Thick, creamy, and smooth these Blended Overnight Oats pack 36 grams of protein and with a sweet cinnamon roll flavor. This overnight protein oats recipe is almost like an oatmeal pudding that you’ll keep coming back to.
"Cinnamon makes everything taste better for me. It was a delicious, really creamy, and smooth overnight oat. I'll make this again. Thanks." -Greta
A Quick Look At The Recipe
- ⏲️Ready In: 4 hrs 5 mins
- 👪Serves: 2
- 🍽 Calories and Protein: 420 kcals and 36 grams of protein
- 📋Main Ingredients: Rolled oats, collagen powder, almond butter, coconut milk and maple syrup.
- 📖 Dietary Notes: Dairy-free, gluten-free, and high-protein.
- ⭐ Why You'll Love It: It’s thick, creamy, and tastes like cinnamon rolls but actually keeps you full and not sluggish.
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With just a handful of ingredients and the best cinnamon-roll flavor, these blended protein overnight oats are an easy, real-food way to start the day. Boosting protein doesn’t have to be complicated (learn the benefits of a high-protein diet), and recipes like these, highprotein chocolate overnight oats, 3-ingredient protein pancakes, or even protein chia pudding recipes make it simple to work more staying power into breakfast.
One of my favorite parts is how well these oats hold up for meal prep. Blend a batch ahead of time, stash it in the fridge, and you’ve got a creamy, satisfying breakfast ready to grab on those mornings when time (and patience) are running thin. This pretty muchs ums up all the recipes in my Rise and Chill Breakfast E-book, too.
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💭Why You’ll Love This Recipe
Easy to make: All the ingredients go into the blender then into a jar jar and you’re good to go! They’re made in under 5 minutes.
Tasty texture: These blended oats come out with a creamy, pudding-like oat texture (instead of the normally chewy texture from regular overnight oats with protein powder).
Kid-apprroved: Thanks to the delicious cinnamon roll flavor and high-quality protein source, this breakfast recipe is perfect for both kids and adults.
Ingredients and Substitutions
With a few gluten-free essentials, you’ll have these blended overnight oats prepped and ready in no time.
- Regular oats: Make sure to use a gluten-free certified brand if you need it and know that regular, old fashioned oats work much better than quick oats for the recipe. Learn more about the types of oats and which ones are best for certain recipes.
- Collagen powder: The secret ingredient to the high protein in the cinnamon roll overnight oats. Collagen is one of the cleanest sources of protein and a great way to boost your intake. Learn more about the difference between collagen and protein powder.
- Coconut milk: You want the coconut milk from the can for this. Though it isn’t completely necessary, it does make the overnight so much more creamy and rich tasting. Learn everything you need to know about types coconut milk and how to use it.
- Dairy-free milk: I use homemade hemp milk for healthy blended overnight oats the most but any plant-based milk will work, with almond milk being the most common.
See the recipe card for full information on ingredients and quantities.
Flavor Variations
Chocolate lover: Add in 2 teaspoons of cacao powder and then mix in some chocolate chips. Top the overnight protein oats with dairy-free chocolate glaze.
Chunky Monkey: Stir in 2 teaspoons of cacao powder, swap the almond butter with no-oil peanut butter and stir in chocolate chips once poured.
Tropical: Stir in some shredded coconut and top the jar with fresh mango.
Toppings: Just like caramel apple overnight oats, you can top these high-protein overnight blended oats with Whole30 whipped cream, toasted pecans, or homemade high-protein granola.
How To Make Blended Overnight Oats
Step 1: Add all the ingredients to a blender with the oats and collagen being added last.
Step 2: Blend for 30-60 seconds.
Step 3: Portion into a jar.
Step 4: Pop into the fridge overnight or for at least 4 hours.
Expert Tips To Make It
Texture: You can control how smooth or chewy the blended overnight oats are. If you want ultra-smooth texture, blend them longer. If you like a bit of texture, leave some pieces intact.
Flavor: Add any extra flavors or toppings to the oats (like maple syrup candied pecans) after they’ve sat for at least four hours. Otherwise, they can lose their texture, sink, or just become a bit funky (for example; nuts will go soft).
Low-Calorie: To scale back the calories in the blended oats, omit the coconut milk (replace it with non-dairy milk) and be skimpy with the almond butter.
Make it without protein powder: Though this recipe doesn;t use regular protein powder, it does use collagen powder (learn more about what collagen powder is). If you want to omit it, you can also eliminate about ⅛ cup of liquid. If doing this, maybe top the oats with Greek yogurt for extra protein.
How To Store It
Store them: Overnight blended oats should be stored in the fridge for 3-4 days in an airtight jar. ANy toppigns you add shouldn't be added until you're ready to enjoy them.
Meal prep: This recipe makes one normal or two small servings. You can easily double the batch though and pour them into multiple jars for the week.
Blended Overnight Oats FAQs
Though you can freeze them, know that once they thaw the texture is not as creamy as it once was. So, blended overnight oats are best eaten chilled, out of the fridge.
Typically, overnight oats are eaten chilled from the fridge. However, you can warm them up on the stove or in the microwave. Make sure not to add any fruit or toppings until you’ve heated them though.
Rolled oats (old fashioned oats) are best when making overnight oat recipes. This is because quick oats tend to absorb too much too quickly and become mushy as they sit. Rolled oats, however, retain a bit of chewiness but are still soft enough to eat.
Yes, you still need to soak blended oats overnight. The soaking is what helps to breakdown the oats and absorb into a creamier texture.
To make overnight oats thicker either add more rolled oats or protein powder, or scale back on the liquid. You could also replace some of the liquid with Greek yogurt resulting in an ultra-thick texture.
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High Protein Blended Overnight Oats
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Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 cup Regular rolled oats gluten-free as needed
- ⅛ cup Coconut milk from a can
- ½ cup Dairy-free milk
- 1 tablespoon Almond butter
- 2 tablespoons Maple syrup
- ¼ cup Collagen powder
- 1 teaspoon Cinnamon ground
Instructions
- Add all the ingredients to a blender with the oats and collagen being added last.
- Blend for 30-60 seconds.
- Portion into a jar.
- Pop into the fridge for at least 4 hours but overnight is best.
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Disclaimer:
Nutrition values are estimates only, using online calculators. Please verify using your own data"
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Jai says
This was soooo good! I’m not a fan of cold oats so I heated mine up in the morning and it tasted JUST like a warm gooey cinnamon roll! Definitely a favorite to add into my breakfast rotation.
fitasamamabear says
Mmm heated ones are yummy too! it's the best flavor.
Anna says
Loved this recipe! A good change from my normal chocolate oats, loved the maple flavors.
fitasamamabear says
Glad you like the switch up!
Marie says
It's creamy, flavorful, and packed with protein. Perfect for my diet. So easy to grab and go in the morning, and they kept me satisfied until lunch. Plus, they're so easy to make!
fitasamamabear says
Yay!!! We're obsessed too.
GRETA says
Cinnamon makes everything taste better for me. It was a delicious, really creamy, and smooth overnight oat. I'll make this again. Thanks.
fitasamamabear says
Haha it really does
Bianca says
This oatmeal recipe is good! Creamy with a hint of sweetness, it's one of my new go-to breakfasts for a nourishing meal. Plus, the collagen is a healthy twist.
fitasamamabear says
Glad you enjoyed it!