With creamy oats and a touch of sweetness, enjoy these overnight oats with oat milk and no yogurt as a tasty and hearty vegan breakfast idea! Quick and easy to prep in just a few minutes, top with sweet fruit or stir in a little spice to add so much flavor.
Do check out my oat milk porridge and oat milk chia pudding for more easy oat milk inspired breakfast or snack ideas!
Now I love a hearty warm breakfast such as my coconut milk porridge, but as summer is right around the corner, I'm finding myself make these oat milk overnight oats on repeat! With just a few minutes prep time, minimal ingredients and the option to add fun toppings, it's such a creamy, chewy and tasty recipe to start the day.
Oat milk tends to be the non-dairy milk or plant milk that my readers looking for low histamine recipes tell me find works best for them, which is why I wanted to make this recipe. However, we all have personal food sensitivities, so you may prefer to use another plant milk instead. Just swap out for the one that works for you.
We make these dairy free overnight oats with no yogurt (a higher histamine food) and they can be gluten free using appropriate oats and oat milk.
Love creamy oat milk recipes? Have a peek at my oat milk rice pudding and hot oat milk drink recipe too!
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⭐ Why this recipe is so good
Just a few minutes 'hands-on' prep time. It really is just a case of combining ingredients and letting them do their thing in the fridge!
Overnight oats without yogurt. We leave out the yogurt for this dairy free recipe and use chia seeds to thicken, as well as oat milk for that creamy texture and taste.
Add fun toppings! Fruit is always a good option, as it my chia granola, but a good dollop of blueberry chia jam, cherry chia jam or a nut or seed butter feels a little special I think! Use both jam and seed butter for some faux PB&J vibes!
🥣 Ingredients
All the ingredients and their quantities are set out in the recipe card below.
Some notes on a few of them:
- Oats - Similarly to my chia oatmeal pudding, I suggest to use old fashioned rolled oats as steel cut oats are quite dense and require a lot longer soaking in milk, and the very fine quick-cook oats can be a bit mushy. If you're gluten free, look for certified gluten free oats such as the Bob's Red Mill product.
- Oat milk - there are tons of brands now, so have a check of ingredients to make sure you tolerate any 'extras' well, and use gluten free oat milk if required. You can also make your own oat milk if you prefer.
- Chia seeds - I like to use chia seeds to add thickness, as we aren't using yogurt in this overnight oats recipe. Use whole chia seeds rather than milled chia.
🔪 Step by step instructions
Making these overnight oats with oat milk is so quick and easy to do, uses minimal ingredients and they can be topped with fruit, jam, nuts or seeds!
All the instructions are in the recipe card below, but these step by step photos should help guide you.
Step 1: Combine ingredients
In mason jars or a container that can be sealed, combine rolled oats, chia seeds, maple syrup and oat milk (image 1).
Step 2: Set aside in the fridge
Stir the oats well so they are soaked in the oat milk (image 2). Set aside in the fridge for at least an hour, giving them a stir after about 30 minutes if you can. Top with fruit to serve!
💭 Recipe tips and notes
- Use old fashioned rolled oats. Very fine quick-cook oats tend to be a bit mushy, and steel cut oats take far longer to soak and aren't ideal for an overnight oats recipe.
- Adjust the consistency. For a less 'liquid' oats recipe, use a tablespoon less oat milk, for a more milky consistency, add a tablespoon or so more.
- Stir the oats well. Make sure they are all soaking in the oat milk!
- Use add-ins or toppings! A pinch of spice is delicious, or top with fruit, jam, nut or seed butter or coconut flakes.
📋 Frequently asked questions
It can easily be gluten free if using certified gluten free oats, and similarly, a gluten free oat milk. Where I live, the brand Plenish uses gluten free oats in their oat milk, but be sure to check ingredients labels as they may vary between countries.
If vanilla extract works for you, then a ¼ teaspoon would be delicious. Just to note that vanilla extract scores 1 on the SIGHI list, and is a fermented product made with alcohol. A lovely reader highlighted that she uses a vanilla powder which doesn't use alcohol (check the brand though). It scores 1 on SIGHI, with a ? as a liberator, and a note, 'Tolerated in small quantities. Fermentation', so only use if you know you tolerate well.
🍽 More breakfast ideas
Find so many fun and easy breakfast ideas here, including my blended chia pudding, blended overnight oats, hemp seed pudding and porridge with berries, and these recent recipes:
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📖 Recipe
Overnight Oats with Oat Milk (without Yogurt)
Ingredients
- 1 cup oats old fashioned rolled oats, gluten free if required
- 1 cup oat milk gluten free, if required
- 1.5 teaspoon chia seeds
- 1 teaspoon maple syrup or agave syrup, more to preference
- pinch salt optional
Instructions
- Add oats, oat milk, chia seeds and maple syrup to mason jars or a container that can be sealed. Stir well so the oats are all soaked in the oat milk.
- Set the oats aside in the fridge for 1-2 hours, or overnight if that works for you,* stirring after about 30 minutes if you can to ensure the oats are distributed through the milk.
- Top with fresh fruit, jam, nuts, seeds or a dusting of cardamom to serve if you like!
Notes
- Use old fashioned rolled oats rather than steel cut oats (which are very dense), or very fine quick-cook oats (which can go mushy).
- Nutritional information is auto-generated and should be understood to be an estimate.
- oat milk, which scores 1 with a note, 'Often slightly histamine containing as fermented enzymatically'. Only use if you know you tolerate well.
Denise Camporeale says
These are great! Hit the spot for my cereal craving and tasted so sweet with only the little amount of maple syrup in the recipe. One question: how long can I store this in the fridge if histamine isn’t a concern?
Claire says
Lovely to hear that you enjoyed them Denise! I would keep them in the fridge for max 3 days if histamine isn't a concern.