HEALTHY CARAMEL MACCHIATO OVERNIGHT DESSERT OATS Recipes

Healthy Caramel Macchiato Overnight Dessert Oats — get your coffee and breakfast in one fell swoop with this sweet and satisfying, rich and filling, deliciously caffeinated breakfast!  ☕

Ask anyone I know whether I like coffee, and they’ll probably laugh out loud and tell you I don’t “like” coffee, I “LOVE” it.

But, to tell you the truth, I was never a coffee drinker until I went to college in 2010.

After just one month into my very first semester freshman year, I was incredibly stressed and starting to have some serious trouble sleeping.  I could fall asleep just fine, but my cortisol levels were whack so I’d wake up at 3am every morning feeling wide awake and ready to start the day.  I was never able to fall back asleep, and my schedule made it almost impossible to take naps.

I was exhausted from the heavy workload, tired from the lack of sleep, and completely unmotivated.  I didn’t even want to go to college in the first place, I was across the country from my family, and living in a state I had never even step foot in prior, with THE worst roommate…  probably ever…

Ingredients
OATMEAL:
2 cups Quick Cooking Oats
3 tbs Chia Seeds (or ¼ cup Ground Flaxseed)
12 packets Natural Sweetener (stevia, Truvia, etc.)
¼ tsp Salt
1⅓ cups Unsweetened Vanilla Almond Milk
1⅓ cups Brewed Coffee (or Espresso, for a real caffeine kick!)
2 tsp Vanilla Extract
“FOAM” LAYER:
Silk Sweet & Creamy Almond Creamer
CARAMEL OPTIONS:
Homemade Caramel Sauce
Homemade Date Caramel Sauce

Instructions

1. In a large bowl, stir together the oats, chia seeds, sweetener and salt.
2. Stir in the almond milk, coffee, and vanilla extract.  Cover and refrigerate overnight.
3. ……………………………

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