These high-protein Tiramisu Overnight Oats are decadently delicious AND brain-boosting! 🤎🧠With layers of vanilla yogurt mousse and mocha oats, they’re a chocolate and coffee lover's dream dessert, but as a healthy plant-based breakfast!
Written by: Janelle Carss (steamyvegan.com)
Ingredients & Inspiration
Everyone and their goldfish probably knows all about overnight oats: been there, done that, yawn, next please. It’s true that I sometimes have felt a little bit bored of overnight oats and find it hard to get as excited about making them as I used to (like 10 years ago when they were all the rage).
But then I remember why they were and still are so dang popular… overnight oats can be so delicious, healthy and satisfying as a breakfast! But you know what my one disappointment always was with them? They just never had enough protein in them. And as someone who likes to eat a pretty high-protein plant-based diet, I figured it was time to give my best go at making an overnight oats recipe that was ridiculously delicious, nourishing, craveable and high in protein. Welcome to the world, Tiramisu Overnight Oats!
Here’s a rundown of the mostly whole food, plant-based ingredients you’ll need:
- 1 cup rolled oats gluten-free if needed
- 1 tbsp chia seeds
- 3 tbsp cocoa powder or sub cacao powder
- 2 tbsp maple syrup or other liquid sweetener
- 1 packet JostArriba Mushroom Coffee dissolved in ½ cup hot water
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- pinch of salt
Vanilla Protein Mousse
- 1 cup non-dairy vanilla yogurt
- ¼ cup vanilla or unflavoured plant-based protein powder
- 1 tbsp maple syrup (optional, if you prefer it sweeter)
- 1 tsp cocoa powder plus, plus 1 extra tsp for dusting
How to Make Tiramisu Overnight Oats
Since the traditional tiramisu dessert is made from several layers of creamy decadence, we’ll be making our Tiramisu Overnight Oats in a similar way: one part mocha oats, one part creamy vanilla protein mousse.
- In a large mixing bowl, add rolled oats, chia seeds, cocoa powder, salt, sweetener, almond milk, and hot JostArriba. Whisk for a minute or so until fully combined. Cover the bowl with a lid and place it in the fridge for at least 4 hours or up to overnight.
- The next day (or 4 hours later), prepare the protein yogurt cream by stirring the yogurt, protein powder, maple syrup and 1 tsp cocoa powder together. You can always add more protein powder to thicken or more yogurt to thin it out.
- Serve the overnight oats in layers in a glass mason jar or cup, alternating overnight oats and yogurt layer, finishing with a yogurt later on top. Dust cocoa powder on top and enjoy!
- Store leftovers in the fridge in an airtight container for up to 3 days.
Layers of Answered Prayers
If layers of melt-in-your-mouth creamy mousse and thick, rich chocolaty oats doesn’t sound like a dream come true for breakfast to you…then I guess you can fire me! Jokes aside, these Tiramisu Overnight Oats are one of my favourite ways to sneak in extra protein, fibre and brain-boosting coffee goodness into my day. I hope you fall in love with them as much as I have!
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