Protein Overnight Oats (PB & J)

Name: Protein Overnight Oats (PB&J)
Prep time: 15 min
Total time: 495 min
Ingredients: ⅓ cup oats; 1 scoop collagen peptides; ⅛ tsp cinnamon; 1 tsp chia seeds; 1 packet Truvia; ½ cup almond milk; 3 tbsp yogurt; 1 tbsp crunchy peanut butter ((or smooth)); 1 tsp grape jelly; ¼ ounce shelled pistachios

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This High Protein Overnight Oats recipe is delicious, nutritious, and easy to prep the night before. Overnight oats with protein powder are filling and will provide the energy you need to face a new day. Also, try my high protein chia pudding recipe!

To make high protein overnight oats, you need simple ingredients like rolled oats, almond milk, peanut butter, and jelly. You got those, right?

Making protein overnight oats couldn't be any simpler. All you'll have to do is mix up the ingredients the night and toss them in the fridge. The next morning, you'll have a yummy breakfast waiting for you!

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😍 Why You'll Love This Recipe
🔖 Recipe Ingredient & Substitutions
🫙 How to Make Protein Overnight Oats
🍌 Optional Ingredients
🤷🏻‍♀️ Recipe FAQs
👩🏼‍🍳 Pro Tips
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💬 Comments

😍 Why You'll Love This Recipe

Overnight Protein Oats travel well. Store the overnight oats in an 8-ounce mason jar and you'll have a grab-and-go breakfast!
Overnight oats are so much better for you than anything you can pick up at a drive-through.
They're great for meal prepping. Besides this flavor, you may also want to try these carrot cake overnight oats!
This recipe is naturally gluten-free.

🔖 Recipe Ingredient & Substitutions

Collagen Peptides — Many high-protein oats recipes call for vanilla protein powder, whey protein powder, or chocolate protein powder. Although that's acceptable to use, I prefer using a scoop of Collagen Peptides Powder. Not only is it tasteless and mixes well, but one scoop adds 10 grams of protein! Collagen Peptides also support your skin, hair, and joints. How are your skin and hair doing? Mine can definitely use a little boost! 😉
Oats — You'll want to make sure to use old-fashioned oats or quick oats instead of steel-cut oats, which need to be cooked.
Spices — I add a pinch of cinnamon to this recipe, but you can add your favorite spices.
Peanut Butter — Add smooth peanut butter or crunchy if you prefer more texture. You can also use low-fat peanut butter.
Yogurt — Non-flavored Greek yogurt or vanilla yogurt works well in this recipe. Steer away from flavored, high-sugar yogurts.
Nuts — I like to top the finished protein overnight oats with various nuts. I don't add them with the other ingredients because they would soften overnight. Besides pistachios, you can use walnuts, cashews, or almonds.
Milk — Although I use almond milk, you can substitute whole, skim milk, soy milk, coconut, or oat milk.

🫙 How to Make Protein Overnight Oats

Step 1: Add quick oats to a small bowl and mix in collagen, cinnamon, chia seeds, and Truvia.

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Step 2: Add almond milk, yogurt, peanut butter, and jelly. Stir to combine.

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Step 3: If you will be taking your breakfast on the go, transfer the mixture to a mason jar and cover it with the lid. Otherwise, leave the overnight oats in the bowl and cover them with Saran Wrap. Store in the refrigerator overnight.

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Step 4: When you're ready to have your protein overnight oats, mix again and top with pistachios. Sit back and enjoy your healthy breakfast!

pb & j overnight oats on a checkered red and white dish towel — **Optional:** Swirl one more teaspoon of jelly into your Protein Overnight Oats before serving!

🍌 Optional Ingredients

Here are some optional ingredients to mix things up.

sliced bananas
berries (think strawberries, blueberries, and huckleberries)
walnuts
honey
protein powder
shredded coconut

🤷🏻‍♀️ Recipe FAQs

Can you add protein powder to oats?

Yes, protein powder can be added to overnight oats. Choose the right flavor that will complement the rest of the ingredients in the recipe. Non-flavored or vanilla-flavored protein powders are the best options.

Are overnight oats better with milk or yogurt?

A well-balanced serving of overnight oats should have both milk and yogurt. Choose from regular cow's milk, oat milk, almond milk, or soy milk. A neutral-flavored yogurt such as plain or vanilla Greek yogurt is recommended. The milk will be soaked up by the oats making them softer, while the yogurt will give your overnight oats a creamy texture.

👩🏼‍🍳 Pro Tips

Although I prefer to add Truvia, maple syrup, honey, or another healthy sweetener can be substituted.
Experiment with different nut butters to see which ones you prefer.
You can also microwave your overnight oats if you prefer your oatmeal warm.
If you like to meal prep, you can make a week's worth of protein overnight oats. Just adjust the serving size in the recipe cards to make a larger batch. You can then divide the mixture into mason jars and have enough for the rest of the week!
There are so many flavor variations that you can experiment with. Add some vanilla extract, chocolate chips, or stir some peanuts into the oats mixture. Let your taste buds be your guide!