Cookie Dough Protein Overnight Oats Recipe

If you are a fan of overnight oatmeal you will love this new breakfast idea for creamy cookie dough protein overnight oats. Using only 5 ingredients you can wake up to a delicious breakfast that’s healthy and sugar free! Plus it’s high in protein because it uses whipped cottage cheese yet still has that classic cookie dough flavor. Each serving has only 198 calories and 16.9 grams of protein.

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I’ve been on both a baked oatmeal and whipped cottage cheese spree so today I decided to make a combo recipe for you. It’s a healthy cookie dough protein overnight oats recipe and it is the perfect way to start your morning.

I have lots of chocolate chip cookie dough recipes so I have found a good combination of flavors that give that same taste. Then instead of using milk with the oats some people use Greek yogurt but I used whipped cottage cheese for extra protein!

It produces creamy, thick oats that are full of protein! No need for adding a scoop of protein powder because the cottage cheese does it for you.

So this is a healthy way to eat cookie dough for breakfast. You can eat it right away after making it or refrigerate them overnight and have even thicker oatmeal with a chewy texture. Either way you’ll love the cookie dough flavor. And this recipe uses only 5 wholesome ingredients.

Above you can see that I made them into little bites so they are like healthy edible cookie dough balls!

Store them in the refrigerator and pop one for a snack when ever your sweet tooth comes calling.

Recipe ingredients I used and substitutions.

You only need 5 simple ingredients for this breakfast recipe – cottage cheese, oats, vanilla extract, brown sugar sweetener and dark chocolate chips. You can a pinch salt too if you want but it’s optional. Below you can see the brands I used.

Cottage Cheese
As I mentioned above I used whipped cottage cheese instead of milk. I really like the Good Culture brand of cottage cheese because when blended it get really smooth and creamy. It’s also the lowest carb cottage cheese I can find and it’s quite good for you. (learn more).

You can find it at Target and most bigger grocery stores. You of course can use any kind of cottage cheese if you want. This is just my favorite. If you don’t like cottage cheese you can make the oats with vanilla protein powder and milk as a substitute for the cottage cheese. You could also use Greek yogurt instead.

Swerve Brown Sugar Sweetener
Brown sugar is essential for that cookie dough flavor so you can use any brand of sweetener you want but my favorite keto friendly sweetener is Swerve. And if you don’t care about carbs or added sugar you can use regular brown sugar or coconut sugar. You could also try some maple syrup or even honey but I prefer the brown sugar flavor and the sweetener cuts down on some of the sugar content.

Oatmeal
The type of oats I like to use are old fashioned rolled oats as opposed to cut oats. When you place them in the food processor the break up bit. Also when they soak overnight in the cottage cheese you want them to still have their shape and have a chewier texture. So use whole oats if you can. Steel cut oats would not work.

Vanilla Extract
This is also an easy way to get that cookie dough flavor.

Dark Chocolate Chips
I love these dark chocolate chips from Aldi and often snack on them. You can use any brand you want and you can even use milk chocolate chips if you prefer. Dark chocolate is a little healthier though because of the high cacao content. Also I like full size but you can also use mini chocolate chips.

How to make chocolate chip cookie dough protein overnight oats.

Step 1: Get out the food processor and add the cottage cheese. Blend until it’s smooth and creamy. This is the whipped cottage cheese.

Step 2: Add the vanilla extract and brown sugar sweetener and blend until well combined.

Step 3: Lastly add the oatmeal to the wet ingredients and pulse until it’s just combined. You don’t want the oatmeal to be pulverized, just mixed in with the cottage cheese mixture.

Step 4: Spoon oatmeal mixture into the a medium bowl and fold in the chocolate chips. Note if at any point you want to heat up these oats, you should not put the chocolate chips in until after heating them. They will just melt and get messy.

At this point you could eat the oats if you want. You can see below they are very thick and delicious.

However if you want true overnight oats, place in an airtight container or cover the bowl with plastic wrap and place in the refrigerator overnight.

Step 5: Spoon some of the cookie dough overnight oats into a bowl and enjoy! You can sprinkle some cinnamon or top with fresh berries like strawberries or raspberries. If you want you can spoon half into 2 mason jars. I would use a smaller size though. 

Below you can see how thick they become. You can always add a bit of your milk of choice or even water if you want it less thick. I would use a non-dairy milk like unsweetened almond milk, oat milk, cashew milk or coconut milk.

I eat these as cold oatmeal and I have not tried them hot. I do think the chocolate chips will melt if you heat it and make is less of the cookie dough flavor and more of a chocolate overnight oats.

If you plan on heating these protein overnight oats in the microwave, you might want to add a little almond milk and add the chocolate chips at the end as a topping.

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Way to vary this high protein breakfast recipe.

If you want to add extra flavor, some toppings and ingredients you can add to this cookie dough oatmeal are nut butters like peanut butter, almond butter, cashew butter, or sunflower seed butter etc. I would add these when blending the cottage cheese, before adding the oats. Cookie butter and Nutella might also be good!

You can also add unsweetened cocoa powder for more chocolatey flavor. Or try different flavor extracts like caramel, mint, almond extract etc. 

And just like a chocolate chip cookie you can add nuts. I think walnuts would go best but I also like pecans in my cookies. Add these right before eating so they don’t get soggy.

Coconut flakes or shredded coconut would taste great in this recipe. Toast it for more flavor. Also cacao nibs, dairy free chocolate chips and carob chips are healthy substitutes for the chocolate chips.

Lastly you can use toppings like fresh fruit (berries or bananas), melted peanut butter, coconut cream, etc. Use whatever your favorite toppings are. These are just options for you. I like it just the way it is.

More delicious and healthy breakfast recipes.

I love making healthy breakfast recipes like this so I have a quite of few recipes to share with you. Most of them are low carb but the following are more healthy than low carb. And many are good for meal prep and a make ahead breakfast option for busy mornings.

• cherry chocolate baked quinoa
• keto breakfast bowl using homemade turkey sausage patties
• cranberry orange quinoa breakfast bowl
• keto breakfast cookies
• berry, chocolate or peanut butter whipped cottage
• blueberry, banana bread or pumpkin baked oatmeal (microwave) cups
• low carb breakfast chia protein pudding (tea and coffee flavors)
• healthy pineapple colada granola or low carb banana bread granola

So next time you have chocolate chip cookie dough cravings you can make this protein overnight oatmeal for breakfast. It’s full of protein and is sugar free so you can feel like you are eating dessert for breakfast and it good for you!  Your family will love it too. Enjoy.

The nutritional information for 1 serving is 198 calories / 5.3g fat / 19.4g carbs / 2.6g fiber / 16.9g protein