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These Chocolate Zucchini Bread Overnight Oats are a delicious treat you can have for breakfast or as a snack. They are nutritious, so flavorful, and are made with a veggie. Prep ahead the night before and enjoy your overnight oats in the morning with no effort!
Chocolate Zucchini Bread Overnight Oats
Zucchinis are one of my top favorite vegetables. Aside from how healthy and beneficial they are, they’re also very tasty and can be eaten with pretty much anything. Chicken, fish, steak, or as zoodles. The possibilities are truly endless. Believe it or not, they’re also great to add to smoothies and oatmeal.
I love doing this since it adds a touch of vegetable to our breakfast. I think it’s great to start off the day including some vegetables to the first meal you will be eating. It sets a tone for a day of healthy eating and consuming nutritious foods.
Summer is the season for zucchini. They’re in great abundance and you can find them everywhere. Grocery stores, farmers markets, or you may even have a neighbor or friend who grows them in their backyard. I love getting a number of them and making Homemade Pasta Sauce and using the rest in different recipes. Like my Chocolate Zucchini Bread.
My new favorite way to eat my zucchinis has to be in these Chocolate Zucchini Bread Overnight Oats. They truly taste very much like chocolate zucchini bread and are 100% healthy. They make for a nutritious breakfast that will provide you and your family with the energy they need to take on the day.
It’s also great if you have picky eaters at home since you can’t see the zucchini once it gets covered with all of the rest of the ingredients. I also love that the zucchini is eaten completely raw so none of the nutrients get removed from cooking it. If you are a huge fan of zucchinis as I am then you definitely need to try this recipe ASAP.
Health Benefits of Zucchini:
- Excellent antioxidant
- Helps weigh loss
- Healthy circulation and heart
- Improves eyesight
- Slows aging down
- Energy booster
- Improves thyroid function
- lowers blood sugar and blood pressure
- Low in calories
- Fights infections
What you need to make these Chocolate Zucchini Bread Overnight Oats:
Ingredients:
- Shredded Zucchini
- Gluten-Free Rolled Oats
- Unsweetened Almond Milk (or milk of choice)
- Cacao Powder
- Chia Seeds
- Hemp Hearts
- Cinnamon
- Maple Syrup
- Semi-Sweet Dark Chocolate Chips
Equipment:
- Small wide mouth mason jar
How to make Chocolate Zucchini Bread Overnight Oats:
- In a mason jar or air tight container combine all ingredients together. Tightly seal the lid and give oats a good shake. Making sure all of the ingredients are well combined together.
- Place oats in the fridge and refrigerate overnight.
- The next morning, remove oats from the fridge and remove lid. Use a spoon to give oats a good stir. Top with your preferred toppings such as banana and raw walnuts.
Toppings you can add to your Chocolate Zucchini Bread Overnight Oats:
- Raw Walnuts
- Banana
- Coconut Chips or Flakes
- Fresh Berries
- Pumpkin Seeds
- Raw Almonds
- Extra Chocolate Chips
- Hemp Hearts
- Chia Seeds
Meal prepping it:
Overnight oats always make for great recipes to add to your meal plan for the week. They are pretty easy to make and you can make them even easier when you meal prep them. For this particular Chocolate Zucchini Bread Overnight Oats the first thing you can do is shred your zucchini ahead of time. Keep it in a mason jar refrigerated. You can also mix your dry ingredients in mason jars to have ready for the week ahead. Then just add wet ingredients and zucchini.
Like this Chocolate Zucchini Bread Overnight Oats recipe? You may also like these other Overnight Oats recipes:
- Almond Butter Chocolate Overnight Oats
- Piña Colada Overnight Oats
- Carrot Cake Overnight Oats
- Red Velvet Overnight Oats
- Pumpkin Pie Overnight Oats
- Eggnog Overnight Oats
Chocolate Zucchini Bread Overnight Oats
These Chocolate Zucchini Bread Overnight Oats are a delicious treat you can have for breakfast or as a snack. They are nutritious, so flavorful, and are made with a veggie. Prep ahead the night before and enjoy your overnight oats in the morning with no effort!
Ingredients
- 2 tbsp shredded zucchini
- 1/2 cup gluten-free rolled oats
- 1 cup unsweetened almond milk
- 2 tsp cacao powder
- 1 tbsp chia seeds
- 1 tbsp hemp hearts
- 1/2 tsp cinnamon
- 1 tsp maple syrup
- 2 tsp semi-sweet dark chocolate chips
Instructions
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In a mason jar or air tight container combine all ingredients together. Tightly seal the lid and give oats a good shake. Making sure all of the ingredients are well combined together.
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Place oats in the fridge and refrigerate overnight.
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The next morning, remove oats from the fridge and remove lid. Use a spoon to give oats a good stir. Top with your preferred toppings such as banana and raw walnuts.
Recipe Notes
Toppings you can add to your Chocolate Zucchini Bread Overnight Oats:
- Raw Walnuts
- Banana
- Coconut Chips or Flakes
- Fresh Berries
- Pumpkin Seeds
- Raw Almonds
- Extra Chocolate Chips
- Hemp Hearts
- Chia Seeds
*Number of total servings in estimated. Actual number of servings may vary depending on your own personal preference in portion sizes.
**Nutritional values shown are general guidelines for 1 serving using the ingredients listed above. These numbers do not reflect and may vary depending on substitutions, additions and/or different brands and/or other ingredients that may be used.
*Recipe, Post, Pictures updated as of 8/14/19
**Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links and sponsored content. All the opinions are my own and I only recommend products I use in my own home with my own family.
I have to be honest, I’ve never tried Zucchini for breakfast but this looks so delicious, I might just give it a go…
It’s a great way to get some veggies in right in the morning!
I have only made overnight oats a few times. This sounds so unique and delicious. I love how you added zucchini!
Thank you Marysa!
I am always looking for new overnight oats recipes. Will have to file this one away for the summer for sure!
Ooh, I bet they are FABULOUS with bananas and nuts added! 🙂 I have been playing around with similar combinations in my ongoing experimentation with baked oatmeal recipes for a future post – had not considered adding zucchini to the mix. Can’t wait to try this sometime! 🙂
It’s a great day to sneak in some veggies first thing in the morning!
Um, yum!!! Overnight oats are the best because I love that I don’t have to think about making something in my half-asleep-pre-coffee state in the morning
Same here!
This looks absolutely amazing!
Thank you Jennifer!
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