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These gingerbread overnight oats are filled with holiday spices and gingerbread flavor! They are the perfect easy and healthy breakfast to make this holiday season! These overnight oats only take about 5 minutes to prepare and they are perfect for meal prep. Just mix the ingredients, let them sit in the refrigerator overnight, and enjoy the flavors of gingerbread.
If you love gingerbread, try our gingerbread muffins and gingerbread mug cake next!
Table of Contents
- What Are Overnight Oats?
- What Do Gingerbread Overnight Oats Taste Like?
- Ingredients For Gingerbread Overnight Oats Recipe
- What Jar To Use For Overnight Oats?
- How To Make Gingerbread Overnight Oats
- Toppings For Gingerbread Overnight Oats
- Are Overnight Oats Healthy?
- How To Make Gingerbread Overnight Oats Gluten-Free
- More Overnight Oats To Try Next!
- GINGERBREAD OVERNIGHT OATS RECIPE Recipe
What Are Overnight Oats?
Overnight oats are a great easy breakfast! There is no cooking required to make overnight oats. Just combine all of the ingredients in a jar and let them sit in the refrigerator overnight. They have to sit overnight so the oats absorb the milk. The next morning, give the oats a stir and enjoy. These overnight oats have the flavors of gingerbread!
What Do Gingerbread Overnight Oats Taste Like?
These overnight oats are packed with holiday flavors from cinnamon, nutmeg, and ground ginger. The spices combined with molasses make for the delicious flavors of gingerbread in these overnight oats.
Ingredients For Gingerbread Overnight Oats Recipe
- Rolled Oats: It is important to use rolled oats when making overnight oats.
- Milk: You can use your milk of choice in this recipe. We used unsweetened vanilla almond milk.
- Unsweetened Applesauce: Once the spices are added you won’t taste the applesauce. It helps make the overnight oats the perfect serving size.
- Cinnamon, Nutmeg, and Ground Ginger: Add these spices to the overnight oats.
- Molasses: A little for gingerbread flavor.
- Sweetener: You can use your sweetener of choice in this recipe.
What Oats To Use
To make these overnight oats, you have to use rolled oats. Quick oats and steel-cut oats will not work. The rolled oats are the perfect texture and size. Also, they easily absorb the milk.
What Milk To Use
You can use your milk of choice in this recipe. We used unsweetened vanilla almond milk. Other great options are regular milk, oat milk, and almond milk.
How To Sweeten Overnight Oats
You can use your sweetener of choice to sweeten these gingerbread overnight oats. Some options are sugar, honey, maple syrup, or your sugar-free sweetener of choice.
What Molasses To Use
There are many different types of molasses. We recommend using Grandma’s Gold Standard All Natural Unsulphured Original Molasses.
What Jar To Use For Overnight Oats?
We love making overnight oats in Le Parfait jars. They are a perfect size. You can meal prep overnight oats all at once for the week in these jars.
How To Make Gingerbread Overnight Oats
Add the rolled oats, milk of choice, unsweetened applesauce, cinnamon, nutmeg, ground ginger, molasses, and sweetener of choice to a jar. Mix these ingredients.
After that, put the lid on the jar. Then, let the overnight oats sit in the refrigerator overnight.
Lightly mix the ingredients before eating and enjoy!
Toppings For Gingerbread Overnight Oats
These gingerbread overnight oats are delicious on their own or with toppings. Here are some of our favorite toppings!
- Dairy-Free Coconut Whipped Cream
- Chopped Nuts
- Shredded Coconut Flakes
- Granola
- 0-fat Greek Yogurt – add a scoop on top or mix it in!
Are Overnight Oats Healthy?
These gingerbread overnights are a healthy breakfast. They have fiber, which will keep you full. Also, they are made with simple pantry staples.
How To Make Gingerbread Overnight Oats Gluten-Free
These gingerbread oats are naturally gluten-free if you use certified gluten-free rolled oats.
More Overnight Oats To Try Next!
- Apple Pie Overnight Oats Gluten Free
- Healthy Pumpkin Pie Overnight Oats
- Healthy Peach Overnight Oats Recipe
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GINGERBREAD OVERNIGHT OATS RECIPE
Ingredients
- 1/3 cup rolled oats
- 1/3 cup unsweetened vanilla almond milk or milk of choice
- 1/4 cup unsweetened applesauce
- 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
- 2 pinches of ground ginger
- 1 pinch of nutmeg
- 1 teaspoon molasses
- 1 ½ teaspoons sweetener of choice
- 1/4 cup 0-fat Greek yogurt, optional
Instructions
- Add the rolled oats, milk of choice, unsweetened applesauce, cinnamon, nutmeg, ground ginger, molasses, and sweetener of choice to a jar. Mix all of the ingredients.
- Put the lid on the jar and let the overnight oats sit in the refrigerator overnight.
- Lightly mix the ingredients before eating and enjoy! Optional: Add your favorite toppings.
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Notes
- Gluten-Free: Use certified gluten-free rolled oats.
- Storage: These gingerbread overnight oats are best enjoyed within 3-4 days. Store them in an airtight jar in the fridge.
- Milk Options: We used unsweetened vanilla almond milk. Other great options are regular milk, oat milk, and almond milk.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
