Baked Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Recipe

This Baked Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Recipe is a great way to start the beginning of the week. Perfect for breakfast, brunch, and even to prep as an overnight dish to bake and serve the next morning. Simple ingredients loaded with flavor! 

If you're looking for an easy baked oatmeal recipe, you're at the right place. The chocolate flavor paired with the texture of the old-fashioned oats will give you good reason to have a second serving. It has the best flavor and is a fun, sweet treat for the early hours of the day. 

The next time that you want to bake something unique and new for the whole family to try, add this to your radar. It's a combination of chocolate chip cookies paired with oatmeal, where everyone gets their own individual pieces. It's the perfect grab-and-go breakfast or brunch recipe. 

If you're a fan of chocolate, be sure to check out my Nutella Baked Oats for a sweet and fudgy taste. So good! As is this Chocolate Chunk Banana Bread Recipe.

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Ingredients 

Old-fashioned rolled oats - Using this type of oats is a must to get the texture correct with this recipe. 

Whole milk - This is used to add richness and help to make the wet ingredients and dry ingredients stick together to bake. 

Eggs - Used as a binding agent for the ingredients. 

Sugar - Adds sweetness to the recipe. You can omit it for a less sweetened oatmeal.

Chocolate chips - Choose your favorite brand and type of chocolate chips to add. 

Vanilla extract - Vanilla naturally enhances all the other flavors.

How To Make This Baked Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Recipe

Step One: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Spray an 8X8 baking dish with nonstick cooking spray. 

Step Two: Mix all the ingredients together in a mixing bowl.

Pour the mixture into the baking pan. 

Step Three: Put the pan in the oven and bake for 25-35 minutes or until it is golden brown and no longer jiggly. 

Variations 

Sub brown sugar - You can sub in brown sugar in place of the white sugar if you prefer. Or omit the added sugar and just add a drizzle of maple syrup when serving.

Change the type of chocolate chips - Dark chocolate chips are a great way to add even more chocolate flavoring quickly to this easy recipe. You could also add sugar-free chocolate chips and even vegan chocolate chips to change the recipe. Mini chocolate chips would be a fun addition, too. 

Add ground flaxseed - You can easily increase the fiber of these chocolate chip baked oats by adding ground flaxseed to the mixture. 

Mocha  - Take the flavor in a whole new direction by adding some espresso powder! 

Add protein - A quick and easy way to add protein to this simple recipe is to add some peanut butter or almond butter to the top of the baked oatmeal square. You can also add a couple of extra egg whites.

For a fruity take on this recipe try my Strawberry Baked Oatmeal.

Common Questions 

Can I use quick oats instead of old fashioned oats? 

For this baked oats recipe, old fashioned oats are what works best. Instant oats and quick oats could work, but quick cooking oats tend to have a different texture and really do cook a lot quicker than old fashioned oats. This means that the texture of the original recipe will be quite different if you use a different type of oatmeal. If you choose to use quick oats reduce the milk to 1 cup.

What type of milk can I add to this healthy breakfast recipe? 

I like to use whole milk for this recipe, but you have options when it comes to milk choices. Cashew milk, oat milk, soy milk, and almond milk are all great options. You can use non-dairy milk, plant-based milk, or coconut milk as well. 

Any of them will work well with the dry ingredients to create the base for this dish. 

What other ingredients pair well with this delicious breakfast? 

I'm all about adding fresh fruit! You can slice some fresh strawberries to have on top or fill a bowl full of strawberries and blueberries as well. Oat recipes are really versatile in what they can be paired with.

A bowl of fresh berries is a simple way to meal prep to have a healthy breakfast or brunch.

How do I store leftovers? 

Let the oatmeal recipe cool down to room temperature, and then store any leftovers in an airtight container. Keep the leftovers in the fridge and eat within 2-3 days. 

Can I use this recipe to make oatmeal chocolate chip cookies? 

Well, technically, no. But if you want to try to make a new type of cookie recipe, then it will work. You can mix the ingredients together and bake it in cookie form. And while it isn't actually a cookie, most people probably won't even notice the difference. 

Just scoop out the mixture with a cookie scoop, put it on a baking sheet, and bake. It's as simple as that! 

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