Maple Cinnamon Overnight Oats

These easy vegan overnight oats are as simple as it gets. With a whopping 18g of protein, this breakfast is a filling yet indulgent start to your day!

Why I Love this Recipe

• 5-minute prep – Just dump and mix! It doesn’t get much easier or quicker for prepping breakfast.
• Hearty yet sweet – With just the right amount of sweetness, this breakfast feels more like a dessert, but with no refined sugar added.
• So many ways to enjoy – enjoy this hot or cold, add nuts or fruit – you choose!

Ingredients

• Rolled Oats – This recipe also works with steel-cut oats, but I prefer the old-fashioned rolled oats.
• Oat milk – Any plant milk is fine for this recipe, but I choose oat milk because it’s a little higher in protein.
• Maple syrup – If you don’t have maple syrup you can substitute it with agave or brown rice syrup if you prefer.
• Seeds – The chia, hemp, and pumpkin seeds add tons of protein to this meal! Feel free to mix it up and add chopped nuts, too!
• Cinnamon – feel free to increase if you want a stronger cinnamon flavor.

How to Make Easy Vegan Overnight Oats

Find your Container

Start finding the perfect container for your oats. You’ll want one with an air-tight lid that is ideally microwave-safe (the lid doesn’t need to be microwave-safe, just the container). I like this one because I can eat the oats right out of it and don’t need to transfer them to a bowl when they’re done.

Combine the Dry Ingredients

Next, place all the dry ingredients into the container and stir to mix. You can choose to include the pumpkin seeds in this step or wait until the morning to top the finished oats. I choose to leave the pumpkin seeds until the morning so they’re a bit crunchier, but that is just my preference!

Add the Plant Milk

Next, add the plant milk and maple syrup and stir to combine. The milk should be mostly covering the oats as shown below.

Set and Forget (until the morning)

Now it’s time to place the oats in the fridge! Secure your container’s lid and place the oats in the fridge for at least 12 hours or up to 24 hours.

When you are ready to eat the oats, stir them and either keep them in your container or transfer them to a bowl.

You can enjoy these cold or warmed in the microwave (30s -1min).

Top with the pumpkin seeds if you did not include them in the overnight soak. Add any other favorite toppings and enjoy!

How to Store Overnight Oats

• Fridge: You could double this recipe and keep the leftovers in the fridge for up to 2 days.
• Reheat: You can microwave these for 30s – 1m if you prefer warm oats vs cold.

More Tips for Making Overnight Oats

• Not Vegan? Use cow’s milk instead of plant milk.
• Gluten-free? Make sure to select a certified gluten-free variety of oats.
• Don’t have maple syrup? Sub for agave or brown rice syrup, or leave it out entirely for a less sweet dish.

Looking for more delicious vegan breakfasts? Try this Nut-Free Pumpkin Seed Granola!