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This Chocolate Strawberry Oatmeal tastes like dessert for breakfast, but you can enjoy it guilt-free! This oatmeal is sweetened with just a ripe banana, no added sugar. It’s gluten-free & vegan.
Let’s talk about breakfast. Specifically, let’s talk about the chocolatey bowl of deliciousness you’re seeing below this sentence. Yeah, you can eat that FOR BREAKFAST. Who’s in?
I made this for delicious chocolate oatmeal for breakfast for the first time on Monday, again on Tuesday, photographed it (and subsequently devoured) on Wednesday, made it again on Thursday, and then was exceedingly sad on Friday when I was all out of bananas and strawberries. You can say I’m a little obsessed.
Typically, I eat yogurt, homemade granola, and berries for breakfast pretty much every single day, but occasionally I switch it up with some oatmeal. I don’t like eggs for breakfast (*gasp* I know), so my options tend to be more limited and skew toward the sweeter side…shocker, right?
This recipe is a twist on my favorite dessert-for-breakfast oatmeal – chocolate peanut butter oatmeal! I always sweeten my oatmeal with a ripe banana. I can’t bear the thought of putting sugar directly on my breakfast, and the banana always makes it plenty sweet. Not adding any sugar makes this oatmeal refined sugar-free!
Of course, the chocolate adds a bit of sweetness, as do the berries, but it’s definitely on the healthier side. Using GF oats and dairy-free milk also makes the recipe gluten-free and vegan.
When I have them in the house, I sprinkle my paleo chocolate chunks over the top. If I don’t have those around, I sprinkle on a couple mini chocolate chips instead. Makes breakfast taste a little more decadent :D this would still be super chocolatey and delicious even without the extra chocolate on top though – the cocoa adds all the chocolate flavor you need.
I’m all about chocolate strawberry everything right now – I think these chocolate covered strawberry chocolate chip cookies started a new obsession! The flavors taste so decadent in oatmeal form and they’re so fun and festive for Valentine’s Day. This would be such a romantic breakfast in bed surprise…wink wink nudge nudge. Your honey would love you for it!
Just be sure to make enough for yourself – you won’t want to share! Enjoy :)
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Chocolate Strawberry Oatmeal
Ingredients
- ⅓ cup (30g) gluten-free rolled oats
- 1 medium banana, mashed
- ½ cup (113g) non-dairy milk, I used almond milk
- 1 tablespoon (7g) cocoa powder
- ¼ cup (32g) diced strawberries
- 1 tablespoon dark chocolate, chopped, or use mini chocolate chips
Instructions
- In a small saucepan, combine oats, mashed banana, almond milk and cocoa powder. Simmer until milk has absorbed into the oats, about 5-8 minutes, stirring occasionally.⅓ cup (30g) gluten-free rolled oats, 1 medium banana, ½ cup (113g) non-dairy milk, I used almond milk, 1 tablespoon (7g) cocoa powder
- Place into a bowl and top with chocolate chips and strawberries. Enjoy immediately!¼ cup (32g) diced strawberries, 1 tablespoon dark chocolate
So excited that this is a real breakfast, at first site I thought it was a dessert! I have been needing a new pick me up in the AM and I think I found it! Take care.
This looks absolutely delicious and I can’t wait to try it!
Wow… this oatmeal bowl looks divine, Rachel! I wish I could grab a bowl like this right now ;-) I love the chocolate and strawberry combo. Great way to start a day! !
Can it be made the night before and reheated in the morning?
I’ve never had much success reheating oatmeal, but you could try combining the ingredients the night before and making them overnight oats – just put it all in a jar or bowl and refrigerate overnight. I haven’t tried it with this recipe specifically, but it should work! You can warm them up in the morning – you may want to add some extra milk when you reheat them. Hope this helps!
Love this recipe. Question though – since it seems you are health-conscious when you eat oatmeal like this for breakfast do you worry about getting some protein in there too? I only ever eat it with protein powder (as a way to sweeten it + get protein in my breakfast) but I feel I would have to eat some sausage on the side of this or something. I’d love to find a high-protein way to eat oats without powder because I go through it too fast and it’s expensive!
Hi Ashley! So glad you love this recipe. A lot of times I’ll have an apple sausage on the side for protein, or stir in some Vital Proteins collagen powder for protein. You can also drizzle on nut butters for a protein boost!
Ah apple sausage! My boyfriend and I love our local grocery store’s maple apple chicken sausage (fresh from the meat counter) – we buy it regularly!
I actually made a protein powderless oatmeal recipe for us Friday morning – just used mashed banana to sweeten and we had bacon and scrambled eggs on the side. My boyfriend actually thought it was too much food…as if there is such a thing at breakfast time…
Oooh that sounds so good – wish I could try the kind from your grocery store! Sounds like a delicious breakfast :)
This oatmeal is absolutely GORGEOUS, Rachel! I’m dying over how luscious those berries look in all that chocolate goodness! I need to start every Monday with a bowl of this. :)
Have you ever tried this in a slow cooker? With a famoly of 5 to feed, that would be a nice way to start the morning, with breakfast ready when you wake up. Mornings can get hectic!
Hi Malissa, I haven’t ever tried making these in the slow cooker. I imagine you could find a different slow cooker recipe and just use these ingredients with that method though. You could also make these as a big batch of overnight oats and then just heat in the morning when you’re ready to eat!
Absolutely love this recipe (it’s on my need-to-try-list) and your beautiful pictures!!
Thanks so much Katja, hope you love it!
I have been on such an oatmeal kick this winter. This one’s going to the top of my list!
I hope you love it Lisa!
Does it change something to do it the night before?
Yes, you wouldn’t want to cook the oats – just combine the mashed banana, oats, almond milk (and probably add an extra 1/4-1/3 cup), and cocoa powder and let it stand in the fridge overnight. Enjoy!