If you love waking up to a healthy breakfast that's ready to go, you are going to love our Blueberry Cheesecake Overnight Oats. They're creamy, packed with protein, and taste just like blueberry cheesecake — without the sugar.
You'll love these protein berry cheesecake overnight oats!
I've been eating high protein overnight oats for almost every single day for 1 ½ years. No joke! I consider myself the expert truth be told and have tried them every way possible.
We just spent over 20 hours perfecting overnight oats last week and these blueberry cheesecake oats were my new favorite recipe out of the bunch! I mean, it is pretty hard to beat a healthy breakfast recipe that tastes like the richness of eating blueberry cheesecake!
Each serving of our berry cheesecake overnight oats has 20 g of protein, 7 grams of fiber, and under 400 calories in every jar.
Oatmeal (hot or cold) is a great way to get fiber in the morning, plus they're super filling. They've honestly been one of our secret weapons to losing weight and building muscle 💪🏻 and we know you'll love them as much as we do.
We're going to show you...
- How to make our simple overnight blueberry cheesecake oats recipe.
- How you can also make them with chia seeds, for an extra fiber boost (totally optional!)
- Ways to customize a protein boost from blended cottage cheese or Greek yogurt if you're a cottage cheese hater.
- The best way to meal prep cold oats for your whole week.
- To change the cheesecake flavors if you want to make these strawberry, lemon, or even chocolate.
Love overnight oats recipes? So do we. ❤️ You'll want to add peanut butter banana overnight oats, overnight oats with applesauce and Greek yogurt, chocolate protein powder oats, or blended cottage cheese overnight oats to your breakfast meal prep!
Our viral blueberry cottage cheese breakfast bake is made with oats but isn't quite considered the overnight variety you're thinking. You'll love it anyways 😉
Here’s everything you’ll need to make a batch of blueberry cheesecake overnight oats for yourself!
Main ingredients
- rolled oats - not quick oats which will be gummy and not steel cut oats, just use Old fashioned rolled oats.
- low-fat cottage cheese or low-fat Greek yogurt
- cream cheese - a little bit of full fat cottage cheese will give this the best cheesecake flavor. Light cottage cheese might work, whipped cottage cheese not as much
- honey - or any kind of sweetener like maple syrup or golden monk fruit or coconut sugar
- vanilla extract - adds warmth and richness (optional)
- lemon zest - just a pinch brings out that cheese cake flavor
- almond milk - or any plant based milk like oat milk or dairy milk
Optional: Our basic recipe is made without chia seeds, but you can easily add them by mixing in 1 ½ teaspoons per serving (adding 3 teaspoon to the batch for 2 people in the recipe card).
Garnish with: fresh berries, whipped cream (or plant based oat milk whipped cream like we used), or crushed graham crackers like cute Teddy Grahams.
How to make high protein cheesecake overnight oats
Puree the cottage cheese. In a blender cup or with an immersion blender, add the cottage cheese a 1 tablespoon of milk and give it a whirl to blend it to a Greek yogurt like consistency.
Combine the oats ingredients. In a small bowl mix the rolled oats, blended cottage cheese, softened cream cheese, sweetener of choice, vanilla extract, and lemon zest.
Blueberry layer. Defrost the frozen wild blueberries in a microwave until they have liquid, which gives your oats a nice berry syrup. Mash the berries with a fork.
Assemble your jars. Add each serving to a mason jar. First add the oats mixture then top it with the blueberry sauce.
Chill. Cover and refrigerate the bowl or storage jars overnight (or at least 3 hours). Serve in the morning with your favorite toppings like more berries, bunny grahams or Teddy grahams, or even oat milk whipped cream.
To serve. In the morning, give the oats a good stir. Add your favorite toppings such as chopped apples, pecans or walnuts, cinnamon, a dollop of Greek yogurt raisins. Enjoy!
Little expert tips
- Overnight oats thicken up after resting in the fridge. You can always add a touch more milk to thin them out to your liking.
