Who doesn’t love chocolate for breakfast or as a snack! Healthy, low in sugar, and portable, healthy chocolate oatmeal cups are quick and easy. Try them with your favorite fruit, yogurt, or even peanut butter.
What’s to love about this recipe?
Well, chocolate for one thing! Cocoa powder is full of antioxidants and has no sugar, yet makes these very chocolatey.
This is a one-bowl recipe, that comes together in about 5 minutes and bakes for about 15 minutes.
Feel free to have fun and use any filling you want.
After storing the filled cups in the refrigerator, they take on the flavor of the filling and the texture becomes slightly chewy–which I love!
Helpful tips for healthy chocolate oatmeal cups
Oatmeal
In this recipe, I use old fashioned oats, though I would think you could use instant as well. The texture will not be as chewy.
I do not recommend steel cut oats in this recipe. There isn’t enough liquid to soften or “cook” steel cut oats. It would be like trying to eat a rock!
Cocoa powder
The cocoa powder is important and key to flavor in the chocolate oatmeal cups.
There are mainly two types of cocoa powder: natural cocoa powder and Dutch-processed cocoa powder. Natural cocoa powder is acidic and has a lighter color, while Dutch-processed cocoa powder has been treated with an alkalizing agent to neutralize its acidity and has a darker color.
Dutch process cocoa tends to taste milder, while natural cocoa powder can have a sharper flavor.
For this recipe, I used natural cocoa powder. If you have Dutch processed, that should work too. Actually, some prefer the flavor of Dutch-processed because it is milder.
What to use for filling?
Whatever you desire!
Yogurt, peanut butter, pudding, whipped cream, jelly, ice cream.
Fresh fruit.
Drizzle with chocolate or peanut butter sauce.
Healthy Chocolate Oatmeal Cups
Healthy and delicious, baked chocolate oatmeal cups are great for an on-the-go breakfast or snack!
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servings5
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kcal20
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Ingredients
1-1/2 cups Old fashioned oats
2 Tablespoons 100% cocoa powder (or Dutch-processed)
3 Tablespoons maple syrup (or honey)
2 egg whites
1/4 teaspoon salt
- Peanut butter sauce
4 Tablespoons powdered peanut butter (I use PBfit) or regular peanut butter
1-3 Tablespoons honey
Directions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Prepare a regular sized muffin tin with cooking spray and set aside.
- In a large bowl, add the old fashioned oats, cocoa powder, and salt together. Stir until combined.
- Slightly beat egg whites in a small bowl.
- Add beaten egg whites and maple syrup to the bowl with oatmeal mixture.
- Stir to combine all the ingredients together.
- Scoop 1/4 cup of the mixture into prepared muffin pan.
- Press into the pan and up the side of the individual muffin tins, creating an indentation in the center for filling.
- Bake at 350 degrees for 15 minutes.
- Let cool on wire rack for about 10 minutes and remove.
- Fill with your favorite fillings.
- Peanut butter sauce
- If using peanut butter powder (I use PBfit), prepare as directed on package.
- Stir in honey and add more water if needed to make sauce. If using peanut butter, heat in microwave for 15 seconds and stir.
- Drizzle over chocolate oatmeal cups.
Notes
- Store in the refrigerator with or without filling. The texture of the cups soften a bit and take on the flavor of the filling which is wonderful!.
- Calories are without filling or topping.
- The picture above shows the cups filled with yogurt and peanut butter sauce made with PBfit.
Want more oatmeal recipes?
Peanut butter oats cups. This quick recipe combines powdered peanut butter, oatmeal, and egg whites baked in a muffin tin. The peanut butter yogurt fluff goes perfectly with the granola-like cups for a high protein and low sugar snack or breakfast.
Easy Apple Pie Baked Oatmeal. This healthy, baked oatmeal recipe is super easy and tastes just like warm apple pie.
Fudgy Peanut Butter Cup Baked Oatmeal. Greek yogurt baked into a chocolate and peanut butter batter makes for a creamy, fudge-like baked oats recipe that is high protein and portable for breakfast on the go!
Or, high protein breakfast ideas?
Baked Cottage Cheese & Egg Cups.
Creamy Eggs and Yogurt Breakfast.
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