Here are 80 oatmeal toppings to make your breakfasts more flavorful. Plus, enter to win a giveaway of make-ahead, premixed overnight oats from Pantry Doctor!
Breakfast is always a struggle for me. Unless it’s Saturday or Sunday, you can bet I won’t be up making pancakes, bacon and eggs for myself. I’m just not a morning person. (Will I ever be? I wonder this a lot.)
I will settle for something light, quick and easy first thing in the morning, whether that’s microwave oatmeal, a colorful smoothie or a bowl of yogurt, fruit and granola. Lately, I’ve been all about a Mixed Berry Smoothie or these Overnight Oats from Pantry Doctor.
My food blogger friend Wendie is the mastermind behind these genius, pre-mixed oat cups. She sent me two sets of her cute jars of oats this summer, and I’ve become obsessed.
Each jar comes packed with oats, seeds, spices and other mix-ins. All you do is add your choice of milk, sweetener and whatever toppings you desire, then let the jar sit until morning. Then, shake it up, top with a few of of the oatmeal toppings I suggest below, and EAT! They’ll keep for four days, which makes breakfast less of a chore since you can make it ahead.
And, they’re healthy! Wendie is a registered dietitian, so you know they’re good for you. Pantry Doctor has seven flavors of Overnight Oats, which all start with a base of rolled oats:
- Beautie — walnuts, cacao nibs, chia seeds, hemp seeds, acai powder
- Brainee — almonds, dried blueberries, cacao nibs, cinnamon
- Energee — goji berries, cacao nibs, chia seeds, coconut, maca, spirulina
- Immunitee — bee pollen, peanut butter powder, turmeric, camu camu, ginger, cinnamon
- stress-less — dried cherries, pistachios, pumpkin seeds, cacao nibs
- Vitalitee —goji berries, pumpkin seeds, cacao powder, green tea matcha powder
- Black Label Performance Blend — chocolate, peanut butter, espresso flavor with whey protein — my favorite of them all!
I thought it would be fun to talk about all the ways you can customize the Pantry Doctor Overnight Oats! I rounded up more than 80 oatmeal toppings and mix-ins for your morning breakfast. At the end, you can enter to win one of two 4-packs of oats! Good luck! // susannah
Get 15% off any of the oats with the code feastwest15 at Pantry Doctor through Oct. 31, 2016.
80 Ideas for Oatmeal Toppings
Dairy
- Almond milk — Try this Vanilla Almond Milk Porridge with Honey Roasted Pear
- Cashew milk
- Coconut milk
- Cow milk
- Soy milk
- Yogurt — Try this Oatmeal in Yogurt with Fresh Strawberries
Sweeteners
- Agave
- Brown Sugar — Try this Pumpkin Spice Oatmeal
- Honey — Try this Banana Coconut Oatmeal
- Jam/jelly
- Maple syrup — Try this Slow Cooker Pumpkin Maple Oatmeal
- Stevia
Chocolate
- Chocolate chips — Try this Pumpkin Baked Oatmeal with Chocolate Chips
- Cocoa nibs — Try this Banana Chocolate Chip Overnight Oats
- Cocoa powder — Try this Overnight Chocolate Peanut Butter Cup Oats
Fresh fruit
- Apples — Try this Caramel Apple Chia Overnight Oats
- Apricots — Try this Smashed Cherries and Grilled Apricots Bircher
- Bananas — Try this Caramelized Banana Oats
- Blackberries — Try this Triple Berry Oatmeal Bowl
- Blueberries — Try this Blueberry Coconut Oatmeal
- Cherries
- Cranberries — Try this Creamy Cranberry Oatmeal
- Dates — Try this “Zucchini Bread” Oatmeal
- Figs — Try adding Fig Simple Syrup
- Kiwi
- Lemon — Try this Lemon Blackberry Baked Oatmeal
- Mango — Try this Overnight Mango Coconut Oats
- Orange — Try this Slow Cooker Orange Cranberry Oatmeal
