Chocolate & PB Baked Oats

Tastes like cake, but it's also healthy breakfast. Need I say more?

I must admit, I overlooked this TikTok trend for months because I assumed I wouldn't like it. Oats for breakfast isn't very exciting and quite frankly reminds me of being sick and eating purely for nourishment, rather than nourishment AND enjoyment. Safe to say I was wrong and this baked oats is worth the hype. Basically a baked smoothie (plus egg) so you really can't fault the health aspect of it all. Better yet, it's a great blank canvas in terms of recipe ratio for changing it up and making your own version of it. Five ingredients is all you need to make a delicious base and from there on out, it's all up to your creativity.

One thing that stood out is the way this quick cake-like recipe is not rubbery or dry, like a lot of mug cakes I've tried before. Although I haven't tried making it in the microwave, it would work well in an air fryer I'm sure in half the time. It makes for a time-saving quick breakfast that can be meal prepped, just pop them in the freezer and defrost in the microwave - you literally won't be able to tell the difference. I'm also not usually a cup-as-measurement type of recipe writer, but this is one of the easier ones where exact measurements won't break your recipe, just like a pound cake. As long as you're using the same utensil, everything will be okay.

Have a look and see how easy it is to make here:

Recipe:

• 1/2 cup oats

• 1/2 cup milk

• 1/2 banana

• 1/2 tbsp honey/maple syrup

• 1/2 tsp baking powder

• 1 tsp peanut butter

• dark chocolate chips

• 2 tsp cocoa powder (optional if making chocolate)

Method:

1. Preheat the oven to 180C

2. Place all the ingredients except the peanut butter and chocolate in a blender until smooth.

3. If making a 2 flavour one as pictured above, pour half the batter out and add cocoa to the remaining batter in the blender and mix.

4. Alternate pouring the 2 batters in 2 prepared ramekins and add your peanut butter and chocolate chips.

5. Bake on 180 degrees for 20 minutes.