Description
A refreshing citrus-based overnight oats is a fun variation on this quick & easy breakfast staple! Enjoy a vitamin C packed breakfast that requires no cooking skills and comes together in 5 minutes or less with only 5 ingredients!
Ingredients
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Overnight Oats Base:
- 1/2 cup rolled oats
- 1/2 cup milk of choice (I used oat milk)
- 2 tablespoons unsweetened vanilla yogurt of choice (I used coconut milk yogurt)
- 2 teaspoons chia seeds
- 2 mandarin oranges, peeled and chopped (remove seeds, if needed) – 1 for the base and 1 for the topping
Optional Toppings:
- A spoonful of yogurt for a creamy topping
- Nuts or seeds (I like chopped walnuts or sliced almonds)
Instructions
- Stir oats and chia seeds together.
- Add milk and yogurt and stir to combine evenly.
- Stir in chopped mandarin orange + juices, cover with a lid, and put container in the fridge.
- Wait at least 2-hours to overnight. Take off the lid and stir. If needed: add a splash of milk or so to make the texture more creamy.
- Add additional mandarin pieces and any optional additional toppings of choice (I love nuts / seeds to make this filling) and enjoy!
Notes
- Use your favorite milk in this recipe. I’ve been making mine with oat milk since that’s what I prefer in my morning coffee and therefore what is already in my fridge. You could also use almond milk, soy milk, coconut milk, dairy milk, or beyond.
- To make this Orange Creamsicle Overnight Oats Recipe without chia seeds, you may need to reduce the milk because the chia seeds soak up a lot of the liquid.
- To make this Orange-Vanilla Overnight Oats Recipe without yogurt, substitute any removed yogurt with more milk.
- Feeling lazy? I recommend measuring the oats and milk. You can estimate the rest of the ingredients. This becomes especially easy the more you make this recipe.
- See the substitutions and other notes in my blog post for additional tips and ideas.
- Nutrition Estimates are for Oatly Full Fat milk, Harmless Harvest Rich & Creamy Plain Unsweetened, and an estimated 1/2 cup of mandarin oranges. If you use different products or your mandarin oranges are smaller / bigger, your actual nutritional values may be different.
