Blackberry Overnight Oats with Jam

Blackberry overnight oats are a delicious, fast, nutritious and filling breakfast. Fresh or frozen blackberries, along with blackberry jam sweeten the oats and give it tons of flavor. These low calorie overnight oats are vegan, dairy-free and low in sugar.

Convenient and easy, overnight oats are great for busy weekday mornings, camping, road trips, traveling or anywhere where you can't cook.

These blackberry overnight oats are a variation on our vegan basic overnight oats recipe!

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• 🧄 Ingredient notes
• 📋 Substitutions and variations
• 🔪 Instructions
• ⭐️ Expert tips
• 🍳 Equipment
• 🥡 Make ahead and storage tips
• ❓ FAQ
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🧄 Ingredient notes

• Blackberries - fresh blackberries are sweet, tart, full of antioxidants and low in calories. They are delicious and healthy topping or mix-in for overnight oats. Frozen blackberries are even better, in my opinion, though. They are already washed, which saves you time. Just throw them in the jar. Plus, they keep a long time in the freezer. You don't have to worry about using them quickly, like with fresh berries. And, when the blackberry juice thaws, it is so delicious! It flavors and sweetens the oats for you.
• Blackberry jam - Instead of sugar or maple syrup, we're going for double blackberry flavor by using a bit of blackberry jam to sweeten our oats.
• Old-fashioned rolled oats - Use old-fashioned rolled oatmeal for this recipe. Do not use quick oats for this recipe, they turn out mushy. Don't use steel cut either, since they don't get soft enough to enjoy with this method.
• Plant-based milk - any vegan milk you enjoy should work here, like almond milk (pictured), soy milk, oat milk, coconut milk, cashew milk and rice milk. You can use unsweetened or sweetened original varieties, if you like. Vanilla milk works well, too.
• Ground flaxseed - adds health benefits of added fiber, along with omega-3. Flax also thickens the oatmeal slightly.
• Plant-based yogurt - amps up the creaminess and protein. Vegan yogurts made from cashew, soy, coconut, almond and oat will all work here.

📋 Substitutions and variations

Here are some suitable substitution options for the ingredients:

• Blackberries - use frozen blackberries instead of fresh (add them the night before, so they can thaw overnight).
• Plant-based milk - Use any plant-based milk you enjoy. Unsweetened, sweetened and vanilla-flavored milks all work in this recipe.
• Blackberry jam - Instead of blackberry jam, sweeten your blackberry oats with maple syrup, agave nectar or sugar. Or omit the sweetener altogether.
• Flax - use chia seeds instead of ground flaxseed. Or, omit them (your overnight oats will be thinner if you omit one of these options).
• Nut-free - make this nut-free by using a nut-free plant milk and yogurt, such as products made using soy, rice or oat.
• WFPBNO - make this whole food plant based no oil by using plant-based milk, yogurt and jam with no added oil or refined sugar.
• SOS-free - make this salt-, sugar- and oil-free by using a plant-based milk, yogurt and jam with no added salt, sugar or oil.

Here are some variation ideas for these blackberry overnight oats:

• Blackberry Pecan - add chopped pecans to the oats
• Blackberry Pie - use premium blackberry pie filling instead of jam and fresh berries for blackberry pie overnight oats
• Mixed Berry - used frozen mixed berry or three berry blend instead of only blackberries

🔪 Instructions

Step by step instructions for how to make blackberry overnight oats.

When you're ready to eat them, pull it out of the fridge and eat cold or warm up in microwave for 30-60 seconds.

⭐️ Expert tips

• If you want to make your overnight oats look pretty, mix them up in a separate container. Then, once mixed, spoon into a jar, glass or bowl and carefully add other toppings to create clean layers. Then, refrigerate. Or, create layers just before eating or serving.
• Use a wide canning funnel to add ingredients to jars without making a mess

🍳 Equipment

• a container to hold your overnight oats that holds 1 pint (about 2 cups, 16 ounces or 550 milliliters). I recommend using wide mouth pint size mason jars.
• measuring spoons and cups

🥡 Make ahead and storage tips

Overnight oats are perfect for meal prep and batch cooking. Make them Sunday night to have breakfast ready to go all week long. Store overnight oats in the refrigerator, combined, for up to 5 days.

This recipe does not stand up well to freezing.

❓ FAQ

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