Craving some rich chocolate peanut butter oatmeal? This chocolate peanut butter oatmeal will be right up your alley. As someone who is gluten free and allergic to almonds it is so important to me to provide easy gluten free recipes without tree nuts. This chocolate peanut butter oatmeal is gluten free, dairy free and tree nut free.
This Chocolate Peanut Butter oatmeal recipe will be your next favorite breakfast on busy mornings or if you are in the mood for a light and healthy snack during the day. All you need to do is grab applesauce, gluten-free oats, oat milk, cocoa powder, peanut butter, dairy-free chocolate chips, and peanuts.
Reasons You Will Love This Allergy-Friendly Recipe
- One of the best parts about the recipe is that the ingredients are available easily. In no time, you will be licking some creamy chocolate peanut butter.
- The procedure is not at all time-consuming and you can create it in less than 15 minutes. It will not intrude on your usual routine.
- Unlike other recipes that ask you to dirty multiple dishes, the snack can be mixed in 1 pan, which is the baking dish. Therefore, you won’t have a pile of equipment waiting for you to clean. It will be only you and the chocolate peanut butter affair.
- The recipe serves as a good treat for a weeknight dinner or in case you are feeling too lazy to prepare something for yourself.
- The combination of flavors will remind you of a peanut butter cup! It is one of my favorite flavor combinations.
Ingredients and Substitutions
Applesauce: Applesauce acts as a binder when making chocolate peanut butter. It assists in holding dry ingredients like flour and oats together. This sauce benefits the outcome of the recipe by producing a moist texture. You can experiment with pumpkin or pear puree for a different flavor. If you don’t have either of the variants or the main ingredient then make the most out of lemon juice or white vinegar to give yourself a delicious treat.
Gluten-Free Oats: Gluten-free oats are a good source of dietary fiber that makes the base chewy in nature, giving it the required texture. If gluten-free oats are not the best option for you, then you can go ahead with chia seeds, rolled oats, chopped nuts, steel cut oats, old-fashioned oats or instant oats.
Oat Milk: Oat milk adds a creamy, slightly sweet, and dairy-free start to your chocolate peanut butter oatmeal. Variants of oat milk exist in the form of flavors like chocolate and vanilla. No oat milk? Then, use other plant-based milks like soy, almond, and cashew milk.
Cocoa Powder: If you want the peanut butter mix to have the perfect amount of chocolate flavor then for that you will add cocoa powder. For a dark chocolate taste, use unsweetened cocoa powder and Dutched cocoa powder for a milder version.
Peanut Butter: How can you forget the peanut butter that you enjoy so much? Grab that bottle and the spoon and take a baking appliance that gives you a good measure of the amount as you place it out. You can also use almond butter, cashew butter, crunchy peanut butter, chunky peanut butter or creamy peanut butter. You can also use peanut butter flavored protein powder.
Dairy-free chocolate chips: I can feel you are already drooling reading the recipe. Dairy-free chocolate chips will add a magical twist to the recipe. That will make you lick the entire bowl.
Peanuts: Take out that pack of peanuts from your dry fruit stash and crush them to sprinkle on your meal. The garnishing of just peanuts will elevate the overall oatmeal mixture.
Taste and Texture
When you align all the ingredients, begin to prepare the batter and turn them into wet ingredients. You will notice how the texture becomes so creamy that you might only be tempted to dig into your spoon as an excuse to taste it midway through. Visualize sprinkling peanuts to give that crunch. Too yummy!
Directions
- Combine the cocoa powder, applesauce, oats, and milk in a small saucepan
2. Cook on medium-high until the mixture is thick and creamy. Approx 10-12 minutes
3. Remove from stove top and add to bowl.
4. Top with peanut butter, peanuts, and dairy-free chocolate chips.
Tips and Tricks
- Use toasted nuts to deepen the flavor.
- Use peanut butter that is creamier and chunkier.
- Use premium-quality cocoa butter.
- Add some vanilla extract, brown sugar or greek yogurt to make this your own!
- Top with a little bit of pure maple syrup.
How To Serve and Store The Meal Prep?
You can serve your warm chocolate peanut butter oatmeal topped with extra peanut butter, chopped nuts, chocolate chips, or sliced fruit like ripe banana and surprise your taste buds with this healthy breakfast.
Store leftovers in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 3 days. You can also store in a bowl topped with plastic wrap.
Reheat gently on the stovetop or microwave. Keep stirring in intervals to enjoy your protein-packed breakfast.
Chocolate Peanut Butter Oatmeal (Gluten Free)
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup applesauce
- 1/2 cup gluten-free oats
- ⅔ cup oat milk
- 1 tbsp cocoa powder
- 1 tbsp Peanut butter
- 1 tbsp Dairy free chocolate chips
- 1 tbsp Peanuts
Instructions
- Combine the cocoa powder, applesauce, oats, milk in a sauce pan.
- Cook on medium high until the mixture is thick and creamy. Approx 10-12 minutes.
- Remove from stove top and add to bowl.
- Top with peanut butter, peanuts and dairy free chocolate chips.
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