Chocolate Oatmeal

Our recipe for sweet chocolate oatmeal is a favorite breakfast idea made in a pressure cooker everyone will love. Like cinnamon oatmeal, this brings an ordinary dish to a whole other level topped with chocolate chips and strawberries.

I know, I bet you’re drooling already right??!! Serve it for dessert or still call it breakfast but either way it is just amazing! Just one of our 101+ Ninja Foodi recipes to choose from. 😉 (affiliate links present)

You may never go back to traditional Instant Pot oatmeal again after this bite of goodness. I mean who doesn’t love a bit of dessert early in the morning to get you going for a day of work or school??!!

Do you love making oatmeal for breakfast?? I do…because the fiber is great for me and it keeps me full all morning too. This takes the whole “old fashioned” meal up a few levels though. This isn’t your Grandmother’s recipe, but it should have been. 😉

When I got my pressure cooker 2 years ago it was one of the first recipes I created. I was eating it the original way every morning and thought it had to be easier with this fancy kitchen appliance. It was.

Fast forward 24 months and here is another version incorporating chocolate, and berries on top so we can bring back a bit of the healthiness. 😉

I have used the pot in pot technique for this pressure cooker breakfast as well as directly in your pot itself. If you don’t have a non stick pot yet I highly recommend it, mention it above too in my tips. It makes everything so much easier to clean for one, and you don’t lose as much food sticking to the sides.

When cooking dinner items it can also trigger the burn notice on the screen at time. If you have this coated pot you’re less likely to find that happening which will help you not get so frustrated. New to cooking this way? Don’t worry, I will walk you thru all the steps one by one.

Ingredient and Equipment Notes

1. An oven safe bowl is only necessary for the pot in pot technique
2. Chocolate chips, we like semi-sweet ourselves
3. Quick cook oats for pot in pot or Old Fashioned rolled oats for directly inside the pot, there are gluten free options out there too. You can use old fashioned oats as well, they will just create a different consistency. It will have more texture, which personally I kind of like. Your preference really.
4. Chocolate almond milk, yes this works best but you can use traditional milk if you prefer
5. Toppings
   1. Sliced fruit and chia seeds – optional but strawberries are best
   2. Chocolate chips and nuts on the top
   3. Brown sugar and/or maple syrup if you’re making traditional oatmeal
   4. Peanut butter or almond butter is great

Tips

You’ll want to spray the inside of your oven safe dish with non stick spray. Add your quick oats and chocolate almond milk (or regular chocolate milk) into your bowl and stir. Add water into the bottom of your pot and lower your trivet down with your filled bowl on top.

Put the pressure cooker lid on and close the steam valve tightly. Set on high pressure cook. Do a quick pressure release, stir, serve with chocolate chips and strawberries on top!

You can make this entirely gluten free with that type of oats and there are great chips out there by Enjoy Life at the grocery store. My friend with celiac swears by that brand and says there’s no substitution. Quaker oats are GF but would suggest purchasing the container that is labeled as such to be extra safe.

Or you can make Ninja Foodi chocolate oatmeal as you would any other time for breakfast and just substitute your milk for water. Another option is to make “regular” and just add chocolate chips to the top so it’s not as rich.

Add 2 tbps butter directly into your pot set to saute. Once it melts turn the pot off. Pour in 2.5 c. chocolate milk or water + 1 cup old fashioned oats. Stir contents. Seal lid and steam valve and cook for 5 minutes with a quick release

Top with chocolate chips and fresh strawberries and enjoy. If you want to know how to cook steel cut oats I prefer to use my slow cooker for those.

Chocolate Quaker Oatmeal

Substituting regular milk, chocolate or vanilla almond milk is fine. Cooking time works well for this both methods shared above, it is just different oats used for Ninja Foodi chocolate oatmeal PIP.

• Here’s our Crockpot steel cut oatmeal directions too. If you are cooking for a bigger crowd like brunch at Christmas time this is a great way to do just that. It can then sit in the slow cooker for a good hour on warm after it’s done so people can enjoy it all day long.

1. Making Ninja Foodi breakfast, like an omelette but made with your air fryer
2. Pressure cooker donuts are another favorite for breakfast
3. Air fryer sticky buns recipe or cinnamon rolls are our favorite treats.

How to Store Cooked Oatmeal

Ok so I don’t think this is worth it because the texture changes way too much and thickens up a lot. You can do it though, in a bowl stored in your fridge. You’d want to pour a bit of milk on top before reheating in microwave. Stir every 30 seconds to incorporate the moisture throughout it evenly until warmed.