Almond Joy Overnight Oats

These Almond Joy Overnight Oats make for a great nutritious and filling breakfast. These oats taste like an Almond Joy®, complete with chocolate, coconut, and nuts! Make them the night before and have a delicious breakfast ready in the morning.

Almond Joy Overnight Oats

Announcing the return of overnight oats, and right in time for your New Year’s Resolutions! Overnight oats are one of the best ways to stay on track for eating healthy breakfasts. They are ready when you wake up, so no excuses!

Although you likely wouldn’t want to make any excuses waking up to this dessert-esque breakfast. Almond Joy® Overnight Oats taste like a candy bar–and that makes breakfast anything but boring!

They’ve got all the delicious flavors from an Almond Joy candy bar: coconut, chocolate, and almonds! We’ve got flaked coconut and coconut extract, cocoa powder, and almonds to top off  the oats.

Ingredients

• Milk. Any type of milk works in overnight oats. We like to use unsweetened vanilla almond milk best in this recipe.
• Oats. I recommend old-fashioned oats for best results. Steel-cut oats are overly chewy and don’t soften enough; quick oats absorb more liquid, leaving you with less overall texture.
• Special Dark® Cocoa Powder. This cocoa powder from Hershey’s contributes deep and intense chocolate flavor to these oats. I highly recommend using Special Dark cocoa powder (which is a Dutch-process cocoa powder) as opposed to plain (natural) cocoa powder. Any Dutch-process cocoa powder will work, but Hershey’s Special Dark cocoa powder is readily available at most grocery stores.
• Unsweetened coconut flakes. Along with the oats, the coconut softens a great deal overnight. If you’d rather have crisp coconut flakes, leave them out of the overnight mixture and use them as a topping the next morning.

Ingredients, continued

• Maple syrup: This is my favorite sweetener to add to overnight oats. Depending on how sweet you like your breakfast, you can scale this amount up or down. I’d recommend at least 1 tablespoon and up to 2 tablespoons for a sweeter breakfast. Liquid stevia drops can be used in place of maple syrup for a natural zero-calorie sweetener.
• Almond and coconut extracts: These extracts add subtle flavor to the oats. While they certainly increase the “Almond Joy” flavor, these extracts aren’t entirely necessary, so don’t worry if you don’t have them on hand. I find both almond and coconut extract to be fairly strong, so one or two drops is plenty. If you’d like a stronger flavor, increase to taste preference.
• Salt:  This ingredient helps intensify flavors and balance all the ingredients in Almond Joy Overnight Oats.
• Yogurt. We love Greek Gods® Honey Vanilla Yogurt in these overnight oats. Whatever yogurt you choose to use, I recommend using a yogurt you enjoy eating plain. If you don’t like eating it straight out of the container, you likely won’t like the flavor it gives these oats. Make sure to get a Greek yogurt that doesn’t have an overpowering flavor, or that’s pretty much all you’ll end up tasting.

Almond Joy Overnight Oat toppings

These oats are still amazing without any toppings at all. That said, if you’d like to add some toppings these are our favorites:

• Miniature chocolate chips or coarsely chopped dark chocolate bar
• Dry–roasted almonds (full or coarsely chopped)
• A swirl or spoonful of almond butter
• Unsweetened coconut flakes

Almond Joy Overnight Oats variations

• Amp up the coconut flavor. For an even stronger coconut flavor, use a coconut yogurt in place of the Greek yogurt.
• Add some chia seeds. For thicker oats, add 1-2 tablespoons chia seeds the night before. The chia seeds will gel as they absorb the liquid — more info on chia seeds here.
• Add almond butter. A lot of overnight oat recipes I’ve shared include almond or peanut butter for more satiating power, healthy fats, and flavor. Add 1-2 tablespoons of a good roasted almond butter if desired.

More nutritious breakfast recipes

• Healthy Breakfast Cookies with peanut butter
• Healthy Banana Muffins naturally sweetened
• Soft-Baked Oatmeal Breakfast Bars with dark chocolate
• Peach Overnight Oats with a quick streusel
• Strawberry Scones with Greek yogurt

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5 from 9 votes

Almond Joy Overnight Oats

By Chelsea Lords

These Almond Joy Overnight Oats are a perfect nutritious breakfast—prep them the night before and enjoy a delicious meal in the morning.

Prep Time: 8 minutes minutes

Chill Time: 1 hour hour

Total Time: 1 hour hour 8 minutes minutes

Servings: 2 servings

Equipment

• small bowl

Ingredients 

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• ▢ 1/3 cup honey vanilla Greek yogurt
• ▢ 2/3 cup vanilla almond milk see note 1
• ▢ 1/2 cup old-fashioned oats
• ▢ 2 tablespoons coconut flakes unsweetend
• ▢ 1-1/2 tablespoons Dutch-process cocoa powder
• ▢ Salt
• ▢ 1-1/2 tablespoons pure maple syrup see note 2
• ▢ 1–2 drops almond extract or coconut extract, see note 3
• ▢ Toppings optional, see note 4

Instructions 

• In a small bowl, jar, or plastic container, stir together the yogurt, milk, oats, coconut flakes, cocoa powder, salt, and maple syrup. Add in the optional almond extract and coconut extract if you're using them.
• Stir until all ingredients are well incorporated. Taste the mixture and add any additional maple syrup if needed.
• Cover the container and place in the fridge overnight or until sufficiently cooled and thickened. Sometimes I'll even make them in the morning, get ready, and then go eat them, they are great even after just 30 minutes in the fridge.
• Just before serving, top oats with some roasted almonds, coconut flakes, miniature chocolate chips, or a drizzle of almond butter. If desired, lightly toast coconut by placing it in a small skillet over medium heat. Stir constantly until lightly colored, golden brown, and fragrant.

Recipe Notes

Note 1: Any milk will work, but vanilla almond milk is my favorite.

Note 2: Scale up or down to personal preference—you may not want any sweetener at all! One tablespoon of maple syrup is what I prefer, but you can use two tablespoons for more sweetness. Alternatively, use 1/4 teaspoon liquid stevia drops for a zero-calorie sweetener.

Note 3: Use one, both, or neither—coconut and almond extracts simply intensify the flavors.

Note 4: Toppings are optional, but I enjoy a handful of roasted almonds, toasted coconut flakes, miniature chocolate chips, and almond butter.

Heating: As they soak overnight, the oats become soft, luscious, and creamy. That said, if you prefer them warm, you can certainly warm them up in the morning on the stovetop or in the microwave.

Set Time: You can make overnight oats in the morning to enjoy. I actually prefer them this way! Nowadays, I usually make them first thing when I wake up, and enjoy them after my morning workout, so they’ve sat about 30-45 minutes.

Storage: Best enjoyed within 5 days.

Nutrition

Serving: 2servings | Calories: 224kcal | Carbohydrates: 30.8g | Protein: 7.7g | Fat: 5.8g | Sodium: 63.3mg | Fiber: 5.6g | Sugar: 0.7g

Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.

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