- Papaya — Try this Tropical Oatmeal Bowl
- Peaches — Try this Peaches and Cream Chia Overnight Oats
- Pear — Try this Autumn Pear Bircher Muesli
- Pineapple — Try this Pineapple Coconut Oatmeal with Strawberry Chia Jam
- Plums — Try this Steel Cut Oats with Seared Plums
- Raspberries — Try this Make Ahead Cold Oatmeal with Honey and Rasperries
- Strawberries — Try this Strawberry Overnight Oats
Herbs
- Basil — Try this Creamy steel-cut oatmeal with blueberry-basil compote
- Mint
Dried fruit
- Dried cranberries
- Goji berries
- Raisins — Try this Lumberjack Oatmeal
- Shredded coconut — Try this Girl Scout Oatmeal
Nuts
- Almonds — Try this Porridge with Bananas, Raisins and Almonds
- Hazelnuts — Try this Hazelnut and Pecan Baked Oatmeal
- Peanuts
- Pecans — Try this Steel Cut Oats with Maple Syrup, Apples and Pecans
- Pistachios
- Pumpkin seeds/pepitas
- Walnuts — Try this Ultimate Oatmeal with Honey, Walnuts, Dried Fruit
- Seeds
- Chia seeds — Try this Maple Spiced Chia Overnight Oats
- Flax seeds — Try this Seedy Chocolate Pumpkin Oatmeal Parfait
- Hemp seeds — Try this Pecan Maple Oatmeal Bowl
- Sesame seeds — Try this Honey Sesame Strawberry Overnight Oatmeal
Spices
- Allspice
- Cardamom — Try this Quick Earl Grey Tea Orange Oatmeal
- Cinnamon — Try this Crockpot Mason Jar Pumpkin Apple Cinnamon Oatmeal
- Ginger — Try this Gingerbread Oatmeal
- Ground cloves — Try this Johnny Appleseed Oatmeal
- Nutmeg
- Pumpkin pie spice — Try this Pumpkin Pie Oatmeal
- Turmeric — Try this Turmeric Oatmeal
Mix-ins
- Almond butter — Try this Chocolate Almond Butter Oatmeal
- Bourbon — Try this Pears with Brown Sugar, Bourbon and Millet
- Cashew butter
- Coffee — Try this Pumpkin Spice Latte Overnight Oats with Maple Pepitas
- Dulce de Leche — Try this Oats Porridge with Berries, Almonds & Dulce de Leche
- Matcha — Try this Coconut Matcha Oatmeal Latte
- Nutella
- Peanut butter — Try this Vegan Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Overnight Oats
- Pumpkin puree — Try this Seedy Chocolate Pumpkin Oatmeal Parfait
- Rose water — Try this Rose Pistachio Mocha Oatmeal
- Vanilla extract — Try this Orange Blueberry Vanilla Overnight Oats
- Vanilla paste
Proteins
- Bacon — Try this Savory Bacon Oatmeal
- Fried Egg — Try this Savory Oatmeal with Shiitake Bacon, Kale and a Fried Egg
Vegetables
- Carrots — Try this Carrot Cake Oatmeal
- Kale — Try this Green Smoothie Overnight Oats
- Spinach
- Sweet potato — Try this Creamy Sweet Potato Spice Oatmeal
- Tomato or tomato paste
Other
- Granola — Try this Creamy Apple Cinnamon Apple Steel Cut Oats
Pantry Doctor Overnight Oats Giveaway
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Disclosure: Pantry Doctor sent me Overnight Oats to try, and then they agreed to offer a giveaway for you! I only share brands I truly love and believe in. Thank you for supporting F+W and the brands I love!
Faye Gates says
My favorite oatmeal topping are raisins and brown sugar.
Keri justice says
I love fresh fruits. I usually go with bananas or blueberries. Sometimes I add granola and nuts. I also use nut butters.
Kim Pincombe-Cole says
I love blueberries & honey on my oatmeal!
Ashley Bree Perez says
yumm love the topping with brown sugar!
Denise Barratt says
I love dried cherries & pecans!
Judith says
I love this! I also recently did a post about oatmeal tips – will have to try out some of your ideas!
https://aluminumfoiledkitchen.wordpress.com/2016/10/17/5-ways-to-boost-your-oatmeal/