Chocolate for Breakfast?!

I don’t know about you, but I know I LOVE sweets!  On bad days I have found myself eating an entire 4 pack of cupcakes while I watch my favorite show.  Not my proudest moment, I know! BUT…I also know I’m not the only one out there that has been there before.  Here is my way to combat those sweet cravings…DON’T DENY THEM!  Now let me be clear, I’m not encouraging you to run out to Walmart and get cupcakes, or whatever your vice is…I’m saying it is about BALANCE and making a HEALTHIER choice.  One of my favorite meals that is not only healthy but also satisfies that sweet tooth that causes me so much trouble!  So what if I told you this week I ate chocolate covered strawberries for breakfast and that it was healthy?!  You may question my sanity but stay with me.  This week for breakfast I made a quick, easy, and healthy overnight oatmeal recipe that is my take on chocolate covered strawberries.

It’s a great grab-and-go option to help make mornings less hectic all while trying to make better choices.

First, I grabbed all of my ingredients and measured everything to make things go quick.

A friend taught me that mixing all of your dry ingredients and then adding the wet in a large bowl is so much easier than trying to measure everything out per serving in mason jars.  So I mixed my dry ingredients first and then added my almond milk.  Once everything was combined together I separated the mixture into my Mason jars.  I used about ¾ cups of the overnight oat mixture per jar.  After that, I topped them with chopped strawberries.  Sealed them and threw them in the fridge for my grab-and-go breakfast this week.

Now, to some this doesn’t look like much, but you will be pleasantly surprised how full this fiber-filled recipe will keep you.

I hope you enjoy this recipe!  Leave me your feedback or comment with your favorite overnight oat recipe.

RECIPE (Makes 4 servings):

2 cups rolled oats

2 1/2 cups plain or unsweetened vanilla almond milk (I used vanilla almond milk)

¼ cup organic cacao powder (or can substitute unsweetened cocoa)

4 T powdered peanut butter

4 T organic chia seeds

2 T pure maple syrup

1 cup sliced or chopped strawberries (tightly packed)

In a large bowl, mix all ingredients except for almond milk and strawberries until thoroughly mixed.  Add almond milk and mix.  Measure ¾ cup of mixture into Mason jars or another storage container.  Top each with ¼ cup of sliced/chopped strawberries.  Seal and store in the refrigerator until ready to eat.  (Make sure that before you eat the first serving that it has stayed in the refrigerator overnight or at least or 6-8 hours).