Chocolate Protein Baked Oatmeal - triple chocolate fudgy baked oatmeal with protein shake, protein spread and protein powder! The perfect post work out treat! #bakedoats #proteinbreakfast | Recipe on thecookandhim.com

Posted in Recipes on 21.03.2019

Chocolate Protein Baked Oatmeal

prep: 15 mins / cook: 40 mins / inactive: 0 mins / total: 55 mins / quantity: 8 good sized squares Print recipe?

Chocolate Protein Baked Oatmeal - triple chocolate fudgy baked oatmeal with protein shake, protein spread and protein powder! The perfect post work out treat! #bakedoats #proteinbreakfast | Recipe on thecookandhim.com

Rich and fudgy, this triple chocolate baked oatmeal is supercharged with protein from a protein shake, spread and protein powder!

If you’ve followed us for a while, you’ll probably notice we’re big fans of batch cooking and meal prepping.  And baked oatmeal is one of those things I make a couple of trays of every few weeks.  Not only is it delicious and really easy to prepare, baked oats is a great standby to have in the freezer.  It defrosts at room temperature in just a couple of hours so if, like us, your mornings are a blurry rush you can literally just grab ’em and go!

Chocolate Protein Baked Oatmeal - triple chocolate fudgy baked oatmeal with protein shake, protein spread and protein powder! The perfect post work out treat! #bakedoats #proteinbreakfast | Recipe on thecookandhim.com

Phil is also a huge fan of all things Grenade, particularly the Milk Chocolate Spread (and the Hazelnutter!) so I wanted to make him a baked oatmeal that incorporated his favourite flavours.  And honestly, when this stuff is cooking – much like these Hazelnut Cookies – the smell that fills the house is intoxicating!  It’s deep, rich and so so chocolatey.  Unfortunately it’s not vegan so all I get to do is sniff!

I did get an OMFG from him when he first tried them though.

Chocolate Protein Baked Oatmeal - triple chocolate fudgy baked oatmeal with protein shake, protein spread and protein powder! The perfect post work out treat! #bakedoats #proteinbreakfast | Recipe on thecookandhim.com

Phil’s been focusing more on weight training at the gym recently over cardio exercise.  Apparently strong is the new fit.  So he’s always looking for ways to get extra lean protein in his diet.  And baked oats, as well as overnight oats, are a quick (and easy) way of cramming in extra goodness.  They’re also quite filling!  My personal favourite is these Peanut Butter Baked Oats – because peanut butter.  And chocolate.

And the beauty of any of our baked oatmeal recipes is they’re just a one bowl mix with a few simple base ingredients:

Bananas – sweetness and all that potassium goodness.  And the spottier the better!

Oats – because oatmeal without oats is sweet, milky soup?

Milk – other than these non-vegan ones I always use a plant milk.  Almond is lovely, oat milk is even lovelier.

Baking powder – makes the finished, cooked oatmeal lighter and not dense.

Coconut sugar or plant syrup – the choice is yours

You can then customise these basics in almost countless ways!  For these I’ve used Grenade Fudge Brownie Shake instead of the plant milk, Milk Chocolate Spread and Chocolate Protein Powder.  Then topped the whole thing with chocolate chips.  Because if you’re going to call something chocolate, it’d better be chocolate right?

Chocolate Protein Baked Oatmeal - triple chocolate fudgy baked oatmeal with protein shake, protein spread and protein powder! The perfect post work out treat! #bakedoats #proteinbreakfast | Recipe on thecookandhim.com

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Chocolate Protein Baked Oatmeal

prep: 15 mins / cook: 40 mins / inactive: 0 mins / total: 55 mins / quantity: 8 good sized squares

Ingredients

Instructions

  1. Preheat your oven to 170 Fan / 190 C / 375 F / Gas 5 and line a 7 x 9 inch baking tray with parchment, covering the base and sides.
  2. Put the ground flax seeds into a cup or mug and mix with 1/3 cup (80ml) cold water. Set aside.
  3. Peel the bananas and break into chunks into a large bowl. Mash well with a fork or potato masher.
  4. Add the chocolate spread, fudge brownie shake, syrup and vanilla and whisk together.
  5. Whisk in the flax/water mixture.
  6. Stir in the oats and baking powder and mix well.
  7. Pour into your prepared tin and smooth to the corners.
  8. Sprinkle the chocolate chips all across the top then gently push them into the mixture. You want them visible but slightly submerged so they don't all fall off once baked!
  9. Bake for 40 minutes until set and lightly golden
  10. Eat immediately or leave to cool before cutting into squares and storing in the fridge or freezer

Notes

  • Putting the cooled baked oats in the fridge to chill completely before slicing makes cutting them up much neater (if neatness is your thing!)
  • We don't have a microwave so I don't know if these are any good to warm up. Would love to know if anyone tries!
Chocolate Protein Baked Oatmeal

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