Peanut Butter Chocolate Protein Overnight Oats
Vegan high-protein overnight oats with peanut butter, cocoa and hemp hearts, with about 25 g of plant protein and no protein powder.
- Prep
- 5 min
- Rest
- 6 h
- Serves
- 1
Peanut Butter Chocolate Protein Overnight Oats is a vegan breakfast recipe made with rolled oats, hemp hearts, chia seeds. It takes 5 minutes of hands-on time, plus 6 hours resting, serves 1, and each serving has 624 calories, 25 g of protein and 13 g of fiber.
This version takes the base overnight oats and adds protein without powder. Hemp hearts, peanut butter and soy milk get you to about 25 g, and cocoa makes it taste like dessert.
A protein boost take on our Blueberry Chia Overnight Oats.
Ingredients
- ½ cup41 grolled oats
- 2 tbsp20 ghemp hearts
- 2 tsp8 gchia seeds
- 1 tbsp5.4 gunsweetened cocoa powder
- ¾ cup182 gsoy milk
- 1½ tbsp24 gnatural peanut butter
- 2 tsp13 gmaple syrup
- ½ medium59 gbanana, sliced
Kit: Jar or container with lid
Tips
- Warm peanut butter for 10 seconds in the microwave so it blends easily into cold milk.
Swap ideas
- Almond butter instead of peanut butter
- Peanut-free; about 1 g less protein
- Add ¼ cup silken tofu, blended with the milk
- About 2 g more protein and extra creaminess
The numbers
Nutrition per serving
624kcal per serving
Everything else · 1 serving per recipe
- Saturated fat
- 5 g 25%
- Sugars
- 25.2 g
- Sodium
- 98 mg 4%
- Potassium
- 1097 mg 23%
- Calcium
- 345 mg 27%
- Iron
- 6 mg 33%
- Vitamin C
- 5 mg 6%
- Vitamin B12
- 1.55 µg 65%
% Daily Value on a 2,000 calorie diet. Calculated from USDA FoodData Central values for each ingredient; optional ingredients are excluded. Estimates vary with brands and portions.
Sources: Cereals, oats, regular and quick, not fortified, dry, Seeds, hemp seed, hulled, Seeds, chia seeds, dried, Cocoa, dry powder, unsweetened, Soymilk, original and vanilla, with added calcium, vitamins A and D, Peanut butter, smooth style, without salt, Syrups, maple, Bananas, raw
Method
Whisk the cocoa into a few tablespoons of the soy milk in a jar until smooth, so there are no dry pockets.
Add the rest of the milk, the peanut butter and maple syrup, and stir until the peanut butter is mostly dissolved.
Stir in the oats, hemp hearts and chia seeds. Seal and refrigerate at least 6 hours.
Top with sliced banana before serving.
Storage: Keeps 3 days in the fridge; slice banana fresh.
Questions
- How much protein is in peanut butter chocolate protein overnight oats?
- Each of the 1 serving has 25 g of protein, 13 g of fiber and 624 calories, calculated from USDA FoodData Central values for every ingredient.
- Is peanut butter chocolate protein overnight oats vegan?
- Yes. It contains no dairy, eggs, honey or other animal products.
- How long does peanut butter chocolate protein overnight oats take to make?
- 5 minutes of prep, so 5 minutes of hands-on time, plus 6 hours of unattended resting.
- Can you make peanut butter chocolate protein overnight oats ahead?
- Keeps 3 days in the fridge; slice banana fresh.
- What can I substitute in peanut butter chocolate protein overnight oats?
- Almond butter instead of peanut butter — peanut-free; about 1 g less protein. Add ¼ cup silken tofu, blended with the milk — about 2 g more protein and extra creaminess.
Nutrition is calculated from USDA data for every ingredient — how we work it out.
Published September 17, 2026 ·American
