These chocolate berry overnight oats are delicious, filling and satisfying. There is very little work to them as you let them sit in the refrigerator overnight.
One of the things I love about this recipe is it takes around 5 minutes to put together before you let it rest overnight in the refrigerator.
The next morning you take it out and layer it with the berries. It’s so delicious, pretty and satisfying.
I love eating oatmeal in the morning and I usually alternate between this recipe and cooked oatmeal. What about you?
How to make chocolate berry overnight oats
Pre-step
Get a 2 cup ball jar.
Step one
Gather the ingredients – old fashioned rolled oats (don’t use instant), cocoa powder, protein powder (I use unflavored), yogurt and milk.
Here’s a fun fact, instead of yogurt, you can replace it with kefir. My friend Helen has a great post on how to make milk kefir.
Step two
Place the oats, protein powder and cocoa powder in the ball jar.
Step three
Add yogurt and milk.
Step four
Take a spoon and stir the ingredients together.
It’s okay that the ball jar will get messy. Don’t worry, you will transfer the overnight oats to another jar in the morning when you’re ready to layer the fruit in it.
Step five
Cap the jar and put it in the refrigerator overnight.
Fast forward around 12 hours.
Step six
Time to prepare the fruit.
Get out whatever fruit you’d like to use. I’m using raspberries, blueberries and strawberries.
Step seven
Wash and rinse the fruit well and get a clean Ball jar.
Step eight
Give the oats a stir.
Spoon half of the overnight oats into the clean jar and place half of the berries on top.
Step nine
Spoon the rest of the chocolate overnight oats on top of the berries.
Peek a boo, berries!
Step ten
Add the rest of the berries on top and sprinkle some nuts on top of that. (The nuts are optional.)
We are ready to eat, everyone.
I hope you enjoyed this chocolate berry overnight oats recipe.
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Chocolate Berry Overnight Oats
Ingredients
- ½ cup rolled oats
- 2 teaspoons protein powder
- 2 teaspoons cocoa powder
- ⅛ teaspoon salt
- ½ cup milk
- ½ cup greek yogurt plain
- 2 tablespoons Raspberries
- 2 tablespoons Blueberries
- 2 tablespoons Strawberries
- 2 tablespoons Pecans
Instructions
- Place rolled oats, protein powder, cocoa powder and salt in a jar
- Add milk and yogurt and stir together and cap the jar
- Place in the refrigerator overnight
- Wash berries and cut up strawberries
- Spoon ½ of the overnight oats into clean ball jar
- Add ½ the berries
- Spoon the rest of the oats over berries
- Add the rest of the berries over the oats
- Sprinkle some pecans over the berries
- Eat out of jar
- Smile
- Enjoy
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Jacqueline Meldrum
Can you believe I have never made overnight oats. Well I am Scottish and we make porridge with our oats in the morning. Wish I hadn’t read your story, now I will be peering at my oats.
Elaine
Jacqueline! Oops. Don’t worry about that. I’m sure it’s rare now. 🙂 I love porridge too!
Valentina
I can’t believe I’ve never made overnight oats! I must! And having seen this, I’m feeling inspired now. I love all of the fresh fruit in the jar. 🙂
Elaine
Valentina! It’s so yummy!! I’ll take any excuse to have chocolate for breakfast.
Lisa Bryan
Overnight oats are the best and love this combo with chocolate and fresh berries. You’ve inspired tomorrow morning’s breakfast! 😉
Elaine
Thanks Lisa! It’s so good!
Sarah @ Champagne Tastes
‘Wellfare food’ — ah yes, I remember eating random things from food deliveries like that! I think the oddest combination was when I used to eat BBQ sauce on saltine crackers all the time- just because there were a lot of them in the house! Your dead bug story reminds me of the scene in Anne of Green Gables where a mouse got into the food and she didn’t tell anyone lol. This looks delicious btw- I love oats!
Elaine
Sarah. I forgot about the saltines. We got those too! I love that scene in Ann of Green Gables! Deliciously scary!
Emily
I have never made overnight oats before but I think I’m going to have to make this recipe- it almost looks like a dessert! And your photographs are beautiful!
Elaine
Thank you so much Emily!
Beth
Very funny story, Elaine! I once sent my son to Kindergarten with raisins for snack time. Didn’t see the moth larvae in them… Ooops! Beautiful images as always! Great idea for oats! Love those berries!
Elaine
Thanks Beth!! I appreciate it!
Maria @ kitchenathoskins
Yum Elaine! I love your addition of protein powder and with all the oats and yogurt, this is one satisfying jar!
Elaine
Thank you Maria!
Agness of Run Agness Run
This seems like a great breakfast idea, Elaine! I have never prepared overnight oats, but they seem delicious!
Elaine
Agness, you won’t be disappointed. They are delicious!
Christopher
Delicious and gorgeous!