This was another one of my acts of culinary genius – mostly out of desperation one morning for breakfast. As you know, I love oatmeal and we eat a lot of it around here…but some mornings, a girl needs to get her chocolate on. So, Snickers Oatmeal was born.
Did you know that I love Snickers bars? Mostly those little miniature ones you get at holidays. That way I can eat a couple and not feel any guilt – unlike if you eat a WHOLE bar and then you’re like, “Whoa, what just happened here?” Eating mini ones means, “I only ate a few of those little ones.” And you can’t tell me I’m the ONLY person that does that. Don’t lie to me.
What are the parts of a Snickers bar? Chocolate, nougat, peanuts, and caramel. Pure bliss. I’m not really sure what’s in nougat, and I don’t want to look it up. That might ruin the whole magicalness of Snickers for me – and sometimes I like living in blissful ignorance. There is no nougat in this oatmeal – you can add it…I’ve never run across nougat for sale. Bummer.
But, I did include the chocolate, caramel, and nuts. For the caramel, I used coconut sugar for the effect – and not actual caramel. Because I didn’t have any. Having caramel in this house might be detrimental to me. I would find reasons to put it on everything – oatmeal, pancakes, ice cream, a spoon, etc. Brown sugar would also work if you don’t have coconut sugar – I just REALLY love the taste of coconut sugar…and no, it’s not a coconut flavor. It tastes similar to brown sugar.
Anyways, I’ll shut up now and show you the recipe. Make it right now. You’ll be glad you did.
Snickers Oatmeal
Ingredients
Oatmeal
- 1/2 cup rolled oats
- 1 cup milk
- 2 tbsp sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
Topping
- 1 tsp brown sugar or sucanat
- 2 tbsp chopped peanuts
- 2 tbsp chocolate chips
Instructions
- Combine oats, milk, sugar, and vanilla in a small saucepan.
- Bring to a boil over medium heat. Reduce heat and let simmer until thickened. Stir often.
- Remove from heat and pour into bowl.
- Sprinkle top with coconut sugar, peanuts, and chocolate.
Hi Stacy! Just Love your emails! – Finally got a chance to try your Snickers Oatmeal – WOW! Delicious!!!!
And I am not a fan of Oatmeal at all. This takes the bland out of a healthy breakfast!
No wonder kids like it too!
Thanks so much for sharing & God Bless!
SO glad you enjoyed it and the emails! Thanks for the comment 🙂
— Julie, HH Team
This looks and sounds so good! I can’t wait to try it. I have been eating the Bob’s Red Mill 7 grain cereal lately and usually mix in peanut butter and honey. I am going to try this combo tomorrow morning. Thanks for sharing.
Oh my word, Stacey! This looks amazing, my kids would go bonkers. Featuring you today on Show & Share Wednesday! 🙂
But bonkers in a healthy way. 😉
Snickers and Oatmeal, what a special treat. Happy St. Patrick’s Day to Ya and thanks so much for sharing your awesome post with Full Plate Thursday!
Come Back Soon,
Miz Helen
who said you couldn’t have candy for breakfast. Great recipe and thanks for sharing this on Friday Frenzy.
Snickers is one of our favorite candy bars! Making a Snickers oatmeal sounds like a wonderful idea. I’d love if you could stop by and share it with us on Five Friday Finds today. 🙂
I’ve never heard of coconut sugar before. I’ll have to look for it. Loving the idea of a Snickers tasting oatmeal – it’s one of my favorite candy bars. Pinned. Visiting from Five Little Chef’s Fantastic Thur. Linkup
This sounds so delicious, and more like dessert than breakfast!!! YUM!!!! I love how you incorporated the Snickers flavors here!!
My oatmeal-loving kids would go nuts if they woke up to this….maybe I’ll surprise ’em with it soon, just for fun! 🙂
I love this! I adore Snickers bars, so it’s like the best of both worlds — healthy oatmeal with all of the delicious taste of a candy bar. 🙂 Can’t wait to eat it! Thanks for sharing!
Oh my, as a snickers loving oatmeal eating gal, you’ve made my week here. I’ll be giving this a try very very soon.
Don’t be afraid of Googling nougat, it’s simply delicious and actually rather healthy! You can buy it from Nuts.com in decadent little morsels. Yummy! ?
It didn’t occur to me to add it to oats though. Mmmmmm….
Oh ma goodness. Yumdilyicious.
OH MY!!!! Guess what my breakfast is tomorrow! YUMMMMM!
I have a coworker that calls the mini snickers (halloween size / holiday size) her “diet snickers”
This recipe looks yummy… hmmm. Creamy, sweet, with a crunch, and CHOCOLATE!!!
And the recipe ingredients for the (homemade) nougat part aren’t scary at all, but I don’t want to ruin it for you if you don’t want to know. 🙂
Wow! I pretty much always have oats, brown sugar and chocolate chips on hand. Now I just need to get me some peanuts!!!! Pinning this and sharing on fb! YUM!
Yummo Stacy. I just pinned Snickers Cinnamon Rolls. It’s a sign. Pinning this.
Oh. My. I dont keep peanuts in the house…may need to just try pb and chocolate, and I just happened to pick up coconut sugar at TJs because I used up my white sugar 🙂
Oddly enough, Matt brought home peanuts on Tuesday! So I made this today. OH YUM.