A single serving of chocolate blended baked oats with a gooey peanut butter center is the perfect healthy and delicious breakfast for one. Made with simple pantry ingredients and no banana, these baked oats taste just like having cake for breakfast!
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Once you try this blended baked oats recipe, you will be obsessed! This concept is one of those TikTok viral recipes that you will actually make again and again. I love the taste of oatmeal, but I don’t always love the texture. Blending the oats into a batter and baking them creates a cake-like texture that completely changes the game!
I absolutely love peanut butter cups so this chocolate version is one of my favorites. This baked oats recipe has no banana so it’s just bursting with decadent chocolate, peanut butter flavor!
The best part about this recipe is that you can make it single serve or double or quadruple the recipe to make it for the whole family. It’s a super easy recipe that comes together quickly with just a handful of healthy ingredients.
Ingredients
- Oats – I always have a bag of Bob’s Red Mill Organic Old Fashioned Rolled Oats in my pantry. It’s an easy, healthy ingredient that you can incorporate into so many recipes. Be sure to use rolled oats and not quick oats, steel-cut oats or instant oatmeal.
- Milk – I use almond milk in this recipe. You can use soy milk, coconut milk or any non-dairy milk of your choice. Regular milk will also work too.
- Egg – You can also substitute a flax egg to make a vegan version.
- Cocoa powder
- Honey – you can also use date syrup or pure maple syrup
- Baking powder – helps the baked oats rise and create a cake-like texture
- Vanilla extract – adds more flavor.
- Chocolate chips – just a small handful of chocolate chips makes these oats taste so decadent.
- Peanut butter – a dollop of peanut butter in the center of the batter bakes up into a gooey center.
- Salt – just a small pinch
Method
Making blended baked oats could not be easier. Add oats, egg, milk, cocoa powder, honey, baking powder, vanilla and salt to a high speed blender and process until it becomes a smooth batter.
Let the batter stand for a few minutes so the oats have time to fully hydrate. This helps ensure that they bake up just like cake.
Pour half of the batter into a greased 8-ounce oven-safe ramekin. Sprinkle about half of the chocolate chips on top of the batter. Add the peanut butter in the center and then pour over the rest of the batter. Top with remaining chocolate chips, place the ramekin on top of a baking sheet and bake at 350 degrees for 25 minutes. You can also air fry baked oats at 350 degrees for about 15-18 minutes. Feel free to adjust the bake time depending on if you like your oats gooey or more cake-like.
The ramekin will be very hot right out of the oven so allow it to cool for at least ten minutes before digging in. To make a peanut butter drizzle like in the photos, just melt a teaspoon or so of peanut butter in a small bowl in the microwave and then drizzle it over the top of your oats. Baked oats are great served warm or room temperature.
Recipe tips
- This baked oatmeal recipe easily multiplies to make a larger batch. You can make additional servings in individual ramekins or bake it in a casserole dish to feed a crowd.
- Single serve baked oatmeals are the perfect way to meal prep a nutritious breakfast. Store ramekins of baked oats in an airtight container or tightly covered with plastic wrap in the fridge for up to five days. Just uncover, reheat in the microwave until warmed through and enjoy!
- For best results, you will need a high speed blender to completely pulverize the oats in the batter. If you don’t have a blender, you can replace the whole rolled oats with oat flour.
Flavor variations and add-ins
- Instead of peanut butter, swap in almond butter or another nut butter of your choice. You could also add strawberry or raspberry jam.
- Add a scoop of your favorite protein powder or some chia seeds for an extra nutritional boost.
- Top baked oats with a dollop of greek yogurt, fresh berries or banana slices.
FAQ
Yes. Using a blender pulverizes the oats in the batter to achieve the best texture. If you do not have a high speed blender or food processor, you can substitute the whole rolled oats for oat flour.
No. Steel cut oats will not blend into a smooth texture which is what gives you cake-like results!
Yes. You can use any kind of plant-based milk you prefer and replace the egg with a flax egg. You can also use date syrup, agave or pure maple syrup instead of honey.
Yes. You can double it, triple it or multiply as many times as you like. Bake it in individual ramekins or a baking dish. If you’re making a larger batch in one dish, watch carefully and adjust the baking time accordingly.
More oat recipes you will love
- Pumpkin Blended Baked Oats
- Healthy Banana Oatmeal Pancakes
- Sweet Potato Oatmeal Pancakes
- Blueberry Banana Oatmeal Muffins
- Vanilla Almond Granola
- Pumpkin Pecan Pie Granola
Chocolate Peanut Butter Baked Oats for One {Without Banana}
Ingredients
- ⅓ cup rolled oats I used Bob's Red Mill
- ⅓ cup almond milk or plant-based milk of your choice
- 1 egg
- 1 tablespoon cocoa powder
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 tablespoon honey
- 2 tablespoons chocolate chips
- 1 tablespoon peanut butter
- small pinch of salt
Instructions
- Preheat the oven or air fryer to 350 degrees.
- In a high speed blender, combine oats, milk, egg, cocoa powder, baking powder, honey, vanilla and salt and blend until smooth. Let the batter stand for a 2-3 minutes so the oats can fully hydrate.
- Grease an 8oz ramekin with butter, oil or cooking spray and place on a baking sheet. Pour half of the batter into the ramekin. Sprinkle over half of the chocolate chips.
- Place a tablespoon of peanut butter in the center and then pour the rest of the batter on top. Top with the rest of the chocolate chips.
- Bake oats in the oven for 25 minutes or air fry for 15 minutes until they are puffed with a cake-like texture. To make the oats more gooey, you can reduce the baking time to your liking.
- Enjoy warm or at room temperature.
Michelle Lee
I was a little worried this was going to be too indulgent for breakfast (especially for my children who always want cake and cannot be convinced it isn’t time for cake), but it was perfection.
Not too sweet.
Not too cake-y.
Picture those bars you buy in the store that are a billion dollars and have a plant leaf on them so you know they’re healthy (except this you make at home and it isn’t a billion dollars). Super tasty. Approved by my youngest kid who has literally never eaten breakfast in her life.
We did quadruple this sucker because when it comes to chocolate and peanut butter, more is more.