Mounds Candy Bar Oatmeal
1 cup old-fashioned oatmeal
¾ cup water
2-3 tbsp cocoa powder
1-3 tbsp maple syrup
- I like mine sweeter so I use 3 tbsp. You can adjust based on how well you have your sweet tooth tamed. Mine runs wild and free
1 tsp ground flaxseed
¼ cup coconut, or more based on your preference
- In a small saucepan, add oats, water, cocoa powder and maple syrup
- Cook until oats are done to your liking, mine are done within 3 minutes
- Put in bowl and add flaxseed and flaked coconut and stir to combine.
- Sit and enjoy your heart healthy candy bar bowl of oatmeal
Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup Oatmeal
1 cup old-fashioned oatmeal
¾ cup water
2-3 tbsp cocoa powder
1-3 tbsp maple syrup
- Add or remove as much to make it as sweet as you want
2-3 tbsp peanut butter, you can use creamy or crunchy, whatever is your favorite
1 tsp ground flaxseed
- In a small saucepan, add oats, water, cocoa powder
- Cook until oats are done to your liking, mine are done within 3 minutes
- In your bowl, stir together maple syrup and peanut butter until combined.
- I found it mixes better into the cooked oatmeal this way giving it more of that peanut butter cup filling taste
- Add cooked oats and flaxseed to the bowl and stir to combine.
- Welcome to a little bowl of healthy peanut butter cup oatmeal
Did you know that oats are “dose responsive”? That means, the more you eat the greater the results on your body. Oats help to reduce cholesterol and inflammation in our bodies. You can eat Raw, Cooked, Rolled, Steel-Cut, or Whole Oat Groats. It doesn’t matter how you eat them, just eat them every single day.
If you’re on the internet at all, I’m sure you’ve seen or heard about the overnight oatmeal rage. It’s everywhere, which is good, making it easier for everyone to eat oatmeal is a huge win. That’s how I found about my two favorite ways to eat oatmeal. I don’t make overnight oats anymore, I used to when I worked away from home. Now I eat them as a dessert after dinner.
My husband has a bowl of oatmeal every single morning followed by a big bowl of cooked kale. Since going WFPB I prefer a savory breakfast to a sweet one so it’s rare for me to have oatmeal for breakfast. It was one night after dinner when I was craving something sweet, that I decided to try a “flavored” oatmeal. My two favorite candy bars were Mounds and Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups. I had some coconut so decided to try a mounds candy bar oatmeal. O.M.GOSH! I couldn’t believe how good it was and so easy! Took me all of about 5 minutes to have it made and sitting down savoring a candy bar bowl of oatmeal.
Don’t forget one of these important oat toppers: Add a tablespoon or two of ground flax seed (flax meal) or chia seed to your daily oatmeal for a handy source of omega-3’s. Flax seeds need to be ground for your body to absorb their nutrients. You won’t taste them in the oatmeal, no matter how you prefer to eat yours, but they work hard for your body so definitely add them every time you eat oatmeal.
You can easily find hundreds upon hundreds of recipes for oatmeal. These are few that I still want to try; carrot cake oatmeal, cinnamon bun oatmeal, lemon poppy seed oatmeal and snickerdoodle oatmeal.
What better way to have dessert than a healthy, fast, and easy way?
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