using groats.
I love my overnight oats. Went thru a chocolate PB phase. Then frozen blueberries. Now I’m stuck on mochachino version that is mostly healthy. Add frozen strawberries at night and a little dark Hershey’s syrup in the am. Oh. Mylanta. I make sure I make faces so everyone thinks it’s gross, lol.
I use every muffin tin I have and set them in a row. Then I put Walmart’s square snack bag in each muffin hole. I start with the oats and put all my ingredients in each bag. As soon as I finish my breakfast I clean my jar, make tomorrows batch and throw in fridge. I store my little used baggies (looks like a druggie bag, lol) and reuse the next batch. Beats getting out all my dry ingredients every week.
Now my nieces know where the oat bags are and try to steal them.
You will have to experiment and give us more ideas. I love flax seed in mine also w the chia
Poop and or drug baggies. HA!
Making some as soon as I get out of this chair! I’ve been tempted to try overnight oats, but I was too lazy to Google it. I think I even have all the ingredients.
Have you tried any other flavors?
You can do it Tina! I haven’t tried other flavors. Yet. Simply because this one is so yummy and I can’t get enough.
Took a couple of days, but I finally have a jar in the fridge!
I’m thinking your cooked apples would be good in oatmeal (Apple cinnamon oatmeal has always been my favorite).
Ohhh that’s a great idea Tina! Can’t wait to hear tomorrow what you think of them.