Overnight Oats with Frozen Berries Recipe

Are you looking for the best overnight oats with frozen berries recipe? Well, look no further. Our recipe with only 5 ingredients is super easy to make and with the addition of frozen berries more budget friendly than using fresh.

These Overnight Oats with Frozen Fruit are so easy to make only having 5 ingredients and works brilliantly as a healthy and delicious breakfast or as a great snack.

Any type of overnight oats are always delicious however if you are thinking of using frozen fruit in overnight oats you need to adjust the standard recipes to allow for the added water content.

But fear not, our recipe takes this into account and makes the perfect consistency overnight oats every time.

Why use frozen berries in overnight oats?

But why should you use frozen berries in overnight oats? Well for one thing it is cheaper than buying and using fresh fruit in overnight oats and is still just as nutritious.

What are overnight oats?

Overnight oats are basically just your regular breakfast oats that have been soaked overnight in liquid such as milk or vegan milk alternatives such as almond milk or oat milk.

By leaving the oats to soak overnight in the liquid, they become soft while still keeping all of their nutritional value while the liquid becomes thicker and creamier in the process.

However the water content of frozen oats will also go into this soaking mixture and affect consistency.

How to use Frozen Fruit in Overnight Oats?

If you are using frozen fruit in overnight oats, then you will need to reduce the liquid content slightly compared to overnight oats with fresh fruit. This is because more fruit juice and water will be released into the mixture with frozen fruit versus fresh fruit.

Alternatively, you can add some chia seeds into the mixture which will help thicken the overnight oats.

Ingredients

• Rolled Oats
• Frozen Berries
• Milk – you can use milk of any variety. I used semi skimmed milk but you can use vegan alternatives should you wish to make a dairy free version.
• Yogurt – I used natural Greek Yogurt but vegan alternatives can be used to make dairy free versions.
• Maple Syrup – for sweetness

See the recipe card for quantities.

Instructions

Add the oats into a glass mason jar or your container of choice.

Add in the milk and stir the mixture.

Stir in the yogurt and maple syrup.

Once fully stirred, add the frozen fruit to the top of the mixture.

Place lid on glass jar and leave in fridge overnight.

In the morning stir all the ingredients together in the jar for a final time and then enjoy!

More Sweet Breakfast Recipes

If you’ve got a sweet tooth, try some of our other favorite sweet breakfast recipes.

• Frozen Greek Yogurt Breakfast Bark
• Overnight Oats with Frozen Berries
• Frozen Peanut Butter Yogurt Bark Recipe

Substitutions & Variations

Want to try something different? Here are some options.

• Yogurt – you can use flavored yogurt, vanilla yogurt or even Greek Yogurt with honey. However flavored yogurts are sweeter so you may need to reduce or eliminate the maple syrup from this recipe. We recommend trying before adding and then adding maple syrup slowly to taste.
• Vegan – instead of dairy yogurt and milk use vegan alternatives such as almond or oat to make a delicious vegan alternative.
• Mango – if frozen berries aren’t your thing you could add in frozen mangos instead
• Fresh fruit – Fresh fruit are equally tasty to frozen and can be substituted into this recipe with a tablespoon more milk to get the right consistency.

You could also add in any of the below ingredients for a flavor variation depending on your palette.

• chocolate chips
• peanut butter
• Cacao Nibs
• Cocoa Powder
• Honey
• Nuts

Storage

Store in fridge and consume within 3 days for optimal texture.

If you leave the oats for the full 3 days you may find you need to add an extra tablespoon of yogurt into the mixture to get the right consistency.

These ingredients don’t stand up well to re-freezing.

Tips for Making this Recipe

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We recommend leaving these oats overnight for best results, it is in the name after all. However the minimum time you could leave the oats is two hours for them to be fully softened for consumption.

Best Jars for Overnight Oats

8 oz glass mason jars are recommended for this recipe. However any glass container will work.

Alternatively you could also use tupperware to store in the fridge and portion out in the morning however I never think this looks quite as nice as serving in the glass jar.

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