Easy Chocolate Baked Oatmeal with Almonds and Coconut
Looking for a healthy, delicious chocolate baked oats recipe? This chocolate baked oatmeal is great with coconut and almonds or berries, bananas and nut butter.
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 cup plain Greek yogurt
- 2 large eggs
- 1 1/4 cup milk diary or plant based
- 1/3 cup granular monk fruit sweetener or other preferred sweetener
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 3 cups old fashioned rolled oats
- 1/2 cup unsweetened flake coconut plus more for topping
- 1/2 cup sliced almonds plus more for topping
- 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 cup no sugar added chocolate chunks optional
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Lightly spray a 9x9" pan or medium baking dish with non-stick baking spray. I like and prefer coconut oil spray. Set aside.
- In a mixing bowl, whisk together yogurt, eggs, milk, honey and vanilla. Add in the oatmeal, almonds, coconut, cocoa powder and salt. Stir together well with a rubber scraper until well incorporated.
- Pour oatmeal mixture into the prepared baking dish and sprinkle with additional almonds and coconut. Top with the chocolate chunks, if desired. Cover baking dish with aluminum foil. This is to prevent the almonds and coconut from over-browning.
- Bake for 30-32 minutes. 5 minutes before removing from oven, remove the foil to lightly brown the almonds and coconut. Remove from oven and let cool to room temperature before slicing into bars.
Notes
Optional ingredients: to add more protein, add 1/2 cup of vanilla protein powder or unflavored collagen protein. This will increase the grams of protein per serving.
You can also bake these into muffin cups. Divide the mixture evenly into 12 muffin cups. Bake for 26-28 minutes.
Other customization options:
Berries and chocolate - omit the coconut and almonds and instead add sliced strawberries or raspberries and chocolate chunks to the top of the oats before baking. Approximately 1/2 cup of sliced berries or whole raspberries.
Peanut Butter Banana - stir in 1/2 cup creamy peanut butter to the chocolate oatmeal mixture, omitting the almonds and coconut. Top the chocolate oats with 1 banana, sliced.
Nutrition
Serving: 1gCalories: 278kcalCarbohydrates: 34gProtein: 12gFat: 11gSaturated Fat: 4gPolyunsaturated Fat: 6gCholesterol: 52mgSodium: 133mgFiber: 5gSugar: 9g
Tried this recipe?Let us know how it was!