Coffee Overnight Oats is a quick, easy, gluten free breakfast that'll keep you going all morning. All you need for a healthy breakfast in one bowl with protein, fiber, and caffeine.
Overnight Oats - Have you heard of them?
I used to be incredibly skeptical about them. For years, I've seen these gloopy messes of pictures referred to as "overnight oats" that everyone claims are so wonderful.
How can cold oatmeal be good I thought. There's just no way.
Well, I am the first to admit it: I was wrong. Dead wrong.
Overnight Oats are creamy and delicious and perfect for the summer because they don't warm you up like a normal bowl of oatmeal would.
Plus, they are sooo easy to make. So so so easy.
You put everything in a bowl, cover, and put in the fridge. When you wake up the next morning, you stir and eat.
And it's everything you need in one bowl: complex carbohydrates plus filling fiber {thanks to the oats & chia seeds}, protein {from the combo of dairy + oats + chia seeds}, and a little boost of caffeine from the coffee concentrate.
I like to use regular (dairy) milk, but you can use whatever kind you like.
If you aren't into coffee, then just skip the coffee concentrate and replace with an equal amount of milk.
I found that these didn't need any added sugar thanks to the cinnamon and vanilla extract. However, feel free to add a teaspoon of maple syrup or honey if desired.
Whatever you do, please don't judge this wonderful breakfast by its pictures.
I know it's not pretty but it's glorious. It really really is.
Especially if you are in need of a quick, filling, and healthy breakfast.
Enjoy!
Overnight Coffee Oats
Ingredients
- ⅓ cup old-fashioned oats
- ½ cup milk
- 2 tablespoon coffee concentrate or cold brew coffee (1 ounce)
- 2 tablespoon chia seeds or flaxseed meal
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract optional
- ¼ teaspoon cinnamon optional
Instructions
- Add the oats, milk, coffee concentrate, chia seeds, and vanilla extract to a bowl. Cover and refrigerate overnight {or at least 4 hours}.
- When ready to eat, remove cover, add cinnamon {if using}, and stir well. Enjoy!
Nutrition Facts
Meme
Serena
Totally brilliant to link a globby tomato pie (which I'm afraid I laughed out loud at the photo - and my husband asked "What's so funny?")...(:
...Totally brilliant to link that globby photo with globby overnight oats recipes. #Agreed
I love my overnight oats...but coffee chia is one combo I haven't tried. But certainly will!!
Meme
Haha! I'm happy someone can laugh with me. I was so annoyed when it didn't work and overnight oats are so unphotogenic! Globby was the theme of my day 😉
Regan @ The Healthy Aperture Blog
Sorry about the kitchen fail... we've ALL had them 🙂 The best you can hope for are fails that look terrible and tasty good 😀
I was skeptical of overnight oats, too... but yes, they're SO good!
Meme
Agreed! At least I didn't have to throw anything away - the worst!! It's always nice to remember that everyone has them from time to time {hopefully very rarely} 🙂
Deanna Segrave-Daly (@tspbasil)
So clever - your morning bowl of oatmeal and coffee all in one bowl! I use to feel the same way about overnight oats (why bother?) but then I had a PB&J version that I ended up eating daily for like month 🙂
Meme
PB&J?! Sounds incredible!! Honestly, these came about because I needed everything in one bowl to eat in less than 5 minutes for a 5am wake-up call. The result ended up being my new favorite breakfast!
Anne|Craving Something Healthy
I love that you successfully combined my 2 favorite breakfast foods - oats and coffee 🙂 Must try that! I'll bet that kitchen fail tasted great!
Meme
Thanks Anne!! Oats and coffee are the best 🙂
And luckily, that kitchen fail was delish! Hopefully, I'll be able to turn my fail into a yummy pie, but we shall see...
Sarah Grace
Looks like we had similar ideas with overnight oats! I love the coffee flavor!
xoxo Sarah Grace, Fresh Fit N Healthy.
Meme
I love that we're both on the same thought page with our oats. You are a genius with the cookie dough flavor!
Irene Mejia
Hi. I am so excited to try this. I do have a question though, do you think it will be just as good if
I do not add the seeds. I do not like flax
NOr chia seeds. Thank you just wondering. 🙂
Meme
Yay!! I think you might want to use less milk because the chia seeds/flax seeds are highly absorbent, so they absorb much of the milk. You can use about 1/2 to 2/3 of the milk and see how you feel about the consistency. Enjoy!