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These healthy carrot cake overnight oats are like enjoying our healthy carrot cake for breakfast! Made with rolled oats, grated carrots, warm spices, and a touch of maple syrup, this recipe is a wholesome and satisfying way to start your day. For a protein boost, mix in Greek yogurt or whipped cottage cheese.
If you love the delicious flavors of carrot cake, be sure to check out our carrot cake bliss balls, healthy carrot cake mug cake, and carrot cake baked oats next!
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🔍 Quick Look: Carrot Cake Overnight Oats
- ⏱️ Prep Time: 5 minutes
- ⏱️ Cook Time: 0 minutes
- 🕒 Total Time: 5 minutes + overnight chilling time
- 🍽 Calories: ~142 kcal per serving
- 👥 Servings: 1 serving
- 🥣 Key Ingredients: Rolled oats, almond milk, grated carrots, cinnamon, maple syrup
- 📖 Dietary Information: Dairy-free, vegan, vegetarian, gluten-free if using gluten-free oats
- 👩🍳 Cook Method: No-Cook Recipe
- ⭐ Difficulty: Easy
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Why You Will Love This Recipe
- Delicious: You taste the amazing flavors of carrot cake. It tastes like you are having dessert for breakfast.
- Quick: There is no baking required, and you can assemble the overnight oats in about 5 minutes.
- Meal Prep-Friendly: You can meal prep these overnight oats to enjoy them throughout the week.
- Simple: They are made with simple ingredients.
- Customizable: You can customize them to your liking by adding additional toppings. Try our PB2 overnight oats and cottage cheese overnight oats next!
Key Ingredients
- Rolled Oats: Use old-fashioned rolled oats to make overnight oats.
- Almond Milk: You can use your milk of choice or non-dairy milk to make this recipe vegan. We like unsweetened vanilla almond milk.
- Cinnamon: Ground cinnamon adds to the carrot cake flavor.
- Grated Carrots: Use two tablespoons of freshly grated carrots, from about one carrot. Try our healthy carrot salad recipe next!
- Maple Syrup: Sweeten these overnight oats with maple syrup, sugar-free maple syrup, or your sweetener of choice. I love the flavor maple syrup adds to the recipe.
- Walnuts: These overnight oats would not be complete without chopped walnuts. I highly recommend adding them because they make these overnight oats taste even more like carrot cake and add delicious flavor and crunch.
Find the full measurements in the recipe card below.
Substitutions & Variations
- Milk Options: Use any milk of your choice in this recipe. Some options are low-fat, non-fat, almond milk, oat milk, cashew milk, soy milk, or your favorite plant milk.
- Gluten-Free: To make this recipe gluten-free, make sure to use certified gluten-free oats.
- Adjust the Sweetness: We found that two teaspoons of maple syrup added the right amount of sweetness to these overnight oats, without being overpowering or overly sweet. However, if you prefer these overnight oats to be sweeter, you can adjust the sweetness to taste.
- Sweetener Options: We sweetened these overnight oats with maple syrup. Some other options are sugar or your favorite 1:1 sugar-free sweetener, such as monk fruit or sugar-free maple syrup.
- Add Protein: To add a boost of protein to these overnight oats, consider mixing in cottage cheese, whipped cottage cheese, 0-fat Greek yogurt, or vanilla protein powder.
How To Make Healthy Carrot Cake Overnight Oats
- Add the rolled oats, unsweetened almond milk, vanilla extract, cinnamon, nutmeg, salt, grated carrots, maple syrup, and chia seeds to an airtight jar or container.
- Thoroughly mix the ingredients. Then, secure the lid on the jar and store it in the refrigerator overnight.
- The following morning or when ready to enjoy, serve as is or add optional toppings.
Expert Tips
- Grate the Carrots: It is best to grate the carrots yourself rather than using pre-shredded carrots. Freshly grated carrots tend to be softer, while pre-shredded carrots tend to be too crunchy for this recipe.
- Mix Well: Thoroughly mix the overnight oats before refrigerating. It helps evenly distribute the ingredients. Also, you can stir your overnight oats before serving.
- Use Rolled Oats: Ensure that you make overnight oats with old-fashioned oats, not instant oats or steel-cut oats.
- Meal Prep Them: These overnight oats are an excellent breakfast to meal prep! Double, triple, or quadruple this recipe to make individual servings of overnight oats. Assemble them in individual jars and store them in the refrigerator.
Serving Suggestions
When ready to serve these carrot cake overnight oats, mix in your favorite optional toppings and enjoy them cold. We love adding chopped walnuts. Some other topping ideas are cottage cheese, whipped cottage cheese, Greek yogurt, whipped cream, unsweetened coconut flakes, unsweetened shredded coconut, chopped pecans, almonds, nuts, raisins, finely chopped pitted Medjool dates, roughly chopped dried cranberries, granola, or chocolate chips.
Carrot Cake Overnight Oats FAQs
Are Carrot Cake Overnight Oats Vegan?
Yes, as written, this recipe is naturally vegan. Just ensure you use vegan milk.
How Long Do Carrot Cake Overnight Oats Last?
These overnight oats will last 3-4 days when stored in a sealed airtight jar in the refrigerator.
Can You Eat Overnight Oats Warmed Up?
Yes. If you don’t want to enjoy these overnight oats cold, you can warm them up in a saucepan with a splash of your milk of choice. Or, heat them in the microwave for one minute.
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Healthy Carrot Cake Overnight Oats
Ingredients
- 1/3 cup rolled oats
- 1/3 cup unsweetened vanilla almond milk or milk of choice
- 1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1 pinch of nutmeg
- 1 pinch of salt
- 2 tablespoons grated carrots
- 2 teaspoons maple syrup, sugar-free maple syrup, or sweetener of choice
- 1 teaspoon chia seeds, optional
- 1-2 tablespoons chopped walnuts, optional
Instructions
- Add the rolled oats, unsweetened vanilla almond milk, vanilla extract, cinnamon, nutmeg, salt, grated carrots, maple syrup, and chia seeds to an airtight jar or container.
- Thoroughly mix the ingredients, secure the lid on the jar, and store it in the refrigerator overnight.
- The following morning or when ready to enjoy, serve as is or mix in optional toppings such as chopped walnuts, Greek yogurt, or cottage cheese.
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Notes
- Grate The Carrots: It is best to grate the carrots yourself rather than using pre-shredded carrots. Freshly grated carrots tend to be softer, while pre-shredded tend to be too crunchy for this recipe. Use the large side of a box grater to grate the carrots for this recipe.
- Storage: These overnight oats will last 3-4 days when stored in an airtight jar or container in the fridge.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
These Carrot Cake Overnight Oats are creamy, cozy, and packed with warm, comforting flavors! They’re my go-to make-ahead breakfast that feels indulgent but is totally simple to prep.