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Chocolate Oatmeal – a quick and easy breakfast you can make in minutes. It tastes like you are having dessert, but it is really loaded with protein, filling, and a healthy way to start the day.
Oatmeal is a great way to start the day. There are so many variations out there, and instant packets you can buy to make in just minutes for a quick breakfast. The only problem with the packets is all the extra “stuff” that they put in them.
With this chocolate oatmeal, you 6 ingredients (one of which is water!), no refined sugar, and you can have it ready in less than 10 minutes! Plus it will keep you full until lunch time.
If you like your breakfast on the sweet side, this oatmeal is definitely calling your name. It is rich and delicious and tastes like you are eating brownie batter for breakfast. But it is secretly healthy and loaded with protein to keep you full.
What You’ll Need
- Old Fashioned Oats – these are sometimes called rolled oats. You just want to make sure to not use quick cooking oats when following the instructions or you will end up with a mushy mess.
- Milk – you can use any milk you want here. If you want to make this vegan you can use nut milk. If you use cows milk that works great too.
- Water – you can use more milk if you want to add more protein to the oatmeal
- Protein Powder – use whatever your favorite protein powder is. I like to use chocolate to help up the chocolate flavor.
- Cocoa Powder – any unsweetened cocoa powder will work. If you skip the protein powder, I would add an extra tablespoon to the recipe to get that rich chocolate flavor.
- Maple Syrup – you can also use honey in this recipe if you don’t have or enjoy maple syrup. Protein powder often helps sweeten things, so you don’t need a lot. Taste and adjust the amount to your taste.
How To Make Chocolate Oatmeal
- In a saucepan bring the water and milk to a simmer over medium high heat.
- Add in the oats and stir until well combined. Reduce the heat to low, cover and cook for 7-8 minutes. Stir the mixture occasionally, once it starts to thicken it is done cooking.
- Remove from the heat and mix in the cocoa powder, protein powder, and maple syrup. Taste and adjust the syrup as necessary to your desired sweetness.
- Pour into a bowl and top with your desired toppings.
What Are The Best Toppings
You can get really creative with how you want to top your oatmeal. It is delicious as is, but it is a great way to add more flavor and nutrition to your breakfast.
- Berries – strawberries, raspberries, and blueberries all go well with chocolate
- Sliced Bananas
- Chocolate Chips
- Peanut Butter or any other nut butter
- Shredded Coconut
- Chopped Nuts
- Yogurt
- Granola
Is Chocolate Oatmeal Good For Weight Loss
Oatmeal is a delicious superfood that you can really doctor up a million different ways to make it your own. It is loaded with fiber, vitamins, protein and antioxidants. Is has been shown to help lower cholesterol and studies show it is linked to weight loss. Oatmeal helps keep you fuller longer, which leads to eating less and your calorie intake being lower.
Storage
You can double or triple this recipe and have breakfast waiting for you for another day. Store leftover oatmeal in an airtight container in the fridge for 4 days. You can then microwave to reheat. You may need to add a splash of milk to loosen up the oatmeal and make it creamy again.
More Healthy Breakfast Recipes
- Chocolate Oatmeal Blender Muffins
- Sous Vide Egg Bites
- Baked Oatmeal Cups
- Healthy Pumpkin Muffins
- Mixed Berry Smoothie
- Egg White Breakfast Bowls
- Kiwi Spinach Smoothie
- Protein Pancakes
Chocolate Peanut Butter Oatmeal
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup Old Fashioned Oats
- 1/2 cup water
- 1/2 cup skim milk
- 1 scoop chocolate protein powder
- 1 Tablespoon cocoa powder
- 1 Tablespoon maple syrup
Instructions
- Heat liquid in a sauce pan over medium heat. Once simmering, add oats and stir until well combined. Cover, reduce heat to low and cook for 7-8 minutes, stirring occasionally.
- Remove from heat, stir in remaining ingredients until well blended. Taste and adjust the sweetness level to your liking.
- Pour into a bowl and top with your desired toppings.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
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I am an advocate of healthy and delicious and easy to prepare breakfast options. After all, it is the most important meal of the day, isn’t it? Thanks for sharing. This is something i wont miss out on.
oatmeal is probably the most often breakfast in our house. Most of the time is plain simple, just a couple of times I throw in some raisins or other dried fruits, maybe some cinnamon, I’ve tried adding some Peanut-butter as well, never chocolate.
Over the weekend we eat scones at breakfast, with a piece of fruit and/or butter and jam
Yes, yes. This is exactly how I’d like to start my day. 🙂
Another great oatmeal recipe! Thanks for sharing!
Such a delicious way of starting off the day. Thanks for sharing, I’ll have to give it a try very soon.
Erin, you make the greatest stuff! To answer your breakfast question….I eat fruit smoothies. Love them. Mix your favorite frozen fruit (I do strawberries and blueberries), flaxseeds, flaxseed oil, water or juice (I have a cranberry juice/water mixture I drink and use) and protien powder (I like chocolate but vanilla will do too). Derek ads a bit of vanilla yogurt to his. Then just blend it all together until smooth. Better than it sounds honestly. 🙂
I need to try smoothies. They have never been high on my list, but if you can fill it with great stuff, it should be worth a try! Too bad I don’t have a blender 🙁
Thanks for the comment, Nicole!!
You had me with chocolate and peanut butter!! Mmmmm! This sounds scrumptious!
Unlike my husband and daughter, I am not a big fan of oatmeal, but I think this recipe would totally make me happy! It would convince even ME to eat oatmeal… Looks super delicious, Erin!
My favorite breakfast food is granola with yoghurt! Mmmmm…
I have to try making this for the fam! Brilliant!
I could have sworn I commented on this but Im not seeing one – This looks killer! I am falling in love with oatmeal in the morning and I love the sound of the flavors in this one.