Fruity, Nutty, Chocolatey, or Spiced — Whatever Flavor You Crave, Try These 31 Oatmeal Recipes

These overnight steel-cut oats are different in texture from traditional overnight oats and also different in texture from traditional steel-cut oats. You've got to try them!

Calories: 467
Protein: 23.7 grams

Get the recipe: high-protein steel-cut oatmeal

If you're trying to eat plant-based but you don't like the idea of eating processed food (like protein powder) to get your nutrition, whip up this overnight oats recipe made solely with whole foods.

Calories: 365
Protein: 17.1 grams

Get the recipe: black bean brownie overnight oats

The fact that these chocolate coconut almond overnight oats taste like an Almond Joy means you'll satisfy your sweet tooth while getting a healthy, filling breakfast. Mix in a little protein powder for added protein.

Calories: 343
Protein: 12.8 grams

Get the recipe: chocolate coconut almond overnight oats

You prepare this recipe the same way you do overnight oats, but in the morning, you microwave it for two minutes, so it gets drier, soft, and warm, just as if you baked it in the oven.

Calories: 365
Protein: 21.7 grams

Get the recipe: "baked" overnight oats

While devouring a chocolate mint brownie at my local vegan bakery, I had an epiphany: why have I never created this perfect flavor combination in oatmeal form? And boom — this recipe for mint chocolate chip overnight oats was born.

Calories: 375
Protein: 21.1 grams

Get the recipe: mint chocolate chip overnight oats

This recipe tastes utterly chocolatey with swirls of peanut butter and no added sugar.

Calories: 423
Protein: 32.2 grams

Get the recipe: chocolate overnight oatmeal with peanut butter swirls

Here's a healthier way to get your apple-pie fix: apple pie overnight oats. It's a perfectly sweet way to start your day with under 13 grams of sugar.

Calories: 325
Protein: 11.9 grams

Get the recipe: apple pie overnight oats

Not all overnight oats recipes need to be made in a mason jar!

Calories: 328
Protein: 20.8 grams

Get the recipe: overnight breakfast cookie

These chocolate peanut butter overnight oats offer all that delicious, sweet taste you crave.

Calories: 403
Protein: 15.2 grams

Get the recipe: chocolate peanut butter overnight oats

If you've yet to hop on the overnight oats bandwagon, this is the perfect recipe to get you started. Stir in a little plant-based protein powder to increase the protein.

Calories: 336
Protein: 10.8 grams

Get the recipe: blueberry pineapple overnight oats

Enjoy chocolate overnight oatmeal — it tastes kind of like brownie batter.

Calories: 361
Protein: 19 grams

Get the recipe: chocolate overnight oats

Here's a drinkable version of overnight oats.

Calories: 358
Protein: 14.2 grams

Get the recipe: banana cream overnight oats smoothie

You'll love this maple-pecan-vanilla flavor and the fact that it's only six ingredients.

Calories: 366
Protein: 20.5 grams

Get the recipe: high-protein overnight oats

It might sound weird, but mixing zucchini in your oatmeal is a great way to get more veggies into your diet. This recipe will remind you of zucchini bread.

Calories: 386
Protein: 23.7 grams

Get the recipe: banana cinnamon zoats

These creamy, peanut buttery oats are topped with fruit and chopped peanuts — it's the perfect flavor combination.

Calories: 375
Protein: 20 grams

Get the recipe: peanut butter and jelly overnight oats

For the overnight oats obsessed, here's a variation you have got to try that's high in protein and lower in carbs! Instead of just using rolled oats, throw in hemp hearts (raw, shelled hemp seeds).

Calories: 364
Protein: 19.1 grams

Get the recipe: overnight hemp seed cereal

Make and freeze steel-cut oatmeal ahead of time, then in the morning, you can microwave a few for a chewy, hearty bowl of oats ready in minutes. Mix in some protein powder, nuts or seeds, nut butter, or powdered peanut butter for extra protein.

