This Hot Cocoa Baked Oatmeal is vegan, gluten-free, super easy to make, and so festive!
Every time I share a baked oatmeal recipe, I recieve at leastttt a few requests for an egg-free option… you guys asked and I am delivering! I was worried that the baked oatmeal wouldn’t come out as fluffy without an egg but I have to say, I was so wrong! I am actually sad it took me this long to come up with an egg-free blended baked oatmeal recipe because it turned out UNREAL! So fluffy and cake-like DROOL next up, I’ll come up with a banana-free option as that is another popular request.
I love making baked oatmeal because it feels like I am eating a big, warm, delicious, muffin for breakfast but it’s actually just as filling and balanced as a bowl of oatmeal! I also love having it as an afternoon snack or even a before bed treat!
This Hot Cocoa Baked Oatmeal is so nostalgic and brings me all of the wintery holiday feels!
Here’s what you need to make Hot Cocoa Baked Oatmeal:
- oats— I typically use sprouted oats organic for easier digestion and to avoid glyphosate but any rolled oats will do!
- 1/2 banana— the spottier the banana, the better. This is a key sweetener in this recipe and spottier bananas are much sweeter than green/just ripe bananas.
- milk of choice— I typically used homemade cashew milk or coconut milk but feel free to swap in your preferred milk! Oat, almond, coconut, or regular milk will all work great.
- maple syrup— as a sweetener. Feel free to sub in your preferred sweetener.
- cocoa powder— cacao powder works too! Just make sure you use unsweetened.
- a pinch of salt
- baking soda
- optional— marshmallows (vegan if needed), melted chocolate for drizzle, crushed candy cane for topping
More baked oatmeal recipes…
Single Serve Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Baked Oatmeal
Banana Cream Pie Baked Oatmeal
Single Serve Banana Protein Baked Oatmeal
Peanut Butter Cup Baked Oatmeal
Berry Chocolate Coconut Baked Oatmeal
Banana Chocolate Chunk Baked Oatmeal
Hot Cocoa Baked Oatmeal
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup oats
- 1/2 banana (spotty)
- 1 tbsp maple syrup (or sweetener of choice)
- 1 tbsp cocoa powder (or cacao powder)
- 1/4 tsp baking soda
- Pinch sea salt
- 1/4 cup milk of choice
Optiona toppings
- marshmallows (vegan if needed)
- chocolate chips (melted, for a chocolate drizzle)
- crushed cany canes
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350F and lightly grease an oven safe baking dish.
- Add all ingredients (except toppings) to a blender and blend until fully combined.
- Pour batter into baking dish and bake for 10 minutes, add marshmallows (optional), and bake for another 8-10 minutes.
- Let cool and add other toppings of choice!