While Snickers are delicious snacks, we love to enjoy their classic tastes in healthier, plant based versions like my Peanut Butter Snickers Cookies, Snickers Frozen Chocolate Banana Bites, or No-Bake Snickers Bars. What makes Snickers so good is the combination of caramel, peanuts and chocolate. And in fact, these flavors are easy to bring in your breakfast oats using healthy ingredients.
What Are Snickers Overnight Oats?
Snickers overnight oats are no-bake oatmeal flavored with wholesome ingredients like Medjool dates, peanut butter, and dark chocolate that mimic the classic Snickers bars flavors. They are healthy breakfasts packed with fiber and proteins and are refined sugar free.
Ingredients and Substitutions
All you need to make this overnight oat recipe are a few ingredients and a blender or smoothie blender, but not necessarily. Let me explain.
Old-Fashioned Rolled Oats or quick oats or a mix of both. Chia Seeds Plant-Based Milk – Soy milk is a great option to boost proteins or almond milk is low calories and low flavor. Medjool Dates – Medjool dates are thick, rich, dried fruits with a caramel-like flavor. They are excellent healthy options to mimic snickers flavors in healthy snickers recipes like our no-bake snickers bars. Boiled Water Natural Peanut Butter Sea Salt – only if your peanut butter is unsalted. Chopped Roasted Peanuts or crushed roasted peanuts – unsalted
Toppings
Once you’ve prepared your base, you need the following ingredients to make the topping:
Medjool Dates – for the caramel layer Boiled Water – for the dates Dark Chocolate Chips or dark chocolate bars like 85% cocoa chocolate bars. Coconut Oil or avocado oil
How To Make Snickers Overnight Oats
Flavoring Options
You can adapt this vegan snicker overnight oats by adding some of the following to the overnight oats mixture.
3 tablespoons of dark chocolate chips 1/2 tablespoon of cocoa powder
Serving Suggestions
The next day, divide the batch in four small jars. For the top caramel layer, you soak pitted dates in boiled water. Then, use a fork to mash into a date puree and mash in salt, maple syrup, and peanut butter. It should form a paste that tastes like caramel paste. Spread evenly on top of each jar. Finally, melt the dark chocolate and coconut oil in a microwave-safe bowl or non-stick saucepan over medium heat. Pour the chocolate mixture into the jar. Decorate the top with chopped roasted peanuts to add some crunch. Serve the next day as a filling breakfast or post-workout snack to refuel on proteins.
Storage Instructions
You can store the overnight oats for up to 3 days in a sealed jar in the fridge so they are ready to eat when you need. You may not be able to screw a lid on top of the chocolate layer, so you can add a piece of foil on top of the jar.
Allergy Swaps
Below are some ingredient swap ideas for this healthy snickers overnight oats recipe:
Peanut Butter – Almond Snickers are a tasty thing you can make by swapping peanut butter for almond butter and peanuts for roasted almonds. Nut-Free – Replace the nut butter and nuts with sunflower seed butter and sunflower seeds or coconut. Also, make sure you use nut-free milk like oat milk or coconut milk. Gluten-Free – Use a gluten-free oat brand. Chia Seed-Free – Chia seeds add texture to overnight oats. Because they are high in fiber, they soak up a lot of liquid. So, if you remove chia seeds, you need to add an extra 1/4 cup of oats or swap them for 2 tablespoons of ground flaxseeds.
Below are my answers to your most common questions about this recipe.
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