Overnight Oats with Stone Fruit and Cacao
This tastes like dessert for breakfast overnight oats, but still healthy! Sweet, ripe, juicy plums and nectarines topped with our crunchy 65% Harmony.
Many thanks to friend and chocolate educator Genevieve Leloup of Chocomotions for this endlessly customizable recipe and photos.
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Effort: Easy |
Total: 2+ hours Active: 10 min |
Yield: 1 serving |
Ingredients:
- 1/3 Cup Rolled Oats
- 1/3 Cup Milk or Mylk
- 1 heaping Tablespoon Yogurt
- 2/3 Cup Plum, Nectarines or other ripe stone fruit, diced
- 2 Tablespoons 65% Harmony Snacking Cacao Beans (1/2 Single Serve Bag)
Directions:
- Before you go to bed, stir together the milk and oats and place in the refrigerator.
- Just before eating, stir in yogurt and fruit.
- Top with 65% Harmony Snacking Cacao.
- Enjoy!
Notes:
As you will see from the myriad versions we've offered on our site, this recipe from friend and chocolate educator Genevieve Leloup of Chocomotions is endlessly customizable. It is a family recipe she ate as a child and still eats today; inspired by her Swiss mom and “Bircher-Muesli.”
- For a Firmer Texture: Pour the oats in milk as soon as you wake. Soak for about 2 hours.
- Milk or Mylk: actually, you can choose any liquid you like – they should all work! I’ve been enjoying Three Trees Organic Almond Milk (only 2 ingredients!).
Food for Thought:
For a completely plant-based breakfast, use plant-based milk and yogurt instead of dairy. If you make this substitution, watch out for:
- Added Sugars: plant-based or flavored milks and especially yogurt tend to add a lot of sugar. These days, sugar has so many different names that I’ve given up looking at the Ingredients List. Instead, I check the Nutrition Facts Panel for “Added Sugars” for the fastest way to compare the relative health of products before making my choice.
- Added Fats: Plant-based milks like Oat or Pea are known to be very creamy. The makers add oils like Rapeseed (Oatly, Oat Milk) or Sunflower Oil (Ripple, Pea Milk) to give a richer, creamier mouthfeel. If you’re looking for a low sugar, minimal ingredients milk alternative with no added fat, try unsweetened, organic Westsoy Soy Milk or almond milk by Malk Organics or Three Trees.
Nutrition:
In calculating the nutrition for this recipe, I used whole milk and plain, full fat yogurt (not Greek yogurt).
