This Chocolate Oatmeal Breakfast Bowl will quickly boost your mood and kick start your morning. It's filled with oats and wonderful bitter-sweet dark chocolate flavor. It's satisfying and so delicious. Super easy to make and incredibly healthy!
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Chocolate oatmeal is high on my breakfast list since I started my healthier lifestyle. Which seems like FOREVER now! It's one of the simplest, easiest yet the healthiest breakfast option you can have. Not sure why I waited so long to post this basic oatmeal recipe, though. Maybe because it's so basic, you know... so rudimental.
Still, it's one of those recipes you can play around. Adding superfoods and toppings.... make it MORE nutritious and more powerful. You can easily transform this simple breakfast bowl into dessert if you feel like it. Look at Blueberry Oatmeal Porridge. Same base, oatmeal, but looks like some decadent treat.
Anyway, this chocolate oatmeal is lovable, for many reasons. It's thick, creamy, chocolaty. Incredibly delicious. Perfect morning treat. It's also comforting, mood-boosting, energizing. So satisfying and so SOOO healthy, loaded with heart-healthy oats and incredible dark chocolate flavor. This is a fool-proof recipe for the tastiest chocolate oatmeal breakfast bowl, and here's what you need to make this delicious dark chocolate beauty.
What you need to make chocolate oatmeal
This simple oatmeal recipe calls for only 5 basic ingredients. You'll need oats, milk, cacao powder, some seeds (I used hemp), and a dash of cinnamon. That's IT! All these ingredients combined together make chocolate oatmeal GREAT. Here's why.
- OATS: Oats are an excellent source of fiber - insoluble and soluble. The primary type of soluble fiber in oats is beta-glucan, which suppresses appetite and helps with slowing digestion. Also, beta-glucan helps reduce blood sugar and insulin response. (1) That's why oats keep you full longer. Beta-glucan also lowers LDL and total cholesterol levels, and so keeping our heart healthy. (2) The soluble fiber in oats feeds good bacteria in our digestive tract, making our bowels happy and healthy. Now you know why I love oats so much and why they are the perfect breakfast option. For making this chocolate oatmeal, I used rolled oats or old fashioned oats.
- MILK: I used oat milk in this recipe because oat milk is naturally creamy and sweet, plus it has many benefits the same as oats. You are welcome to use any milk you like and prefer.
- CACAO POWDER: Cacao is one of the richest sources of polyphenol – a powerful antioxidant that has many health benefits. It helps reducing inflammation, lowers blood pressure, and improves cholesterol and blood sugar levels. (3) Cacao is also a powerful mood booster, great for fighting off anxiety and stress. I always use unprocessed raw cacao powder. Cacao gave a gorgeous chocolaty flavor and made this oatmeal bowl absolutely irresistible.
For some extra boost, I added some HEMP SEEDS. Hemp seeds are an excellent source of healthy omega-3s, but also a great source of high-quality proteins (4). You can substitute hemp seeds for chia seeds or flax seeds. Use one you have at home, and the one you prefer. Also, I added a dash of Ceylon cinnamon, for the flavor.
How to make chocolate oatmeal breakfast bowl
Making this oatmeal is no brainer really, super easy. As for equipment, you'll need measuring cups, whisk, and a cooking pot.
- Start with preparing and measuring all ingredients using measuring cups.
- In a cooking pot, combine oats and milk. Add a pinch of salt. Bring to a boil.
- Reduce the heat to medium, add cacao powder, hemp seeds, and cinnamon. Stir constantly using the whisk for 5 to 7 minutes, until oats are cooked, dense and creamy.
- Remove from the heat.
- I DON'T usually add extra sugar because I top oatmeal with banana, which gives enough sweetness. But if you're not going to use banana or if you find oatmeal to be bitter, you can add some maple syrup or honey. Just stir it in.
- Pour oatmeal in a serving bowl.
- Add toppings: sliced banana, strawberries. Sprinkle with: hemp seeds, cacao nibs or chocolate chips. Use any toppings and sprinkles you like and prefer. You can be creative here.
- Serve warm.
Substitutions
- You can use any type of oats here: rolled oats (also called old fashioned) or quick oats. Rolled oats will give chewier texture and needs longer cooking while quick oats will need less time to prepare and will give mushier texture. TIP: Quick oats are great to make oatmeal for kids.
- You can swap oat milk for almond milk, organic soy milk, or cashew milk. Cow's milk works fine here too. Coconut milk won't work well here.
- You can substitute hemp seeds with chia seeds of flax seeds.
- For a GLUTEN-FREE version, make sure you use certified gluten-free oats.
Tips for storing
- Keep cooked oatmeal covered in the refrigerator and use it within 24 hours.
- MAKE AHEAD: Cook oatmeal night before, keep covered in the refrigerator. In the morning, reheat in the microwave and add toppings.
The chocolate oatmeal breakfast bowl is:
- Nutritious - loaded with fibers, healthy omega-3s, and proteins.
- Quick and easy to make.
- Creamy, delicious, and so healthy!
- Full of dark chocolate flavor.
- Loaded with superpowers from cacao powder.
- Vegan + gluten-free.
- Perfect breakfast for the whole family!
This chocolate oatmeal is packed with omega-3s, proteins, and fibers good for our digestion and weight-loss. Cacao and seeds provide extra immune-boosting, brain-boosting powers. It's also loaded with powerful antioxidants that promote good health.
This healthy chocolate oatmeal is made without any added sugars + it's so easy to make. Cooking the oatmeal doesn't take long, and having a warm, HEALTHY well-balanced breakfast in the morning is worthwhile.
Enjoy this simple meal and reap all the health benefits that it provides.
Chocolate Oatmeal recipe
Equipment
Ingredients
- ¾ cup oat milk
- ½ cup rolled oats
- 1 tablespoon cacao powder
- 1 tablespoon hemp seeds
- ½ teaspoon Ceylon cinnamon
- Pinch Himalayan salt
- Maple syrup if desired and to taste
Instructions
- Prepare and measure all ingredients using measuring cups.
- In a cooking pot, combine oats and milk. Add a pinch of salt. Bring to a boil.
- Reduce the heat to medium, add cacao powder, hemp seeds, and cinnamon.
- Stir constantly using the whisk for 5 to 7 minutes, until oats are cooked, dense and creamy.
- Remove from the heat. Stir in maple syrup or honey (if using).
- Pour in a serving bowl.
- Add toppings: sliced banana, strawberries. Sprinkle with: hemp seeds, cacao nibs or chocolate chips.
- Serve warm.
Notes
You can use any type of oats here: rolled oats (also called old fashioned) or quick oats.
You can swap oat milk for almond milk, organic soy milk, or cashew milk. Cow's milk works fine here too. Coconut milk won't work well here.
You can substitute hemp seeds with chia seeds of flax seeds.
For a GLUTEN-FREE version, make sure you use certified gluten-free oats. Keep cooked oatmeal covered in the refrigerator and use it within 24 hours. As a measure, I used US cup (240ml). Nutritional Disclaimer
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Steven Morrissette says
This recipe looks so good. I going to make some for tomorrow's breakfast.
Sam says
This looks delicious! I love anything chocolate and oats so this is right up my alley. Looking forward to making it tomorrow.
Daniela says
Great oatmeal bowl to start the day! Love your addition of chocolate (yay for cacao!) and how you topped it too :).