- If you add chia seeds, mix everything again before putting them in the refrigerator to set since chia seeds can clump.
- Overnight oats will last in the fridge for 4-5 days. Add the toppings the morning of (like the crushed graham crackers, oat milk whipped cream, or berries).
- Blending the cottage cheese beforehand really makes a difference with the texture. It mixes into the oats even better with a smooth consistency than chunky.
- Reduce the carbs: use ⅓ cup of rolled oats instead of ½. Use natural golden monk fruit as a 1:1 sweetner instead of honey.
How to meal prep overnight oats for the week
Our overnight blueberry cheesecake oats recipe makes one serving. These are easy to multiply them by 4 or 5 so you can have breakfast ready to go for the entire work week.
If that's too much math, you can take our single serving recipe and repeat it as many times as needed in mason jars. Great for an on the go breakfast!
Reader questions
The best oats for overnight oats are old fashioned rolled oats. They get super smooth and creamy when blended with wholesome ingredients like yogurt, cottage cheese, milk, or chia seeds. Quick oats turn gummy and are not a good option. You can also use steel-cut oats for overnight oats, the texture will be a little chewier and the flavor will be nuttier.
You might be wondering if overnight oats lasts longer than two days since this is a single serving recipe. Overnight oats will actually last for 4-5 days in the fridge, so feel free to make multiple batches and meal prep these for your whole week.
You want to mix overnight oats when all of the ingredients are being combined. If you're adding chia seeds, you'll want to let the oats rest 5-10 minutes then mix the oats again since chia can clump. It doesn't hurt to mix oats again right before serving so they're nice and creamy!
More meal prep breakfasts
- Banana peanut butter oatmeal cups
- Make-ahead high protein breakfast burritos
- Easy healthy breakfast casserole
- Chia seed pudding with chocolate
- Copycat spinach egg white bites
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Recipe
Overnight Blueberry Cheesecake Oats (Protein Packed)
Ingredients
- ½ cup Old fashioned rolled oats
- ½ cup low fat cottage cheese blended (see note) or light Greek yogurt
- 1 tablespoon cream cheese for a light flavor, or 1 ½ tablespoon for a cheesier flavor
- 2 teaspoon honey or 3 teaspoon for a sweetener flavor
- ¼ teaspoon vanilla
- ⅛ teaspoon lemon zest
- ½ cup almond milk
- ¼ cup frozen blueberries, defrosted
Instructions
- Blend the cottage cheese in a blender cup or with an immersion blended with 1 tablespoon of the milk to get a Greek yogurt like consistency. This is optional but at least breaking up the chunks will help to give the oats a creamier consistency.
- In a small bowl or mason jar combine the rolled oats, milk, blended cottage cheese, softened cream cheese, sweetener, and lemon zest.
- Microwave the frozen blueberries until defrosted and a little syrupy but not hot. Mash them with a fork.
- Add the berries to the top of oats and let them set in the fridge for at least 3 hours or overnight.
- Top with your favorite garnishes the morning of like fresh berries, light whipped cream, or crushed graham crackers. Enjoy!
Notes
- To soften cream cheese, just microwave it as needed for 10+ seconds so it mixes in smoothly.
- Blending the cottage cheese in advance isn't essential, but it will help your oats to have a creamier texture.
- Low fat Greek yogurt is a great substitute for cottage cheese, it does have more of a tangy bite so you might need to adjust the sweetness level.
- You can add the mashed defrosted berries to the bottom of your jars before you add the oats mix if preferred. Then add garnishes the morning of.
- To add chia seeds: mix in 1 ½ teaspoon of chia for each jar. They will thicken your oats mix, so add more liquid as needed the next morning.
- To reduce the carbs: use a natural golden monk fruit sweetener instead of honey, make oats with ⅓ cup of rolled oats instead of ½ cup (and reduce the liquid accordingly.)
- This recipe makes one serving, meal prep as many jars for the week as you prefer! They'll keep for 5 days in the fridge.
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