Blueberry Overnight Oats
These blueberry overnight oats take 5 minutes to make (literally!) and feature plump blueberries suspended in a creamy and tangy lemon-flavored oatmeal. I make these oats when I'm craving a little bit of summertime (even in the middle of winter).
🔍 Recipe At-A-Glance: Blueberry Overnight Oats
- ⏰ Prep Time: 5 minutes
- 🕰️ Chill Time: 4+ hours
- 🫐 Flavor Profile: Tangy, bright lemon oats studded with juicy, plump blueberries
- 💪 What Makes It Healthy: 22g protein and 14g of fiber per full-size serving, tons of gut-nourishing probiotics
- 🥄 Good For: Meal prep breakfasts, busy weekday mornings, kid breakfasts
- ↪️ Make Ahead: Designed for meal prep! Whip this up on the weekend to eat on all week.
- 🧡 Difficulty: So easy a kindergartener can do it!
"Honestly the best overnight oats recipe I have found! I use half a (very ripe) mashed banana instead of the sweetener, and it is soo good. Thank you so much!"
- RACHEL -
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🧡 Why You'll Love This Recipe
Hey friend, lemon and blueberry is such a classic flavor combo, and just like with my vegan blueberry muffins and blueberry banana bread recipe, these flavors come together to make an amazing light and bright breakfast in these overnight oats!
Here's why you'll love this recipe:
- Make Ahead: Prep a batch of these overnight oats in literally 5 minutes for easy (and delicious) breakfasts all week long.
- Packed Full of Protein & Fiber: A full batch has 20g+ of protein and 14g of fiber without any added protein powder or fiber.
- So Easy To Make: My daughter has been making overnight oats since she was in kindergarten! I promise you can do this.
- Lemon + Blueberry are Undefeated: Such a classic combo for good reason. Sweet and juicy berries contrast with tart and tangy lemon.
- A recipe you can trust: My healthy overnight oats recipes have been ridiculously popular on the internet for over a decade. People literally stop me on the street to talk about them! With thousands of 5 star reviews, you can trust my oats recipes.
🫐 The Ingredients You Need
- Oats: use rolled oats (AKA: old-fashioned oats) here, not quick cooking or steel cut oats-save those for my slow cooker steel cut oats recipe
- Fresh blueberries: I prefer fresh here because they hold their shape and provide a nice juicy burst of flavor in each bite
- Greek Yogurt: any plain Greek yogurt will do, or you can use homemade yogurt, just make sure to strain it first (here's the yogurt strainer I use every week)
- Chia seeds: help them thicken up the oats as well as add protein and fiber, you can also swap in equal amounts of flax meal
- Honey or maple syrup: I prefer the flavor of maple syrup in these oats, but either option works-or leave out the sweetener all together if you want to cut back on sugar.
Make sure to check the recipe card below for the full ingredients list, along with quantities and my expert tips and tricks.
🔁 Variations & Substitutions
- Use frozen blueberries: Toss in frozen blueberries, just back off on the added milk by a tablespoon-since the fruit will release some liquid as it defrosts.
- For super lemon lovers: Add in a teaspoon of lemon zest and/or a ¼ teaspoon of lemon extract to really up the zing!
- Make it vegan: Use maple syrup, plant-based milk (almond milk or oatmilk work great) and vegan Greek yogurt
- Make it gluten-free: These oats are naturally gluten-free as long as you choose certified gluten-free oats.
- No chia seeds? Swap in equal amounts of ground flax.
- Up the protein: Add a scoop of vanilla or unflavored protein powder!
- Make it sugar-free: Drop the sweetener and add ½ mashed ripe banana. Or use stevia or monk fruit sweetener in place of the maple syrup or honey if you prefer.
🥣 How to Make Blueberry Overnight Oats
Step 1: Combine all ingredients in a mixing bowl.
Step 2: Mix well to combine.
Step 3: Spoon into a jar or other food storage container. Refrigerate for at least 4 hours.
Step 4: Serve cold topped with additional blueberries and lemon zest, if desired.
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🙋🏻♀️ Blueberry Overnight Oats FAQs
Absolutely. Both fresh and frozen blueberries work great in overnight oats. When using fresh fruit, just make sure to eat your oats within 3-5 days.
Overnight oats are packed with fiber, protein, and probiotics making them a nourishing option for breakfast!
👩🏻🍳 My Expert Tips & Tricks
- Make lots: doubling or tripling this recipe takes no extra time but gives you lots of extra breakfasts-perfect for big families!
