Chocolate Chip Baked Oats Without Banana

These blended chocolate chip baked oats without banana are so easy to make, nutritious and filling! Let me show you how to prepare this delicious sweet breakfast!

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Why You'll Love This Recipe

• While a lot of baked oats are made with bananas, sometimes it's fun to switch it up! Or you might be like my daughter who despises bananas, or have an allergy or sensitivity. Know that you can make delicious baked oats without the fruit.
• These oats are a healthier choice for a sweet breakfast. Oats have many health benefits including lowering cholesterol, you can read more about them here. This recipe contains protein and fiber, is filling and pretty much tastes like cake. And it's easily customizable to your liking.
• It's a great recipe to meal prep! You can quickly reheat them in the microwave for a quick and easy breakfast like my protein pancakes, white chocolate raspberry baked oats and Biscoff overnight oats.

Key Ingredients

• Old fashioned or rolled oats. These are the best kind for this recipe. Quick oats would work too but rolled oats have a better texture for baked oats and have a lower glycemic index. Steel-cut oats are not recommend for this recipe as the texture might make the baked oats more chewy.
• Egg: this is a key ingredient for texture and consistency.
• Vanilla greek yogurt: I used non-fat to save on fat calories but low-fat or full fat works too. This is an important ingredients to add moisture and taste.
• Milk: you need some liquid, I chose unsweetened almond milk but any nut milk or regular milk would work too.
• Almond butter: or any nut butter of choice. If you have a nut allergy, you could use sunflower butter or granola butter.
• Baking powder: it's a must to get the baked oats to puff up a bit.
• Vanilla extract: for the flavor.
• Chocolate chips: they add sweetness and deliciousness.
• Salt: a pinch is all you need but it makes a difference in the taste.
• Sweetener: this is optional, I added a little brown sugar but you could use maple syrup, honey, date syrup, agave nectar or sweetener substitute.

How to Make Baked Oats Without Banana

• You'll need a blender, oven and a couple of 6-8 ounces ramekins for this recipe.
• Preheat the oven at 355° Fahrenheit.

Toppings Ideas

• Nut butter or nuts of choice.
• Chia seeds, hemp seeds.
• Fresh raspberries, strawberries, blueberries, pears, apples, peaches or any fruit you love.
• Yogurt.
• Honey, maple syrup or sweetener of choice if you want more sweetness.
• Cinnamon, pumpkin spice or any fun spices like this cinnamon sugar cookie.

More Easy Recipes to try

• Cottage Cheese Toast 4 Ways
• Air Fryer Apples
• Salad with Brie, Apple and Shallot Vinaigrette
• Air Fryer Peaches
• Air Fryer Edamame

Tips

• Don't skip yogurt as the baked oats need moisture. You can also use applesauce instead, but the Greek yogurt adds extra protein.
• You could add a scoop of protein powder if you want extra protein. You might want to add an extra tiny splash of milk if you do.
• If you eat gluten free, make sure to double check that the oats you're using are certified gluten free as oats are often cross contaminated with wheat.
• Use your preferred kind of chocolate chips. I often go for semi-sweet because I prefer the taste, but dark, milk, sugar free, white would all work.
• Try not to overcook the baked oats with no banana or they could get a little dry.

Frequently Asked Questions