Blended Berry Overnight Oats
To make blended berry overnight oats, blend 150ml milk and 50g rolled oats with Greek yoghurt, chia seeds, honey, a pinch of salt, and a handful of frozen berries until smooth. Pour it over a few blueberries in your jar and chill overnight. By morning it has set thick and creamy, with no oaty bits to chew.
- Makes1 jar
- Prep10 min
- ChillOvernight
- Estimate420 kcal
Ingredients
Makes 1 jarIn the jar tonight
- Milk to the line on your jar150ml, any milk
- 1 slightly heaped lid of rolled oatsabout 50g
- 1 tbsp Greek yoghurt
- 1 tbsp chia seedsoptional
- 1 to 2 tbsp honey or maple syrupto taste
- A pinch of salt
- A generous handful of frozen berriesblueberries, strawberries, raspberries, or a mix
- A few blueberries, for the bottom of the jar
On top in the morning
- A handful of fresh blueberries
- A sprinkle of granolaoptional
Method
- Pour milk into the empty jar, up to the line on the back (150ml), then tip it into a blender.
Kitchen tip
No jar with a milk line? Measure 150ml of milk in a jug and weigh 50g of rolled oats on kitchen scales. Our overnight oats jar has both measures built in.
- Add one slightly heaped lid of rolled oats (about 50g) to the blender: fill the upside-down steel lid and tip it in.
- Add 1 tbsp Greek yoghurt, 1 tbsp chia seeds (if using), 1 to 2 tbsp honey or maple syrup, a pinch of salt, and a generous handful of frozen berries.
Kitchen tip
Frozen berries are the ones to reach for: they blend down smoothly, chill the mix as they go, and give a deeper colour than fresh.
- Blend on high until smooth and creamy, like a thick batter.
- Drop a few blueberries into the jar, pour the blended oats over them, and smooth the top.
- Seal the jar and put it straight in the fridge overnight.
- In the morning, top with fresh blueberries, and a little granola if you like. Blended oats set firm, so stir in a splash of milk if it needs loosening.
Keeps up to 3 days, sealed, in the fridge at 5°C or below. Add the fresh blueberries each morning. How long overnight oats last
Made, chilled, and photographed in the OATOLOGY kitchen.
Make it your way
Protein powder
Add an extra tablespoon of Greek yoghurt or a small scoop of protein powder to the blender, with a splash more milk.No chia seeds
Leave them out. The blended oats thicken plenty on their own.Chocolate berry
Blend in a spoonful of cocoa powder with the berries for a chocolate version.Your questions
How long do blended berry overnight oats last in the fridge?
Up to 3 days in a sealed jar in the fridge, kept at 5°C or below. Because the base is blended, the texture holds steady over the 3 days, and only the colour deepens. Add the fresh blueberries on top each morning.
Why blend the oats?
Blending turns the oats and berries into a thick, even batter with no bits to chew, closer to a mousse than to soaked oats. That smooth finish wins over children, and anyone put off by the usual texture. It still sets firm after 8 hours.
Are blended overnight oats just a smoothie?
No, even though they start in a blender. A smoothie is thin and drunk straight away. This mixture goes into a jar for 8 hours, where the oats swell and the batter sets into a thick breakfast you eat with a spoon.
Can you make blended berry overnight oats vegan?
Yes. As written they use Greek yoghurt and honey, so blend in 1 tbsp plant yoghurt instead (coconut or soya blend smoothest) and use maple syrup and a vegan granola, with any plant milk to the same 150ml line.
How many calories are in blended berry overnight oats?
Our estimate is about 420 kcal a jar, made as written with semi-skimmed milk, 1 tbsp honey, the chia, and a generous handful of frozen berries, before the toppings. Your choice of milk and sweetener moves it up or down.
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