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First off, THM wants to say thank you for all of your wonderful birthday wishes! Yes, I consider my blog it’s own entity. No, I’m not ashamed of this. But fo realz you guys are awesome. I may or may not have cried.
Back to today’s recipe. We’re talking oats. I’m fairly certain the last time we talked oats I was complaining of sweltering weather and training for a half-marathon. Those days are loooooong gone, but fortunately the oatmeal is still kicking. I took a little hiatus from my morning oats after the copious amounts of granola I made sucked me in (for the record granola is now officially banned since I cannot control myself), but I’m back on the warm oatmeal train and I’m feeling gooooood.
You know what else makes me feel good? Coffee. My introduction to coffee was so cliche…Starbucks. A grande sugar-free hazelnut soy cafe misto to be exact. Otherwise known as, my life’s savings. But then I decided to become a psych major in my third year which entailed 14 psych courses in 2 years and the harder stuff was required. By harder I’m talking grande bold black. Don’t worry people, I only get high on life.
Deep into my coffee addiction I came across the anti-coffee camp and I had a freak out that I was single-handedly destroying my health. Naturally, my obsessive self took to tea and began building what might be considered the world’s largest tea collection (50+ teas). I love tea and I always will but I’ve recently discovered that I am actually a better person after coffee. I’m nicer, more patient, increasingly productive and just plain happier.
So just like my oats, coffee is back. I figured I may as well combine the two in this Mocha Overnight Oats recipe.
Mocha Overnight Oats
Prep Time: 5 mins
Cook Time: Overnight (at least 6 hours)
Keywords: no-bake breakfast gluten-free dairy-free chocolate oats mocha
Ingredients (serves: 1)
- 1/2 cup rolled oats (gluten-free if necessary)
- 1 tsp cocoa powder
- 1 1/2 tsp chia seeds
- 1/2 ripe banana, sliced and chopped
- 1 tsp honey/maple syrup/ agave/other sweetener (or omit if you don’t like too sweet)
- 1/2 cup brewed coffee
Instructions
1. Brew coffee using preferred method.
2. Add oats, cocoa powder, and chia seeds to a medium mason jar or air-tight container.
3. Add in bananas, honey and coffee.
4. Cover and shake until well combined.
5. Place in refrigerator overnight or for at least 6 hours.
6. Eat cold or heat up in the microwave for 1 minute.
Coffee or tea? Do you go through breakfast phases?
We are like soulmantes, I swear.
a) I just went back to my oatmeal phase after months of not having eaten them.
b) I’m eating mocha oatmeal as I type this ((doesn’t lok as delish as yours but))
c) I became super obsessed with coffee like a year ago, then cut down and totally banished from my diet because I thought I was too bad for me AND it’s only been three days since I started drinking it again.
Totally twins, you see.
Ahhhh girl, this looks amazing. Send a container full of this asap.
Sistas from another mista!!!
That’s totally crazy that you were eating mocha email while reading this. We are totally twinning!
What pretty pictures!!! AND the recipe sounds amazing!
Thanks Tara!
Coffee AND tea — don’t make me choose. But only if we’re talking Hot Cinnamon Spice tea from Harney and Sons — the rest I could do without and would be in the coffee camp all the way. And yes for phases! There was a cereal phase, a Poptart phase, a can of Coke phase, and now an oatmeal phase. That last one has been spanning a couple of years, though 😆
Oh geeze can of coke phase….
I still need to try your tea in coffee trick!
Davs, i eat overnight oats all the time but NOTHING like this. OMFG this looks SO GOOD i’m definitely going to try this for sure. GET IN MY BELLY!
I’m never this quick to respond to people, but can I just say I’m happy I made a recipe that you’ll actually make? I feel like I just won at life!
Oh wow this recipe looks so fun!! I’m not drinking coffee right now so I kind of wonder if I can substitute the coffee with almond milk…sounds delicious! Look so pretty in the mason jar too!
definitely! Just won’t have the coffee flavour. Are you drinking tea right now? I love overnight oats with tea! You can use decaf or rooibos!
This sounds so good! I love coffee and oats so I’m sure the two together are good! I would never have thought to make oats with coffee yet I love my oatmeal coffee banana cookies.
Hope you liked them love!!!
WHY HAVE I NEVER USED COFFEE FOR OVERNIGHT OATS??
Coffee IN oats…..I’m obsessed. Would it be weird if I ate this alongside a cup of joe? I think not.
I totally did…next year at christmastime I’m getting Tjs gingerbread coffee and making this again. Stupid TJs in Minneapolis was all out…not cool.
p.s. any current TJ favourites? Going to NYC in 2 weeks and wanna stock up.
Oh be still my heart! Oats and coffee… awe, bliss! My two favorite things…. well, after peanut butter. 🙂
My day doesn’t begin truly until I have my coffee (with coconut milk, of course). Obviously mocha is one of the best flavors in the universe ever created ever, so undoubtedly these oats are amazing. I would probably add almond milk to this because I like my OOs a little creamier. And now that I look back at what I just typed, it looks like I’m sending you dirty comments about boobies. I’m not, I swear.
boobies newfangled