Calories: 225 (for three)
Protein: 4.5 grams

Get the recipe: frozen steel-cut oatmeal

If you like waking up to a hot breakfast, consider slow cooking your oats. It'll take about eight hours, and you'll enter the kitchen with the scent of spices wafting through the air. This vegan recipe is low in saturated fats and cholesterol and full of rich, satisfying pumpkin and nuts.

Calories: 382
Protein: 13 grams

Get the recipe: slow-cooker pumpkin pie oatmeal

You'll love this low-sugar, high-protein overnight oatmeal recipe that's oh-so creamy and naturally sweet. The secret? Mashed chickpeas and banana.

Calories: 368
Protein: 15 grams

Get the recipe: banana cashew overnight oatmeal

The almost 17 grams of protein crammed into this mason jar of overnight oats come courtesy of mashed white beans. Intrigued? Concerned? Don't worry — when combined with sweet vanilla soy milk, maple syrup, almonds, and a sprinkling of raspberries, you can't taste the beans at all.

Calories: 371
Protein: 16.8 grams

Get the recipe: high-protein overnight oats

Prep all the dry ingredients for a week's worth of overnight oats. Every night before bed, just pour in the almond milk, and breakfast will be waiting for you come morning.

Calories: 286
Protein: 11 grams

Get the recipe: five days of cinnamon overnight oats

Cooking steel-cut oats from scratch takes too long on a busy morning, so make a big batch of vanilla cinnamon steel-cut oats in your slow cooker and you'll have a warm breakfast to look forward to all week long. This recipe makes four servings that you can store in glass containers or mason jars in the fridge. Add the toppings ahead of time or in the morning.

Calories: 176
Protein: 5.9 grams

Get the recipe: slow-cooker steel-cut oatmeal

If you love pastries and scones for breakfast, this is a healthier option. Make a big batch of carrot cake oatmeal, then warm up a bowl each morning topped any way you like. This recipe makes five servings.

Calories: 339
Protein: 12.8 grams

Get the recipe: slow-cooker carrot cake oatmeal

Make a bowl of smoatmeal! It's one part smoothie and one part oatmeal, which equals all parts awesome.

Calories: 369
Protein: 18.2 grams

Get the recipe: smoatmeal

Wrap your hands around this bowl of toasty warm oatmeal that offers way more protein than a regular bowl.

Calories: 308
Protein: 18.4 grams

Get the recipe: high-protein oatmeal

If you've never tried overnight steel-cut oats, it is a breakfast game changer! The texture is soft, yet chewier than overnight oats made with rolled oats, and way more satisfying, in my oatmeal-loving opinion. What's great is you can make them ahead of time!

Calories: 467
Protein: 23.7 grams

Get the recipe: five days of high-protein overnight steel-cut oatmeal

With just five minutes of prep on Sunday night, you'll have five breakfasts to spoon into all week long (thank you, slow cooker!).

Calories: 247
Protein: 8 grams

Get the recipe: slow-cooker banana steel-cut oatmeal

Sweetened only with banana, applesauce, and blueberries, this baked gluten-free breakfast offers hunger-satiating protein and fiber. You'll get six servings out of this recipe.

Calories: 321
Protein: 15.9 grams

Get the recipe: blueberry banana baked oatmeal

If you love oatmeal, you've got to try this version made with cauliflower. Sounds weird, but once it's cooked and flavored, it tastes remarkably like oatmeal — honest! This bowl is topped with fresh strawberries, pears, and chopped raw almonds.

Calories: 281
Protein: 13.4 grams

Get the recipe: cauliflower porridge

Adding a tablespoon of pumpkin puree and a teaspoon of pumpkin pie spice totally transforms the flavor of these oats.

Calories: 281
Protein: 9.7 grams

Get the recipe: pumpkin pie overnight oats

It only takes seven grams of sugar to make this sweet, simple overnight oats recipe, which is full of chia seeds, smooth coconut milk, and almonds full of healthy fats. A topping of fresh berries is all you need to top it off.

Calories: 345
Protein: 11.4 grams

Get the recipe: easy overnight oats

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