Brownie Batter Chocolate Zucchini Oatmeal
Indulge in a nutritious breakfast with this Brownie Batter Chocolate Zoats. You’ll be shocked at this sweet and delicious way to have some whole grains, protein, and veggies first thing in the morning while satisfying your chocolate cravings.
Yes, you guys, zucchini oatmeal. It’s a thing, and a thing that I was totally skeptical about until I tried it, but it is seriously a great way to add veggies to your breakfast, especially when you make it taste like brownie batter. And now I am hooked on Brownie Batter Chocolate Zucchini Oatmeal, which doesn’t really take any longer than making a basic bowl of plain oatmeal, but gives you a ton more good stuff.
The zucchini cooks down and pretty much blends in with the texture of the oatmeal, and I mean really, do people actually put zucchini in brownies and muffins and cakes because they think, “Wow, I really love eating vegetables in my chocolaty sweets!”? No, they do it because it adds bulk and nutrition without a lot of calories, and it’s never a bad thing to squeeze in some extra vegetable goodness sometimes. Sweeten it up, top it with some chopped walnuts and mini chocolate chips, like any good brownie should have, and you have a heaping bowl of breakfast brownies in just minutes!
As I mentioned, if you really want to save time, mix everything together the night before and store it in the fridge. Then in the morning you just have to heat it up and it’ll cook even faster.
Ingredients:
- ⅓ cup old fashioned rolled oats gluten-free, if needed
- 1 small zucchini finely shredded (about 1 cup)
- 1 Tablespoon brown sugar coconut sugar, or desired sweetener, or to taste
- pinch salt
- 2 Tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/3 cup milk (I use unsweetened almond milk)
- 2/3 cup water
- ⅓ cup liquid egg whites
- 1 Tablespoon chopped walnuts, optional
- 1 teaspoon mini chocolate chips, optional