7-Ingredient Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Overnight Oats

This easy Cookie Dough Overnight Oats recipe means you can finally have that irresistible flavor of cookie dough for breakfast! With brown sugar and mini chocolate chips in the oats, plus topping them with mini cookie dough bites, breakfast doesn't get better than this. Who doesn't love a meal-prepped breakfast made in 5 minutes!

As a breakfast recipe developer, I love creating fun (and easy!) breakfast recipes that are a breeze to make. These cookie dough overnight oats are just that, plus they only take 5 minutes to prep, which who doesn't love! No one has time these days to spend hours on making breakfast.  

After making my cookies and cream oreo overnight oats, I thought to myself, what's another way to make oats taste just like a cookie- and these popped into my brain! I love chocolate chip cookies, if I could I would just eat them for breakfast (but my stomach wouldn't love that after a few days). These really help curb the cookie cravings, that's for sure.

For all my cookie lovers out there, if you love sweet breakfasts like my snickers overnight oats, brown sugar overnight oats, or cinnamon roll overnight oats, then you're going to love these! I love chocolate chip cookies so much I even made an easy chocolate chip cookie baked oatmeal recipe for you to try.

why you'll adore this recipe

• You only need 7 simple ingredients, nothing too fancy here. 
• Thanks to brown sugar, vanilla extract, and mini chocolate chips, this tastes just like chocolate chip cookie dough! 
• You can easily meal prep these overnight oats so you have the perfect make-ahead breakfast ready for the week. Nothing like making breakfasts for the week on Sunday and not having to worry about it again the rest of the week.

ingredients

• Oats: make sure to use rolled oats or old-fashioned oats. These are going to give you the base of the overnight oats and make them chewy. Gluten-free? You can use gluten-free oats! Just make sure to not use steel-cut oats, they don't absorb liquid the same and will give you a funky texture. 
• Greek Yogurt: greek yogurt will give you that creamy texture we are looking for in overnight oats. I typically use non-fat plain greek yogurt!
• Chia Seeds: Used to thicken the overnight oats. 
• Brown Sugar: we can't have cookie dough flavor without brown sugar! It is what we are using as our main sweetener in this overnight oatmeal. 
• Milk: you can use regular whole milk, almond milk, oat milk or whatever type of milk you like! I usually use Fairlife milk or unsweetened almond milk. 
• Vanilla Extract: I recommend adding a dash of vanilla extract to help give you that cookie dough flavor. 
• Mini Chocolate Chips: I love adding semi-sweet mini chocolate chips to these cookie dough overnight oats. You could also use cacao nibs or dark chocolate chips. 

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How to make overnight oats

Step 1: In a bowl or jar, whisk together the oats, brown sugar, and chia seeds.

Step 2: Stir in the milk, greek yogurt, and vanilla extract until fully mixed together. 

Step 3: Mix in the mini chocolate chips.

Step 4: Cover with a lid and place in the fridge for at least 5 hours. The next morning, give them a stir and top with extra chocolate chips and cookie dough bites before enjoying! You could also top with a pinch of salt (flaky of course)!

Cookie Dough for Breakfast?

You can buy little cookie dough bites like the ones I have on mine to top on your oats, I found these at Wegmans grocery store in the freezer section. Don't worry though if you can't find them, they taste great without the dough bites.

Looking for actual edible cookie dough? Try my edible sugar cookie dough! I don't advise using actual raw cookie dough though (we don't want to get sick after all)!

Storage and Reheating Instructions

Store these overnight oats in the fridge for 4-5 days, just give it a good stir before enjoying. Overnight oats can be eaten cold straight from the fridge or warmed up in the microwave. 

These can be frozen in a freezer-safe container for up to 3 months. Defrost by placing in the fridge overnight.

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