GINGERBREAD OVERNIGHT OATS RECIPE (2024)

These gingerbread overnight oats are filled with holiday spices and gingerbread flavor! They are the perfect easy and healthy breakfast to make this holiday season! These overnight oats only take about 5 minutes to prepare and they are perfect for meal prep. Just mix the ingredients, let them sit in the refrigerator overnight, and enjoy the flavors of gingerbread.

What Are Overnight Oats?

Overnight oats are a great easy breakfast! There is no cooking required to make overnight oats. Just combine all of the ingredients in a jar and let them sit in the refrigerator overnight. They have to sit overnight so the oats absorb the milk. The next morning, give the oats a stir and enjoy. These overnight oats have the flavors of gingerbread!

What Do Gingerbread Overnight Oats Taste Like?

These overnight oats are packed with holiday flavors from cinnamon, nutmeg, and ground ginger. The spices combined with molasses make for the delicious flavors of gingerbread in these overnight oats.

Ingredients For Gingerbread Overnight Oats Recipe

• Rolled Oats: It is important to use rolled oats when making overnight oats.
• Milk: You can use your milk of choice in this recipe. We used unsweetened vanilla almond milk.
• Unsweetened Applesauce: Once the spices are added you won’t taste the applesauce. It helps make the overnight oats the perfect serving size.
• Cinnamon, Nutmeg, and Ground Ginger: Add these spices to the overnight oats.
• Molasses: A little for gingerbread flavor.
• Sweetener: You can use your sweetener of choice in this recipe.

What Oats To Use

To make these overnight oats, you have to use rolled oats. Quick oats and steel-cut oats will not work. The rolled oats are the perfect texture and size. Also, they easily absorb the milk.

What Milk To Use

You can use your milk of choice in this recipe. We used unsweetened vanilla almond milk. Other great options are regular milk, oat milk, and almond milk.

How To Sweeten Overnight Oats

You can use your sweetener of choice to sweeten these gingerbread overnight oats. Some options are sugar, honey, maple syrup, or your sugar-free sweetener of choice.

What Molasses To Use

There are many different types of molasses. We recommend using Grandma’s Gold Standard All Natural Unsulphured Original Molasses.

What Jar To Use For Overnight Oats?

We love making overnight oats in Le Parfait jars. They are a perfect size. You can meal prep overnight oats all at once for the week in these jars.

How To Make Gingerbread Overnight Oats

Add the rolled oats, milk of choice, unsweetened applesauce, cinnamon, nutmeg, ground ginger, molasses, and sweetener of choice to a jar. Mix these ingredients.

After that, put the lid on the jar. Then, let the overnight oats sit in the refrigerator overnight.

Lightly mix the ingredients before eating and enjoy!

Toppings For Gingerbread Overnight Oats

These gingerbread overnight oats are delicious on their own or with toppings. Here are some of our favorite toppings!

• Dairy-Free Coconut Whipped Cream
• Chopped Nuts
• Shredded Coconut Flakes
• Granola
• 0-fat Greek Yogurt – add a scoop on top or mix it in!

Are Overnight Oats Healthy?

These gingerbread overnights are a healthy breakfast. They have fiber, which will keep you full. Also, they are made with simple pantry staples.

How To Make Gingerbread Overnight Oats Gluten-Free

These gingerbread oats are naturally gluten-free if you use certified gluten-free rolled oats.

More Overnight Oats To Try Next!

• Apple Pie Overnight Oats Gluten Free
• Healthy Pumpkin Pie Overnight Oats
• Healthy Peach Overnight Oats Recipe
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GINGERBREAD OVERNIGHT OATS RECIPE

5.0 from 3 votes

Recipe by ShawnaCourse: BreakfastCuisine: AmericanDifficulty: Easy

Servings

1

servings

Prep time

5

minutes

Cooking time

1

minute

See Also

Carnivore Egg Pudding Recipe

Calories

167

kcal

These gingerbread overnight oats are filled with holiday spices and gingerbread flavor! They are the perfect easy and healthy breakfast to make this holiday season!

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Ingredients

• 1/3 CUP rolled oats

• 1/3 CUP unsweetened vanilla almond milk or milk of choice

• 1/4 CUP unsweetened applesauce

• 1/4TSP cinnamon

• 2 pinches of ground ginger

• 1 pinch of nutmeg

• 1 TSP molasses

• 1 ½ TSP sweetener of choice

• Optional: 1/4 CUP 0-fat Greek yogurt

Directions

• Add the rolled oats, milk of choice, unsweetened applesauce, cinnamon, nutmeg, ground ginger, molasses, and sweetener of choice to a jar. Mix all of the ingredients.
• Put the lid on the jar and let the overnight oats sit in the refrigerator overnight.
• Lightly mix the ingredients before eating and enjoy! Optional: Add your favorite toppings.

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Notes

• WW Points™: 3 points*if you use a sugar-free sweetener
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• Nutritional information is provided as a reference, using an online calculator. We recommend verifying the information independently. It could vary based on cooking methods and ingredients used.

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