Vegan Single Serve Banana Chocolate Chip Baked Oatmeal

This vegan single serve banana chocolate chip baked oatmeal is full of sweet banana and rich chocolate flavor. It’s a hearty, satisfying breakfast, made with just 5 ingredients.

There’s something about baking oatmeal that makes it feel a little more special, indulgent, and perfectly cozy for the colder months. And since I’m currently freezing my bum off in Detroit, I’ll take alllllll the coziness I can get.

This vegan single serve banana chocolate chip baked oatmeal is rich and hearty, full of sweet banana flavor, with just a few melty chocolate chips to make it a little more fun and indulgent.

Ingredients for vegan single serve banana chocolate chip baked oatmeal

• Rolled oats: I used old fashioned rolled oats because they have great chewy texture.
• Ground flaxseed: flax provides super healthy omega-3 fats and helps hold this oatmeal together.
• Banana: make sure the banana is super ripe for optimal sweetness and flavor, as it’s the only sweetener in this recipe.
• Nondairy milk: you’ll use a bit of milk to bring the oatmeal batter together before it goes into the oven. I use unsweetened almond milk for neutral flavor, but any nondairy milk should work.
• Vegan chocolate chips: I like to use naturally sweetened chips like Lakanto or Lily’s but use whatever vegan chocolate chips you like.

Tips for making vegan single serve banana chocolate chip baked oatmeal

• Be sure to use an oven-safe dish. Because this is a single serve portion, make sure that whatever smaller dish you use is safe for the oven.
• Customize with your favorite additional toppings. Of course the banana + chocolate combo is amazing on its own, but feel free to fancy it up with anything else you like on oats.

This vegan single serve banana chocolate chip baked oatmeal is so simple to throw together, and just the right amount for the mornings you want something more than overnight oats or a smoothie, but don’t want a whole batch of baked oatmeal. The sweet banana and rich dark chocolate go SO well together, it honestly felt like I was eating dessert for breakfast, which I’m always, always a fan of.

Xo,

Sara