- Customize: add in protein powder, collagen powder, fiber supplements, oh my! You are in control.
- Wait at least 4 hours: yes these are called "overnight" oats, but you can get away with eating them after at least 4 hours in the fridge
- Sweeten to taste: some people like breakfast foods sweeter than others, so start with a small amount of maple syrup or honey, taste your oats, then add more if you like.
🥣 More Yummy Overnight Oats Flavors
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📖 Recipe
Blueberry Overnight Oats Recipe
Ingredients
- ⅓ cup plain Greek yogurt
- ½ cup heaping rolled oats
- ⅔ cup unsweetened almond milk
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- ½ cup fresh or frozen blueberries see notes
- 1 tablespoon chia seeds or ground flaxmeal
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- Pinch of salt
- 0-2 tablespoons honey or maple syrup
Instructions
- Whisk together all ingredients in a medium-sized mixing bowl. Spoon into a pint or half liter jar with a tight-fitting lid.
- Close and refrigerate for at least 4 hours, but preferably overnight, before eating.
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Notes
- If you go the frozen route, you will want to back off on the added milk just a touch-by about a tablespoon-since the fruit will release some liquid as it defrosts.
I make these so much I have the recipe memorized. Only change is I don't put in chia seeds, but instead do a scoop of collagen powder. I don't put in the fruit or mix-in's until I'm ready to eat it the next morning. Oh, and I use organic pure cane sugar (1 tablespoon) as the sweetener.
Good morning, Danielle 🌞. How are you? I'm fine. Today I tried blueberry overnight oats 🫐 that I made. Mmmmmm 👌! It turned out very delicious 😋, well-flavored, nutritious, mouthwatering, irresistible 😁, and heavenly 😇. I loved it 🥰.
Yay! That's great to hear, Ana! Thanks for coming back to tell us about it. =)
Absolutely disgusting. Too much liquid in the recipe, and way too much lemon. These went right in the trash.
We're sorry this didn't turn out the way you expected, Alan. The good news is, these recipes are easily customized to suit your tastes. A little less lemon, less liquid to accommodate your less thirsty oats, and you'll be well on your way to something that works for you!
These are absolutely wonderful, I wanted to make a suggestion, zest about a tablespoon of lemon zest and sprinkle it over the top with some fresh blueberries, chefs kiss! I always thought I'd only be a southern grits lovin' girl, but, These over night oats ! Game changer for me. Thank you so much for sharing ❤️
Thanks so much, Nova! We're so glad you love them!
Can you use regular milk instead of almond milk?
Hi Sandy! Yes! Any kind of milk will work in this recipe. I use whole milk whenever I make overnight oats! When making this recipe specifically, I try to remember to mix the lemon juice into the yogurt first before adding everything else as an extra precaution against curdling the milk. But as long as you're mixing everything together really well, it shouldn't make that much of a difference!
Hi. I have made this recipe lots of times with oats and love it!! But I have a bag of steel oats I need to use up. Can I substitute it for the rolled oats? Do I need to add more liquid?
Hi, Danielle! Steel cut oats can be used in any of our overnight oats recipes without making any other adjustments. The texture of the finished oats will definitely be chewier, and they'll be a bit less creamy—but it should still taste just as delicious! Let us know how you like it =)
This is the best recipe for overnight oats. I have tried other recipes, but this one has the best ratio of oats, milk, and yogurt. I make it just as written, except I don't have chia seeds, so instead I put in a scoop of my Forest Leaf collagen peptides powder. Yum Yum.
Thanks so much, Tammy! We're so glad you like it, and we really appreciate you taking the time to come back and tell us about it =)
Honestly the best overnight oats recipe I have found! I use half a (very ripe) mashed banana instead of the sweetener, and it is soo good. Thank you so much!
Thanks so much for taking the time to tell us what you think, Rachel! We really appreciate it. We're so glad you enjoyed them!
I absolutely love this recipe... it is so simple to make and so delicious! I found it incredibly filling as well. Thank you for sharing!
Thanks so much, Katie!
Hi Cassie, today I tried your recipe( blueberry overnight oats). It is delicious 😀 and easy to make. Only change i made to recipe was choice of yogurt. I didn't have Greek yogurt on hand so i used plain yogurt but came out delicious. Thanks for sharing wonderful recipes, i have tried quite a few recipies and liked them, just didn't have time to respond back. Keep up the good work!