Overnight Oats With Protein Powder (3 Flavors!)

Indulge your sweet tooth with these overnight oats with protein powder! Thick, creamy, and topped with three festive varieties, these protein overnight oats are a hit anytime you have a craving.

Use them as an indulgent snack or even dessert. With these recipes, you’re not only curbing a craving but taking in 24g of protein each serving as well!

Skip your everyday steel cut oats and whip up something you enjoy instead!

Bumping up your protein intake doesn’t mean you can’t indulge in your favorite flavors. These overnight oats with protein powder help blend the world of fuel and indulgence.

Learn more about the benefits of a high protein diet.

Though the recipes do need to sit to transform into a mousse-like, thick, texture, the base recipe whips up in just minutes.

As a Certified Nutrition Coach, I value the recipes that both help get me to my goals as well as give my body some nutrients.

No crazy additives, fillers, or weird oils. Just protein and some flavor.

Why Add Protein?

While most people know that protein helps repair and build muscle, it’s a little less known that it’s responsible for a lot of other things in the body also.

Things like:

• Keeping you full
• Increasing your energy
• Boosting your immune system
• Improving body composition (weight loss)

Protein has a hand in almost every action in your body, so it would be silly not to try and keep your protein intake high.

Learn more about how to increase your protein intake.

And though chicken breasts and eggs are great, you can definitely increase your protein intake and indulge in some of your favorite flavors!

Ingredients You’ll Need

Regular rolled Oats: make sure that the rolled oats are certified gluten-free if you need them to be. Quick oats and steel cut oats unfortunately won’t work in these recipes. Learn more about different types of oats and how to use them.

Chia seeds: a great way to add a hint of healthy fats to the overnight oats with protein powder. These seeds are so nutrient-packed that they’re one of three foods I think every toddler should have in their diet!

Coconut milk: this is what will help make the protein overnight oats so creamy. Make sure to use full fat coconut milk from a can. Likewise, make sure to drain out any water. Learn everything you need to know about coconut milk.

Chocolate protein powder: each protein powder overnight oats recipe uses Genuine Health or Naked Nutrition Protein Powder. You can read more about the protein powder below but know that using another brand will affect the flavor and texture of the recipes. Learn more about how to choose a protein powder for your goals.

Almond milk: any non-dairy milk will work for the protein overnight oats recipes. We use homemade hemp milk the most.

Maple syrup: adding just a hint more indulgence to the base of the recipes.

Homemade whipped cream: each jar is topped with whole30 whipped cream. This is completely optional of course but absolutely delicious if you’re curbing a craving!

Which Protein Powder To Choose

For these protein overnight oats you need Naked Nutrition’s Vegan Chocolate Protein Powder (vanilla protein powder works too!).

Because vegan protein powder absorbs more than whey protein, you can’t sub one for the other.

Naked Nutrition isn't shy about its ingredients. This company prioritizes healthy ingredients and no fillers. Which means that they focus on your health, not just the “bottom line”.

If you want to start making your health a priority, check them out.

How To Make Overnight Oats With Protein Powder

Important Teaching Tips

You can make the protein powder overnight oats complete with whole30 whipped cream and toppings and pop them right in the fridge to set.

Or you can make the base overnight oats and then when you’re ready to eat or serve them, top them with the whipped cream and preferred fixings.

The protein overnight oats can also just be enjoyed as is, without any of the toppings. That’s one of the best things about them: you can make them as indulgent or healthy as you like.

Make sure to use full-fat coconut milk from a can and drain the water. This is what will help make the overnight oats so thick.

Make sure to use whole chia seeds and not ground. The ground chia seeds don't absorb as well.

Overnight Oats With Protein Powder

At the base of this blog post you’ll find the base recipe for all of the overnight oats. Whip up the base (from the recipe card at the bottom!) and then choose a flavor below and “add your fixings”!

Fun party hack: it would actually be really fun to make mini-sized jars of the oats, have everything out on a table and have your brunch guests decorate or create their own overnight oats!

Christmas Candy Cane

• 1 serving whole30 whip cream
• 2 tbs crushed candy canes
• ⅛ teaspoon peppermint extract

Swirl one tablespoon of the candy canes and the peppermint extract into the overnight oat base. Then, top the jar with whip cream and sprinkle the rest of the candy canes.

Fudge Sundae

• 1 serving dairy-free chocolate ganache
• 1 tbs chopped peanuts
• 1 serving whole30 whipped cream.

Swirl 1 tbs of the chocolate ganache into the overnight oats base. Top the jar with coconut whip cream, chocolate ganache and chopped peanuts.

Salted Caramel

• 1 serving whole30 chipped cream
• 1 serving dairy-free caramel sauce
• ⅛ teaspoon salt

Swirl 1 tbs of caramel sauce into the overnight oats base. Top the jar with coconut whip cream, drizzle on the caramel, and sprinkle the salt on top.

Frequently Asked Questions About Protein Overnight Oats

Other Protein Powder Recipes You’ll Love

• Two bite protein brownies
• Protein powder donuts
• Flourless protein brownies
• Peanut butter protein powder chia pudding
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