Sweet and Crunchy Coconut Carrot Cake Overnight Oats with shredded coconut, chia seeds, cinnamon, and a hint of maple syrup. An easy, healthy and Vegan overnight oatmeal breakfast that tastes like a freshly baked carrot cake!
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Second bowl of oats for the day and no regrets! (The first was my everyday cauliflower rice proats)
I’ve actually had carrot cake oatmeal – overnight, hot, baked, just anything – on my list for a while now, so this was meant to be.
I considered a hot version, but it didn’t seem too appetizing to be honest. Warm carrot cake? I don’t know how I feel about that.
Okay fine the fresh baked cake does smell pretty amazing – even when it’s still in the oven. But it’s just too hot out right now to have 2 hot oats a day. My breakfast one is good enough
Ingredients for Coconut Carrot Cake Overnight Oats
This healthy carrot cake oats uses clean and whole ingredients like rolled oats, shredded coconut and greek yogurt, and makes a nutritious breakfast!
- Old fashioned rolled oats
- A fresh carrot: I haven’t tried the store-bought grated ones, but you’d have to still grate them finer
- Unsweetened shredded coconut: Don’t worry, it isn’t overpowering
- Maple Syrup: A sugar free one would be great!
- Chia Seeds for a dose of healthy fats and fiber
- A hint of Vanilla Extract
- Cinnamon and Nutmeg for the spiced carrot cake flavor
- Greek Yogurt: I used a non fat, but 2% – or coconut yogurt for vegan – would be good to
- Almond Milk
How to make Carrot Cake Overnight Oats
This carrot cake overnight oatmeal with chia seeds is really easy to throw together!
First, grate the carrots finely using either a hand-held grater or the grater-blade on a food processor.
Another alternative is to very finely chop the carrots – the pieces should be small so that they soak up the liquid and soften overnight.
Use a jar or container – be sure it’s airtight – and mix all the ingredients in. The order doesn’t matter, but here’s what I did: Oats, carrot, coconut, chia seeds, maple syrup, vanilla, cinnamon, nutmeg, yogurt, milk.
I add the liquid last so that it’s easier to mix.
Stir everything together, close the container and keep it in the fridge for at least 4 hours.
You can also combine all the ingredients in a bowl first and then place the carrot oatmeal in a jar (then the fridge).
What makes this carrot cake overnight oats recipe healthy
This carrot cake overnight oatmeal uses almond milk and greek yogurt – which can be replaced for a coconut yogurt – to make it dairy free and vegan.
Make gluten free carrot cake oatmeal for one using gluten free rolled oats!
Use stevia or monk-fruit sweetened maple syrup that has no sugar for a sugar free carrot oatmeal.
Turn this into a carrot cake overnight protein oatmeal by adding about a half a scoop of vanilla protein powder in place of the maple syrup and vanilla.
Another substitution you can try is to make this overnight oatmeal with coconut milk,
Can you store overnight oatmeal with yogurt
Yes! This overnight oats recipe will keep in the fridge for up to 5 days. Make sure the container you use is airtight though.
You can also make this carrot oats recipe in bulk, portion it out into individual jars or containers, and have a meal prep breakfast for the entire week!
Some more easy Overnight Oats Recipes
- Creamy Banana Bread Chia Overnight Oats
- Chocolate Zucchini Overnight Oats with Protein
- Brownie Batter Overnight PrOats
- No-Guilt Cinnamon Roll Overnight Oats
Coconut Carrot Cake Overnight Oats
Ingredients
- ½ cup Rolled Oats, 45g
- 1 medium Carrot, 61g
- 1 tablespoon Unsweetened Shredded Coconut, 5g
- 1½ teaspoon Chia Seeds, 7g
- 1 tablespoon Maple Syrup, Stevia Sweetened
- ¼ teaspoon Vanilla Extract
- ¼ teaspoon Cinnamon
- ⅛ teaspoon Nutmeg
- 3 tablespoon Greek Yogurt, 42g
- ⅔ cup Almond Milk
Instructions
- Finely grate or shred carrot.
- In a jar or container, stir together rolled oats, carrot, coconut, chia seeds, maple syrup, vanilla, cinnamon, nutmeg, yogurt and milk.
- Cover and refrigerate overnight, or at least 4 hours.
- Stir, top with grated carrot, coconut, pecans or walnuts and enjoy!
Notes
- Use coconut yogurt to make this Vegan.
- Nutrition information is calculated using maple syrup recommended below.
- Lakanto Maple Flavored Syrup
- Servings: 2 cups | Serving size: 2 cups
- Calories: 310kcal
- Fat: 9.3g | Saturated fat: 3.1g
- Carbohydrates: 44.6g | Fiber: 13g | Sugar: 4.6g
- Protein: 13.1g
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