Rise and shine, it’s breakfast time! Jumpstart your day with this High Protein Chocolate Banana Overnight Oats recipe that’s tastes like dessert and no cooking required.
High Protein Chocolate Banana Overnight Oats
I’ve never been one for overnight oats. I know what oatmeal is supposed to taste like– warm and oozing with peanut butter. My classic banana oatmeal made with smashed banana, old fashioned oats, cinnamon, lots of berries, walnuts and peanut butter.
Gotta love that combo and when I decided to turn that into an overnight oat style recipe and I “tasted” the mush of old fashioned oats mixed with yogurt after it “cooked” all night in the fridge, I was like bleh!!! Like major bleh. Like I cannot believe people eat that stuff. I definitely did not drink the kool-aid back in the day.. I’ll stick with the classic thank you very much.
-
Grab and go convenience
-
Gluten-free
-
Great source of protein and fiber
More and more people are turning to overnight oats for breakfast. Recipes are popping up all over the place and I’ve learned a thang or two about overnight oatmeal from my clients so I decided to give it a whirl again.
To me overnight oats has to be different than what you expect oatmeal to be. Like chocolate different. Who doesn’t like chocolate… for breakfast?! Enter High Protein Chocolate Banana Overnight Oats FTW.
When you’re eating cold oats you’ve gotta have some chew. I’m anti mush so I opted for quick cooking steel cut oats instead of the old fashioned that I often see in recipes. I want the oats to have texture and not be like pureed baby food.
Oh and one more requirement, overnight oats do not need a tang factor– I’m all about milk vs. yogurt or kefir in overnight oats. Zero tang please and thank you very much. If y’all can do tang, more power to ya… but not me.
So I opted for milk and yep, cottage cheese for a bit more protein and the saltiness brings out the chocolate flavor.
I hope you give this High Protein Chocolate Banana Overnight Oats recipe a try– it’s chewy, chocolatey, and convenient for a quick morning. Protein packed and gluten free. Portion oats into single servings and store in a mason jar or air tight container.
Print
Chocolate Banana Overnight Oats
- Prep Time: 5 mins
- Total Time: 5 mins
- Yield: 2 servings 1x
Print Recipe
Pin RecipeDescription
Rise and shine, it’s breakfast time! Jumpstart your day with this high protein Chocolate Banana Overnight Oats recipe… all dessert-y and no cooking required. Grab and go convenience. Gluten-free. Great source of protein and fiber.
Ingredients
- 2/3 cups “quick cooking” steel cut oats
- 1 ripe banana, smashed
- 2/3 cup 2% cottage cheese
- 1 cup 2% milk
- 1 tablespoon chia seeds
- 2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1/4 teaspoon unsweetened vanilla extract
- pinch of sea salt
Instructions
- Place all ingredients in a large mason jar; tighten the lid.
- Shake it up; place in fridge overnight, or at least 8 hours.
- Category: Breakfast
- Method: Refrigerator
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1/2 recipe
- Calories: 375
- Sugar: 15g
- Sodium: 358mg
- Fat: 9g
- Saturated Fat: 3g
- Carbohydrates: 55g
- Fiber: 8g
- Protein: 22g
- Cholesterol: 16mg
Keywords: High Protein Chocolate Banana Overnight Oats
Hi I’m Kristina LaRue, RD (registered dietitian nutritionist), Peloton addict and mama to two active and hungry boys. On Love & Zest, you’ll find healthy-ish recipes that fuel the whole family. I’m all about veggie-filled breakfast, meal prep recipes, healthier sweets, and easy weeknight dinners made in the Instant Pot or sheet pan.
Did you make one of my recipes?? Leave a review in the comments and tag @loveandzest #loveandzest on Instagram!
If you’re a modern mama– I’d love for you to join my Facebook group A Modern Motherhood Collective!
I have made this several times with minor changes each time, thinking I can improve it or use what I have. The only consistent change I like is to not add salt. I was surprised by the cottage cheese (not used to that in my overnight oats), but this is a very tasty recipe as is and has become one of my staples. Thank you for sharing this recipe!
★★★★★
Thank you Ann! I really appreciate your review of this recipe 🙂 That means so much to me– so glad you’ve enjoyed it.
My lands girl everything looks so good I’m nerd 🙋
There is a huge mistake in the amount of carbohydrates in this recipe! 1/3 cup of quick cooking steele cut oats is 31 grams of carbs alone. Not counting all the other ingredients. For people with diabetes this would be a disater to only count 3 grams of carbs! This is a high CARB meal! This recipe is a healthy one, if you do not have to watch your carb count. The nutritional value has to be revised.
Hey Nancy- I’m sorry for confusion. The nutrition facts reads sat fat: 3g and carbs: 55g. I definitely also recommend people with diabetes and those with strict carb counts to weigh and measure their food and enter it into MFP recipe analyzer themselves. There can be so much variability in nutrition info by brand and size of fruit consumed.
Thanks for following my recipe and I hope this helps! 🙂
whats the problem with porridge? i prefer a good porridge over raw oats
Nothing at all– just a hot vs cold thing 🙂 Many enjoy cold oats in the summer.
I didn’t realize the quick-cooking steel cut oats could work like overnight oats without cooking, so cool! I’ll have to try this. Love the jar serving, too, so easy for storage.
Dumb question…. Do I cook the oatmeal first
not a dumb question at all! just use the raw oats… no cooking required!
I admit I’ve not jumped on the overnight oats bandwagon yet. I like my oatmeal creamy and warm, but the addition of chocolate might make me a convert. I’ve pinned this to give it a try. Thanks!
Right there with you… but think you’ll like this one. 🙂
My wife and I will definitely be checking this one out, thank you for the recipe!
★★★★★
I’ve honestly been intimidated to make overnight oats but you are speaking my language with ALL of the ingredients in this batch. I think I’ll have to try tonight 🙂
I loved how easy it was to make, but personally I had trouble finishing eating it.
★
I would love to make this! If I’m not using cottage cheese, should I be adding more milk or something else?
You could use Greek yogurt instead! It will just make it more “tart”.
Can I use chocolate protein powder instead of the cocoa powder?
oh great idea! I haven’t tried it but suppose it would work! Keep me posted 🙂
Just be aware that chocolate protein powder will not have nearly the chocolate flavor that cocoa powder will give, and it will give added sweetness because there’s no sugar (or other sweetener in cocoa powder). That doesn’t mean it won’t be good, just different.