Chocolate Chip Cheesecake Baked Oatmeal

With this chocolate chip cheesecake baked oatmeal muffins, you can finally have dessert for breakfast and feel good about the wholesome ingredients! Go ahead, have two!

Prep:
10
minutes
Cook:
30
minutes
TOtal:
45
minutes

Ingredients

  • 2 Tbsp. butter or coconut oil, melted
  • 1/2 c. applesauce or yogurt
  • 1/4 c. brown sugar
  • 2 Tbsp. maple syrup
  • 1 tsp. vanilla
  • 2 eggs
  • 1/2 tsp. baking powder
  • 1/2 c. flour (I used oat)
  • 1 c. milk (I used almond milk)
  • 2 c. old-fashioned or rolled oats
  • 1/3 c. mini chocolate chips
  • Optional: 4 oz. light cream cheese, softened

Cheesecake Frosting

  • light cream cheese, softened
  • milk or cream
  • powdered sugar

Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. In a large mixing bowl, whisk the oil, applesauce/yogurt, brown sugar, maple syrup, vanilla, eggs, baking powder, and flour. Carefully whisk in the milk. Then, stir in the oats and chocolate chips. If desired, stir in the cream cheese. Next, pour into a greased 9x13 baking dish or 12 lined muffin cups. Bake for 30 minutes.
  2. In a medium mixing bowl, beat the cream cheese until smooth. Then, beat in the milk/cream and powdered sugar. Pipe or spread over cooled oatmeal.