Brownie Batter Overnight Protein Oats

Ripped Up Nutrition
7 min readApr 3, 2018

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Everyone wants brownie batter for breakfast. Is not you? Yeah, everybody included you. Right? You can prepare brownie batter overnight protein oats the night before and then in the morning you’ll be waking up to a bowl of brownie batter! While the Brownie Batter seems like dessert but who says you can’t eat dessert for breakfast! So get ready to eat the brownie batter protein oats in your breakfast.

Overnight Oats for Busy Mornings

Overnight oats are the easiest and the quickest way to prepare protein rich oats which takes a minute to prepare in night and can enjoy it in morning as well as you can add whatever you see all around to enhance the taste or to make it more delicious.

Best Overnight Oat Containers

You can prepare your overnight oats in any container like any jar or bowl, you don’t need any specific container to prepare brownie batter. You have to cover it when keep in your refrigerator.

How to Make Overnight Oats

First of all add all the dry ingredients in small jar and then add unsweetened almond milk at the top of it. You have to add the right amount of milk to make it consistent so that the lumps will not created. If you love thicker batter than use ½ to ¾ cup of almond milk in it.

You can also add vanilla extract to make it more sweeten and it will thicken the batter a bit more.

Here are some of the best ideas which you can use while cooking.

Overnight Oat Flavor Ideas

1. Hemp Seeds, Coconut and Raisin

While these are higher in fat but you will love the texture. You know what coconut and hemp seeds contain omega-3 fatty acids, minerals and antioxidants. The raisins used in it will add a natural sweetness. Thus you don’t need to add additional artificial sweetener to make it sweeten.

2. Low-Fat Peanut Butter and Banana

If you love peanut butter then adding powder peanut butter is great for you but if you don’t want to eat as much fat as the peanut butter contains. To get the best flavor, you should add 1 or 2 teaspoon of peanut powder a night before thus you don’t need to add lots of calories to add peanut flavor.

3. Chocolate Zucchini Overnight Oats

You can also add grated Zucchini in your overnight oats which will provide an extra volume to your cupcakes. You can also add a tablespoon of raw cocoa powder and cocoa nibs with Zucchini to get an additional delicious flavor.

4. Protein Overnight Oats

You can also add protein powder to oats to get high protein in your breakfast and you will also love the texture it creates.

5. Cinnamon Raisin Overnight Oats

You can also add plenty of cinnamon and raisins to get sweetness in your overnight oats. You can also add shredded coconut as well.

6. Peanut Butter Jelly Overnight Oats

As you know adding peanut butter or powdered peanut butter will add flavor in your overnight oats plus if you add frozen berries to it then you will definitely love the texture.

7. Carrot cake overnight oats

You can also add a grated carrot, raisins, cinnamon and walnuts in your overnight oats. You can also add shredded coconut and pineapple as well. It is up to your choice.

8. Tropical overnight oats

Another favorite overnight oats with in combination with best ingredients are here! You can add sliced mango, pineapple, banana and shredded coconut in your overnight oats.

9. Strawberry cheesecake Overnight Oats

You can add sliced strawberries, a squeeze of fresh lemon juice and a few tablespoons of coconut yogurt. You can also add coconut milk (when you don’t want to add almond milk) to make it extra creamy.

10. Gingerbread overnight oats

Do you love gingerbread cookies? If yes then you will love gingerbread overnight oats. You can also make them sweeten with molasses and you can also add ground ginger, vanilla and cinnamon.

11. Pumpkin Pie Overnight Oats

When we are discussing about the best flavors then how can we forget about pumpkin pie flavor! You will never get bored with these flavors. You have to just add a few spoonfuls of pumpkin puree and pumpkin pie spice to the mixture as well as you can add vanilla protein to overnight oats. You will get an awesome result.

What Will You Create?

These few ideas for creating delicious overnight oats at home will help you a lot. You can also use flavor combos and there are endless varieties to get whatever you want to add.

Brownie Batter Overnight Protein Oats

These brownie batter overnight oats are chocolate-packed and highly rich in protein. These are the perfect combination of taste and health. The consistency should be quite thick, in cookie dough and brownie batter to get the best result.

Cocoa Powder or Cacao Powder

Raw cacao prepared by cold-pressing unroasted cocoa beans and you don’t have to roast it at high temperatures as the cocoa powder roasted. When one roasts cacao to make it cacao powder it will greatly lowers the nutritional value. If you want to take the amazing health benefits of chocolate then you have to add raw cacao.

When you read the benefits of the chocolate on internet then the benefits given are not about chocolate, as they are about raw cacao.

While one uses both the raw cacao and the cacao powder but you should use raw cacao more often because of its health benefits to you. the some benefits are high in antioxidants, lower insulin resistance, protect your nervous system, lower blood pressure, support a sense of well-being, reduce the risk of heart disease and stroke, fight free radicals and provide important minerals like magnesium iron, calcium and zinc. Whether it is expensive, but with lots of benefits raw cacao is worth to use.

Recipe Adjustments

To make your batter consistent you can increase the almond milk to 1 cup. You can also use either cocoa powder or antioxidant-rich raw cacao powder for adding the chocolate flavor in your oatmeal.

Choose Your Sweetener

If you want to make it sweeter, then you can use either Stevie or a drizzle of maple syrup. You know what protein powder can also enhance the sweetness. You can also add a bit of pure vanilla extract and pink sea salt to make it more delicious. These ingredients are optional whether you add or not but don’t forget to add that brownie batter flavor.

Brownie Batter Oat Toppings

  • sliced banana
  • Diary free chocolate chips (cacao nibs)
  • peanut butter, almond butter, Tahini
  • powdered peanut powder
  • walnuts, almonds or cashews
  • sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds
  • Hemp seeds
  • chia seed jam
  • warmed berries

Brownie Batter Overnight Protein Oats

These thick brownie batter overnight protein oats are like desert for your breakfast but you can eat desert for breakfast. You have to just spend a few minutes in preparing the oats night before and can enjoy it in the morning. You can also top with banana, peanut butter and chocolate chips for an extra protein Oats and to make it more delicious.

Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup (50 g) old fashioned rolled oats
  • 3/4 cup unsweetened almond milk
  • 1 serving (44 g) Vega performance Protein in Chocolate (Sub Vanilla or Mocha Flavor)
  • 2 tbsp (14 g) cocoa powder (raw cacao powder)
  • 1 packet Stevie or Stevie to taste (optional if you want to add extra sweetness)
  • 1 tsp pure vanilla extract
  • 1/4 tsp sea salt

Instructions

  1. Combine all the ingredients in a bowl and mix well with a spoon. Make sure everything is mixed in so that there should not be any clumps.
  2. Cover it and then place it in the fridge.

Notes

If you follow the instructions, then you will get the best results and get the batter thicker.

Nutrition

  • Serving Size: 1
  • Calories: 390
  • Carbohydrates: 44 g
  • Fat: 10 g
  • Protein: 37

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