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Kickstart your morning with a serving of Chocolate Chip Baked Oatmeal. This simple make-ahead chocolate oatmeal bake is loaded with heart-healthy oats, bananas, peanut butter and lots of chocolate. Free from refined sugars, you can feel good about serving baked oatmeal with chocolate chips to your whole family.
Who wouldn’t love protein-packed cake to start the day? Chocolate chip baked oats turns healthy oatmeal into a cake-like breakfast option that even the pickiest eaters will enjoy. Chocolate chip baked oatmeal is made with ingredients you already have in your pantry, and it only takes about 35 minutes to bake.
If you love easy breakfasts, try my Low Carb Breakfast Potato Skillet or Strawberry Chia Pudding.
Why You’ll Love This Baked Oatmeal with Chocolate Chips
- It’s a healthy breakfast option. Chocolate oatmeal bake is made with oats and bananas and is free of refined sugars, so it’s heart healthy, full of protein, complex carbs and has loads of nutrients.
- It’s easy to make. Just mix, pour and bake!
- It’s customizable. Easily swap the milk and nut butter for your favorites and swap up the chocolate chips for other flavored chips, nuts or even dried fruit.
Chocolate Chip Baked Oats Ingredients
- Oatmeal: a combination of rolled old-fashioned oats and quick oats give this recipe a delicious texture.
- Peanut Butter: mix in melted peanut butter or substitute your favorite nut or seed butter.
- Coconut Oil: or use your favorite light, neutral oil.
- Egg: use one whole egg at room temperature.
- Maple Syrup: feel free to substitute honey or your favorite natural sweetener.
- Salt: just a pinch of salt enhances the flavor of all the ingredients.
- Chocolate Chips: semi-sweet chocolate chips are mixed in, plus use more for topping
- Baking Powder: fresh baking powder is essential to give the baked oatmeal lift.
- Bananas: use 2 small or one large banana.
- Milk: use regular milk, almond milk or other non-dairy milk as desired.
- Cinnamon: Cinnamon adds a hint of warm spice. Omit if preferred.
- Vanilla Extract: use vanilla to enhance other flavors in the recipe.
- Cooking Spray: Spray the baking dish with cooking spray or line with parchment for easy removal of the baked oatmeal.
How To Make Chocolate Chip Baked Oatmeal
- Prepare the equipment. Preheat oven to 375 F.
- Combine the wet ingredients. In a bowl, mash up the bananas. Then add in all the wet ingredients: milk, egg, melted peanut butter, melted coconut oil, and maple syrup.
- Make the batter. In another bowl, you can mix all the dry ingredients: rolled oats, cinnamon, quick oats, salt, and baking powder. Or add them directly into the wet ingredients and mix everything together.
- Add the chocolate. Once well combined, fold in the chocolate chips.
- Bake the oatmeal. Spray a baking dish with some cooking spray and add in the oats mixture. Top with some chocolate chips if desired. Bake in the oven for 30-35 minutes, or until fully cooked, when edges and top are lightly browned.
- Serve. Removed from the oven and allow to cool for a few minutes before serving. Serve with some maple syrup and fruits if desired.
Tips To Make Chocolate Oatmeal Bake
- Use both rolled oats and quick oats for the best texture.
- Melt the coconut oil but allow it to cool slightly before adding to the mixture.
- Bring the milk and eggs to room temperature for 15 minutes.
- Use chocolate chips or chunks of chocolate. You can even experiment with other flavors of baking chips.
- Swap the peanut butter for your favorite nut or seed butter.
- Top with additional chocolate before baking.
- Make ahead and reheat for a quick and simple breakfast.
- Let the baked oatmeal rest for 5-10 minutes before serving.
- Drizzle melted peanut butter on top for a flavorful garnish.
- Serve with maple syrup and fresh fruit.
Frequently Asked Questions
Some people with gluten sensitivities can handle oats, particularly if they are certified gluten free. Check your oatmeal package to ensure that you use ones with the gluten free label.
As written, this recipe is not vegan. To make it vegan-friendly, you will need to use non-dairy milk, an egg replacement such as a flax egg, and make sure that your chocolate chips are vegan.
This recipe does not require a blender. Simply combine all of the ingredients in a mixing bowl and bake. The final dish will have a thicker texture than baked oats made with blended oats.
This baked oatmeal with chocolate chips can be stored in the fridge for 3 to 4 days, perfect for a make-ahead option. You can reheat the baked oatmeal in the microwave for 30-60 seconds or serve it cold. You can also warm it in a 300 degrees F oven until warm.
After cooling completely, wrap tightly and freeze for up to 3 months. Defrost the oatmeal overnight in the fridge and warm individual portions before serving.
To make this a full breakfast, serve your baked oats with fresh fruit, Easy Fruit Salad and Whipped Coffee (Dalgona Coffee) or an Orange Smoothie 3 Ways.
More Oatmeal Recipes
- Chocolate Peanut Butter Oatmeal
- Baked Chocolate Oatmeal
- Chocolate Overnight Oats
- Apple Cinnamon Baked Oatmeal Cups
- Chocolate Chip Banana Baked Oats
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Chocolate Chip Baked Oatmeal
Equipment
- 10. 5" X 7. 5" Baking Dish
Ingredients
- 1½ cup rolled old fashion oats
- 1 cup quick oats
- ¼ cup creamy peanut butter, melted
- 2 tbsps coconut oil
- 1 whole egg
- ¼ cup maple syrup
- ⅛ tsp salt, a pinch
- ½ cup semi sweet chocolate chips, plus more for topping
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 2 small banana, or one large
- 1¾ cup milk
- ¼ tsp cinnamon
- 1 tsp vanilla extract, optional
- non-stick cooking spray
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 F.
- In a bowl, mash up the bananas. Then add in all the wet ingredients: milk, egg, melted peanut butter, melted coconut oil, and maple syrup.
- In another bowl, you can mix all the dry ingredients: rolled oats, cinnamon, quick oats, salt, and baking powder. Or add them directly into the wet ingredients and mix everything together.
- Once well combined, fold in the chocolate chips.
- Spray a baking dish with some cooking spray and add in the oats mixture. Top with some chocolate chips if desired.
- Bake in the oven for 30-35 minutes, or until fully cooked, when edges and top are lightly browned.
- Removed from the oven and allow to cool for a few minutes before serving. Serve with some maple syrup and fruits if desired.
Notes
- Use both rolled oats and quick oats for the best texture.
- Melt the coconut oil but allow it to cool slightly before adding to the mixture.
- Bring the milk and eggs to room temperature for 15 minutes.
- Use chocolate chips or chunks of chocolate. You can even experiment with other flavors of baking chips.
- Swap the peanut butter for your favorite nut or seed butter.
- Top with additional chocolate before baking.
- Make ahead and reheat for a quick and simple breakfast.
- Let the baked oatmeal rest for 5-10 minutes before serving.
- Drizzle melted peanut butter on top for a flavorful garnish.
- Serve with maple syrup and fresh fruit.
