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This Chocolate Baked Oatmeal is significantly chocolatey, loaded with gooey oats, and topped with chocolate chips. Simple to make forward of time or bake recent for weekend breakfasts! Vegan, Gluten-Free Choice.
This Vegan Baked Chocolate Oatmeal is quite a bit like my Chocolate In a single day Oats and my Chocolate Oatmeal recipes. It’s nonetheless an extremely chocolatey and healthful breakfast, however made nearly completely within the oven! You’ll be able to both make it forward of time for a fuss-free breakfast or bake it recent proper earlier than serving a crowd.
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A Chocolatey Approach to Begin Your Day
Oats all the time have my again once I wish to get a head begin on breakfast. They maintain up effectively, turn into good and gooey after they’re cooked, and all the time fill me up! It’s no surprise that I all the time have jars of in a single day oats within the fridge or a batch of baked oatmeal within the oven.
Talking of healthful make-ahead breakfasts, this Chocolate Baked Oatmeal Recipe has been my go-to once I’m craving dessert very first thing within the morning. It’s candy however not too candy, whereas a mixture of cocoa powder and vegan chocolate chips makes each chew oh-so-chocolatey. Who wants chocolate cake when these hearty baked oats style just about the identical?
Bake the chocolate oats days earlier than serving them, or bake them recent for a particular weekend breakfast or brunch. From the gooey oats to the swimming pools of melted chocolate, it’s a recipe you’ll wish to make time and again!
Elements for Chocolate Baked Oatmeal
You solely want 12 easy baking staples and one large bowl to make this scrumptious chocolatey breakfast:
- Oats: similar to with most of my oatmeal recipes, I used a mixture of rolled oats and quick-cooking oats right here. The rolled oats make the baked oatmeal good and hearty, whereas the fast oats give it a tender and creamy texture. Be at liberty to make use of solely rolled oats when you’d choose.
- Floor Flax Seed: crumbly baked oatmeal simply isn’t it, so we have to depend on some floor flax seed to bind every thing collectively. In case you don’t have flax seed, use floor chia seeds as a substitute.
- Espresso Powder: that is optionally available, however it would flip up the quantity on these wealthy, darkish chocolate flavors. On the spot espresso powder ought to work effectively in its place, though the flavour can be barely completely different.
- Cocoa Powder: for that luscious chocolate taste, after all! You need to use pure or Dutch-processed cocoa powder right here.
- Applesauce: the applesauce performs a couple of completely different roles right here; it barely sweetens the oatmeal, provides moisture, and helps every thing stick collectively.
- Milk: this recipe works with any non-dairy milk you want, equivalent to oat, soy, or cashew milk. If you wish to go all-out, make the dairy-free milk your self.
- Maple Syrup: be certain that it’s actual grade A maple syrup for the very best outcomes.
- Mini Chocolate Chips: I’m a chocolate lover by and thru, so I’m going to prime these oats with as many vegan chocolate chips as I can get my palms on! You can too omit them from the recipe or change them with one other topping you want (I included some concepts within the Variations part under).
Make Chocolate Baked Oatmeal
- Mix the oats, flax seed, espresso powder, baking powder, and salt in a baking dish. Sift the cocoa powder over the oats, then combine every thing collectively.
- Add the applesauce, milk, maple syrup, and vanilla to the baking dish. Combine to mix, then unfold the oats into a good layer.
- Bake till the oatmeal seems to be set within the middle. Take away it from the oven and sprinkle the chocolate chips excessive.
- Serve the baked oatmeal immediately or let it sit for 10 minutes earlier than serving. Get pleasure from!
Caitlin’s Cooking Suggestions
- No cocoa clumps right here: Sifting the cocoa powder over the oats, then mixing them collectively till the oats are totally coated, will stop clumps from forming when the cocoa is mixed with the moist components.
- Getting the correct oat consistency: The oats can be good and gooey after popping out of the oven. If that’s how you want them, serve them immediately. Or, when you choose a firmer consistency, let the baked oats sit for 10 minutes to offer them an opportunity to agency up. And if baked oat bars are extra your factor, enable the oatmeal to chill utterly earlier than slicing it into bars.
