Chocolate Covered Strawberry Baked Oatmeal
This chocolate covered strawberry baked oatmeal makes for a special Valentine's Day breakfast for children and adults alike. It has the perfect blend of chocolate and strawberries and is topped with a decadent chocolate covered strawberry.
Servings: 1 serving
Ingredients
- 1/2 mashed banana
- 1/2 cup rolled oats
- 1/2 cup milk
- 1 scoop chocolate protein powder
- 2 tsp cocoa powder
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp maple syrup
- 1 tsp vanilla
- small pinch sea salt
- 2 tbsp dark chocolate chips
- 2 fresh strawberries chopped
- Chocolate covered strawberry
- 1 whole fresh strawberry
- 1/4 cup dark chocolate chips
- valentine's sprinkles (optional)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees. In one mixing bowl, combine oatmeal ingredients. Allow oats to rest for 10 minutes.
- To make strawberry hearts, cut off the stem and leaves of one strawberry in a 'V' shape. Stand strawberry up, cut side down. Thinly slice strawberry with a sharp knife.
- Add 1/4 cup chocolate chips to small ramekin. Microwave in 30 second intervals until melted. Dunk strawberry into chocolate, allow excess chocolate to drip off and place on a piece of wax paper to harden. Add sprinkles before chocolate hardens.
- Pour oatmeal mixture into a greased baking dish. Top with strawberry hearts. Bake oatmeal at 400 degrees for 30-32 minutes. Allow baked oatmeal to cool for 5 minutes before topping with chocolate covered strawberry. Enjoy!