Banana Bread Overnight Oats
Banana bread inspired overnight oats are quick to whip up for a great breakfast or snack on-the-go!
Hello there! It’s Amber, visiting from Dessert Now, Dinner Later! I’m here to share another tasty recipe with you all. If there’s one thing I’ve learned in the last couple months of getting back on track with my eating from all of the holiday indulgences, it’s that I need to be prepared or my healthy eating will fail.
I’ve been chopping vegetables on Sundays to use in veggie scrambled eggs for breakfasts. I make sure I’m stocked up on carrots and hummus for snacks, and lots of meat and veggies for lunches and dinners. It makes food choices SO much easier.
Every now and then though, I like to indulge in a fruity (slightly sugary) breakfast and this Banana Bread Overnight Oats recipe is great for that. I’ve got protein with the chia seeds and Greek yogurt. Plus the oats are hearty and filling. I love that I can prep as many of these as I want for the week, and just pull them out of my refrigerator to take on-the-go. Our favorite way to make and store these is in mason jars! They are the perfect size for portions, and store really well in your fridge.
My kids really enjoyed these, but they preferred granola instead of nuts mixed in. Picky stinkers! Haha. The awesome thing about most recipes, is that you can adapt them to you or your kids’ personal preferences. I like to make my overnight oats really thick, so I use less milk, but you can always add in more milk if you want a thinner mixture than my pictures suggest.
The bananas totally sweeten these overnight oats, so there are no extra sweeteners needed. The cinnamon gives it a nice hint of spice, and the pecans and extra bananas on top are great to mix in to add texture in each bite. I typically eat my overnight oats cold, but if you warm it through, it smells absolutely heavenly. Mmm!
If you think this recipe is great, be sure to check out my other oat recipes!
Tropical Overnight Oats
Cranberry Apple Slow Cooker Oatmeal
Banana Bread Overnight Oats
Ingredients
Instructions
- Mash 1 banana with a fork in a large bowl. Add the oats, yogurt, chia seeds, milk, and cinnamon. Stir well.
- Pour mixture into two half-pint (1-cup) canning jars. Cover and refrigerate overnight.
- Cut half of a banana into slices and top each jar with some of the banana slices and 1 tablespoon of chopped pecans. Enjoy!
Nutrition
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I don’t like Greek yogurt. Is regular yogurt ok to substitute?
Hi Maria!
Yes, any yogurt will work. It might be slightly less thick, but that’s it. Enjoy! 🙂
I am new to this whole thing. Are dry oats different from rolled or instant oats. Can I used the quick cooking oats? And if yes, should the oats be cooked.
Sorry for the somewhat silly question. But really not sure if these overnight oats are cooked.
Thanks
You can use either oats, and they go in raw/uncooked. Overnight oats are different, where they soak up the liquid at night, and you eat them cold in the morning. You can heat them up in the microwave for a minute or so if you want to though.
my two year old loved it!
Fun and easy.
Pretty tasty. Nice to not have to make breakfast in the morning.
Can you please clarify…up top with the prep time it states it serves 4, however at the end of the directions it says it yields 2 servings. I just want to be sure before I make it. Thank you.
Wondering the same thing about the servings
Yeah, if servings do indeed have 191 calories, then this entire recipe has about 3 servings… Weird huh? I calculated it and the entire recipe has roughly 530 calories, so a little less than 3 servings… Slightly confusing :/
My calorie count is excluding the pecans and the other half of the banana by the way
This was really tasty and the quantities worked well.
This was so good! Definitely making it again!
Can u use walnuts instead of pecans because I have allergies to them
Hi Sue! Walnuts will work just fine in these overnight oats.
good
I’m sorry we were not fans of this recipe. I even added in 2 tablespoons of maple syrup to make it sweeter but still no one ate it or liked it. It had a very tangy taste I’m guessing from the yogurt. Normally we enjoy yogurt though. I’ll try and make this again without the yogurt and see how it turns out.
My kids love it!! I have been making this recipe for years and it’s always a hit. We add a few chocolate chips to make it like a “banana chocolate chip muffin.” We experiment with whatever yogurt flavour we have at home too—strawberry, coconut, field berry,etc it always ends up tasting great!!
We make this recipe regularly in our house. Even my picky pre-teen son loves these overnight oats. With so many breakfast options being loaded with added sugar, I prefer to offer breakfast options such as this, which have whole grains, protein and fruit.