Peanut Butter Overnight Oats
Posted May 21, 2018, Updated May 27, 2024
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This peanut butter overnight oats recipe is a delicious, healthy breakfast full of protein and fiber! Made with only 7 ingredients in 5 minutes, they’re a great meal prep breakfast for busy mornings.
This peanut butter overnight oats recipe is a hearty and nutritious breakfast, guaranteed to keep you full until lunch.
I often prep this recipe (along with yogurt overnight oats) on Sunday to enjoy for a few mornings.
Peanut butter adds protein and healthy fats while chia seeds bring the fiber and even more protein. Plus, it’s so delicious you’ll want to make it on repeat.
Peanut Butter Overnight Oats: Ingredient Substitutions
- Milk Any non-dairy or regular dairy milk works great: whole milk, almond milk, coconut milk, etc.Â
- Honey. maple syrup is a great substitute for honey.
- Peanut Butter. both creamy and crunchy work great. Or use your favorite nut or seed butter (almond butter, sunflower seed butter, etc.)
- Old fashioned oats. Quick-cooking oats, rolled oats and steel cut oats can all be used to make this recipe.
How to Make Peanut Butter Overnight Oats
There are two ways to make this peanut butter overnight oats recipe – either in a blender or by hand. I will show you both.
Blender Method
Begin by blending the ingredients (except for the oats) together. Blending the chia seeds results in a smooth and creamy base mixture that doesn’t get stuck in your teeth!
Even though I like to blend the chia seeds, the texture is the best when the oatmeal retains its hearty, chewy texture and is not blended into the other ingredients.
So add the oats last and pulse once to combine.
Mix By Hand
Whisk or stir all the ingredients together in a large bowl. Then, let the mixture sit before transferring glass jars.
Then transfer to glass jars with lids and store overnight to enjoy in the morning.
If desired, you can add the toppings of your choice to the peanut butter overnight oats before refrigerating. Here are some suggestions:
- Fresh fruits (bananas, berries, apples, citrus fruits, etc.)
- Nut Butters (like this vanilla almond butter or this homemade peanut butter)
- Chia Seeds
- Candied almonds
- Cinnamon Sugar pecansÂ
- Honey or Maple Syrup
- Strawberry Sauce
- Chocolate chips or cocoa nibs
- Nuts (almonds, cashews, peanuts, etc.)
- Dried Fruits (cranberries, apricots, rasins, etc.)
Serve
I suggest serving the peanut butter overnight oats chilled. If you prefer to eat oatmeal warm, you can heat them up (or try this stovetop peanut butter oatmeal recipe).
Store
Store in a glass jar with a lid for up to 5 days in the refrigerator or in the freezer for up to 2 months. Thaw slowly in the refrigerator.
Peanut Butter Overnight Oats Recipe FAQs
If stored in an airtight container, like a glass jar with a lid, overnight oats can be stored in the fridge for up to 5 days (although they never last that long in my house).
Yes. You can use quick-cooking oats in place of old-fashioned oats. The benefit of making this choice is that it doesn’t need to soak as long! These peanut butter overnight oats only need to “soak” for one hour if quick oats are used. However, they can still be enjoyed the next day (and a few days after that)!
Protein. One serving of these peanut butter overnight oats recipe has 11.4 g of protein.
Fiber. Another nutrient we never get enough of, but that’s abundant in chia seeds!
Iron. Chia seeds are rich in iron, and are a great superfood to add to your diet if you’re looking to increase your iron intake.
Thickener. Chia seeds absorb the milk and thicken the mixutre.
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Peanut Butter Overnight Oats with Chia Seeds
Ingredients
- 1 ½ cups milk
- 4 Tablespoons honey (or maple syrup)
- 4 Tablespoons peanut butter
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- ¼ teaspoon sea salt
- â…“ cup chia seeds
- 1 cup old-fashioned oats
- ¼ teaspoon cinnamon (optional)
Instructions
- Put almond milk, maple syrup, peanut butter, vanilla, salt, cinnamon and chia seeds in the container of a blender.
- Begin blending, starting on low speed and gradually increasing to high.
- Blend for 30-60 seconds or until the mixture is smooth and chia seeds are completely blended.
- Add old-fashioned oats and pulse to combine (e.g. blend for no more than 5 seconds to retain the oat texture).
- Pour mixture into four glass jars and covered with a lid.
- Place in the refrigerator overnight and enjoy the next day for breakfast.
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Notes
- Milk Any non-dairy or regular dairy milk works great: whole milk, almond milk, coconut milk, etc.Â
- Honey. maple syrup is a great substitute for honey.
- Peanut Butter. both creamy and crunchy work great. Or use your favorite nut or seed butter (almond butter, sunflower seed butter, etc.)
- Old fashioned oats. Quick-cooking oats, rolled oats and steel cut oats can all be used to make this recipe.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Im not sure if I did something wrong but mine only made about (3) 6oz servings and looks nothing like the blended photo. The chia seeds definitely did not blend all the way they just expanded. Mine in the blender looks more like the hand mixed photos just thicker. Maybe I should add more milk? Anyways I hope they at least taste good!
Did you use a high-powered blender? That really matters when it comes to blending chia seeds. My top suggestion is a Vitamix, a blendtec also works.
Soooo good
Can I pulse the oats in the food processor and use them as a powder to make this? I don’t like the texture of the oat flakes so I would prefer it to be more like a pudding but dunno if it would work or not?
Love this recipe. It is my go-to breakfast every morning to take with me to work. I add 1 T of flaxseed, chopped pecans, & banana in the morning when I am ready to eat.
what can i substitute for honey / maples and agave in the overnight soaked oats
Serving size is 1/4 per serving, right?