This triple chocolate steel cut oatmeal is like having dessert for breakfast. It’s creamy, chewy and loaded with chocolate.
On Monday, I leave for a two week trip to Europe.
Now, for the most part, I’ll take European (particularly Italian and Spanish) food any day over the typical American fare.
Except one meal, breakfast.
I just can’t get behind copious amounts of meat, warm milk and pathetically small cups of coffee in the morning.
Not to mention the incredibly small portion sizes Europeans tend to eat for breakfast.
Sorry but I need some sustenance to start my day!
If there’s one thing American’s do right, it’s breakfast.
From eggs, bacon and toast to warm bowls of filling oatmeal, we just do breakfast better on this side of the ocean.
And to prove it, this triple chocolate steel cut oatmeal adds three (duh) types of chocolate to a deliciously chewy and hearty breakfast bowl.
ps- I highly recommend a big scoop of nut butter to top things off and get all melty in the chocolate…diiiivine.
Perhaps some gingerbread peanut butter or spicy chocolate walnut butter for a quadruple chocolate effect? I mean, there’s no such thing as too much chocolate, right?
So 14 days from now, when I’m sad about the trip coming to an end at least there’s the thought of kick ass breakfasts like these chocolate steel cut oats and big cups of coffee to come home to.
MORE STEEL CUT OAT RECIPES TO TRY:
Gingerbread Oatmeal
Creamy Instant Pot Steel Cut Oats
Cherry Almond Baked Steel Cut Oats
Perfectly Creamy Steel Cut Oatmeal
Triple Chocolate Steel Cut Oatmeal
Ingredients
- 2 cups milk
- 2 cups water
- 1 cup steel cut oats
- 1/2 banana, mashed
- 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
- 2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 ounce unsweetened bakers chocolate, chopped
- 1/4 cup dark chocolate chips
- 1-2 tablespoons maple syrup
- cacao nibs for garnish
Instructions
- Bring the milk and water to a low boil in a medium sauce pot.
- Turn the heat down to a simmer, add the oats, banana, salt and cocoa powder and whisk to combine.
- Add the chopped chocolate and chocolate chips and stir until melted.
- Stir frequently for about 20 minutes until the the mixture is thickened and most of the liquid has been absorbed.
- Stir in the maple syrup to your taste preference and serve hot.
- Garnish with cacao nibs.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
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Get in my bellayyyyyy.
Whoa – I would happily wake up early in the morning if I knew THIS was awaiting me! Looks so ridiculously good!
I want to try this for breakfast or even as dessert, Pinned!
Anything chocolate and I’m all over it… I’m drooling at the sight of this. TRIPLE chocolate is my kind of thing ;)
Us Americans sure do breakfast right!! When I went to Spain the breakfast wasn’t much but a pastry and coffee (which is totally ok with me) but after a week I missed omelets and hashbrowns the way we do them here. Oh and Brooklyn bagels……can’t live without them.
Have a safe and wonderful trip!!
Dessert for breakfast?! Yes, please! Have a great time in Europe, I can’t wait to hear all about it!
1. Take me with you?!
2. This oatmeal looks AMAZING!!! Talk about wanting to dig in right now!
I’m really wishing I had the time to make this before work today. I mean who doesn’t want chocolate for breakfast? I’m sure this will be in my breakfast rotation new week. Thanks for sharing!
I’ve definitely had some good breakfasts in Europe, but I always come back excited for a standard breakfast here.
I am making this oatmeal! Thank you for not loading it with a crap ton of sugar:-)
You’re making me wish I had steel cut oats right now. I love everything about this! I haven’t been to Europe yet but in Asia, it’s the same with small coffee portions (what?!) and not very big breakfast meals. We had to order two entrees once haha ;)