- For a sweeter chocolate oatmeal, enhance the maple syrup to 1/2 cup.
Serving Recommendations
A batch of this chocolate baked oatmeal is useful for simple make-ahead breakfasts, particular weekend brunches, and meal prep. For a easy breakfast, serve a scoop of baked oats with a dollop of vegan yogurt, recent berries, and a drizzle of peanut butter on prime. And once you’re actually hungry, pair it with this protein-packed Chocolate Hemp Smoothie or these Vegan Blender Waffles.
In case you’re on the lookout for less difficult vegan baked oatmeal recipes, you’ll additionally love this Apple Cinnamon Baked Oatmeal, this Banana Bread Baked Oatmeal, and this Maple Pecan Baked Oatmeal!
Retailer Baked Oatmeal
As soon as the baked oatmeal is cool, cowl the baking dish or switch the sliced oat bars to particular person hermetic containers. It’s going to hold within the fridge for as much as 5 days. You can too freeze the pre-sliced parts in a freezer bag or container for as much as 2 months. Permit the leftovers to thaw earlier than reheating.
You’ll be able to heat up the leftover or pre-made baked oatmeal in a 350ºF oven for 10 minutes or till it’s warmed by.
Substitutions and Variations
- Gluten-Free Variation: Not all oats are naturally gluten-free since many are nonetheless processed with wheat merchandise. Be sure to use licensed gluten-free oats to make this recipe gluten-free.
- Maple Syrup Substitute: Swap the maple syrup for an equal quantity of agave syrup, cane sugar, or brown sugar.
- For a Protein Increase: Enhance the milk to three cups and stir 1 to 2 scoops of vegan chocolate protein powder into the oat combination for baked protein oats. If the protein powder is sweetened, omit the sweetener from the recipe.
- Chocolate Chip Substitutions: Prime the oats with a chopped darkish chocolate bar, chopped nuts (like walnuts, pecans, or peanuts), hemp seeds, or recent raspberries (after they arrive out of the oven) as a substitute.
Recipe FAQs
I like to recommend combining the fast oats with rolled oats or solely making the baked oatmeal with rolled oats. Fast oats aren’t fairly as hearty and have a tendency to turn into mushier when baked with the moist components.
Sure, an equal quantity of cacao powder will work as a sweeter-tasting substitute for the cocoa powder.
The oats will look agency within the middle once they’re performed. My oats have been set within the center however nonetheless moist and gooey on the within after baking for round 25 to half-hour.
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Prep: Preheat the oven to 350F.
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Dry Elements: Add the rolled oats, quick-cooking oats, flax seed, espresso powder (if utilizing), baking powder, and salt to a 9×13 baking dish. Sift the cocoa powder over the oats, then use a spatula or spoon to combine every thing collectively till evenly mixed.
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Moist Elements: Add the applesauce, milk, maple syrup, and vanilla to the baking dish. Combine effectively till mixed, then use a spatula to ensure the oats are unfold out evenly throughout the baking dish. (Word: when you’d like to combine in a couple of further chocolate chips with the oatmeal, add them right here!)
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Bake: Bake within the center rack of the oven for 25 to half-hour, or till the oatmeal seems to be set within the middle. Take away from the oven and instantly sprinkle the chocolate chips over the floor of the oatmeal; the residual warmth from the baked oats will soften the chips barely and assist them follow the floor.
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Serve & Retailer: Let the baked oatmeal sit for 10 minutes to completely set earlier than serving. For softer/heat oats, serve instantly after and prime as desired. If you want to slice the baked oats into bars, I might suggest letting the oatmeal cool utterly within the baking dish earlier than slicing. Retailer any leftovers in an hermetic container within the fridge for as much as 5 days, or freeze pre-sliced parts in a freezer bag for as much as 2 months.
- Gluten-Free: Use gluten-free licensed oats to make this recipe gluten-free.
- Maple Syrup: Maple syrup may be swapped with equal components agave, cane sugar, or brown sugar.
