Overnight Crockpot German Chocolate Oatmeal recipe is a slow cooker oatmeal that cooks overnight in the crock pot for an easy breakfast.
Oatmeal is one of the few healthy foods that I can get my three year-old to eat for breakfast, which means we end up eating a lot of oatmeal.
I like to find new flavors and ways to make it so we don’t get tired of it. Our regular rotation includes Instant Pot steel cut oats, individual baked oatmeals, and overnight steel cut oats. This is special occasion oatmeal (ok, that sounds like an oxymoron, but go with me on this).
Since you make it in this Overnight Crockpot German chocolate Oatmeal in the slow cooker, it’s ready to serve in the morning, which is great for times when holidays (like Valentine’s Day) or other special occasions fall on weekdays.
There’s no sugar in the oatmeal because I put the sugar on after the oatmeal is done. The brown sugar melts to form a caramel-y sauce, and I’ve found that we don’t use as much sugar if we add it at the end.
More crock pot oatmeal recipes!
- Overnight Crock Pot Carrot Cake Oatmeal
- Overnight Slow Cooker Pecan Pie Oatmeal
- Overnight Crock Pot Banana Bread Oatmeal
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Overnight Crockpot German Chocolate Oatmeal
Ingredients
- 2 cups steel cut oats
- 7 cups water
- 13.5 ounce can lite coconut milk
- 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- Brown sugar
- Sweetened shredded coconut
- Chopped pecans
Instructions
- Grease slow cooker.
- In a large bowl, stir together oats, water, coconut milk, and cocoa powder.
- Pour into slow cooker.
- Cover, and cook on low for 6-8 hours.
- To serve, top (in order) with brown sugar, pecans, shredded coconut to taste.
Linda says
October 5, 2018 at 9:54 amDelicious! This oatmeal is a treat!
Kate says
October 5, 2018 at 10:00 amThank you! I’m so glad that you like it! And thanks for coming back to comment! =)
LaTrice says
September 17, 2017 at 6:33 pmOMG. The Overnight Crockpot German Chocolate Oatmeal is delicious!!! I used the whole half gallon of unsweetened coconut milk, along with adding two cups of water. It took about eight hours for the oatmeal to finish cooking, which was so worth it. My apartment smelled heavenly when I had to get up this morning to do some laundry. I added butter, brown sugar, shredded coconut and chopped pecans to the oatmeal. It felt like I was eating German chocolate cake for breakfast. I served the oatmeal with sausage links. This is the FIRST recipe that I made from your blog, and looking forward to making many more. Thank you so much, Kate for answering my questions and for this phenomenal recipe!!!! :-)
Kate says
September 21, 2017 at 11:34 amI’m so glad that you liked it!! Please feel free to ask any other questions that you might have. I’m always happy to answer questions, and I appreciate you taking the time to come back and let me know that you liked the recipe! =D
LaTrice says
September 12, 2017 at 6:54 pmI’m super excited to make the German chocolate oatmeal for breakfast this week. Since I’m planning on using unsweetened coconut milk, would that be seven or eight cups?
Kate says
September 16, 2017 at 2:01 pmI would go with 8 cups. I like my oatmeal on the creamier side though. Good luck!
LaTrice says
September 16, 2017 at 7:27 pmThank you so much.
LaTrice says
September 4, 2017 at 9:03 pmI found your blog through a link on Country Living website. This recipe has piqued my interest. I’m a HUGE fan of German chocolate, and it’s an awesome to enjoy the flavors with oatmeal. If I were to use Silk Unsweetened Coconut milk instead of adding seven cups of water and a thirteen ounce can of coconut milk, would the measurements remain the same? Thanks, Kate!!! :-)
LaTrice says
September 4, 2017 at 9:06 pmI meant to say awesome way. My bad!!!
Kate says
September 4, 2017 at 9:52 pmNo worries! =)
Kate says
September 4, 2017 at 9:52 pmI’m glad you found this recipe then! I’m a huge fan of German chocolate, too. =) Yes, you can sub Silk for the water and coconut milk. I have another overnight oatmeal recipe, and I use a combination of Silk almond and coconut milk in place of the water, and it works well. Hope you enjoy!!
Tina says
May 2, 2017 at 4:52 pmHow many servings does this make?
Kate says
May 3, 2017 at 12:49 pmAbout 8 servings.
gvizzle says
January 9, 2017 at 8:57 amI just made this recipe and it was friggin’ delicious. i just emailed it to everyone i know. i did make one change to the recipe – i used Silk Unsweetened Almond Coconut milk instead of water and coconut milk. I’ll definitely be making this again
Kate says
January 9, 2017 at 10:08 amThank you! I’m so glad that you liked it!! Also, thanks for the tip about using Silk! That’s really helpful. =)
Lisa says
January 19, 2017 at 10:28 amAre there nutrition facts :) thanks
Kate says
January 19, 2017 at 11:21 amI’m sorry, but I don’t have a way to provide nutrition facts on my recipes at this time. Here is a link to a recipe nutrition calculator that I’ve used. Hope that helps!
Joyce B Orvis says
February 8, 2017 at 11:07 pmWhere’s the recipe??
Kate says
February 9, 2017 at 9:37 amAbout a quarter of the way down the page, there’s a large recipe card with the recipe in it. It’s right after the “You may also like” section.
Jennie says
January 5, 2017 at 12:15 pmCan this be done in the microwave as an instant breakfast. I only make for myself so no point in getting the slow cooker on for one.
Unless a batch of 8 will last a week in the fridge ti reheat?
Kate says
January 5, 2017 at 4:31 pmI’ve never tried steel cut oats in the microwave, but I have made them on the stove top, though. I use my little 2 quart crock pot when I make overnight oats so that I don’t have to dirty one of the larger ones. The oatmeal does reheat well. A batch usually lasts my family for 2-3 days (depending on how hungry everyone is). Hope that helps! =)
Onlyessential says
April 13, 2015 at 9:20 amMmmm. The recipe looks great, it attracts me. I also love your oatmeal. Can’t wait to taste it…Thanks for this healthy recipe. Perfect
Harriet Emily says
March 17, 2015 at 3:17 pmmmm wow this looks so delicious!! Two of my favourite things – chocolate and oatmeal! Perfect!
Kate says
March 19, 2015 at 3:33 pmThanks! =)
Erin | The Emerging Foodie says
January 9, 2014 at 3:28 pmUh yes please! I love oatmeal and I love crockpots and I love german chocolate things! Whew, so much love for this recipe. :) Pinning!
Kate says
January 10, 2014 at 3:10 pmI’m so with you on all of those things! =) Hope you enjoy it!!
Kim Beaulieu says
September 15, 2013 at 5:48 pmTotally digging this recipe. I love how you can do individual portions. Very cool.
Carrie Allard-Levinson says
February 14, 2013 at 4:00 pmWhat size crockpot do you use?
kateheartseating says
February 14, 2013 at 4:04 pmI use a 5 qt. It ends up being about half full.
Lindsay @Artsy-Fartsy Mama says
February 13, 2013 at 11:08 pmSounds delicious!! Thanks for sharing your recipe!
kateheartseating says
February 13, 2013 at 11:17 pmThanks!! And thanks for hosting!! =)
Kelly @ Semi Homemade Mom says
February 12, 2013 at 9:25 pmWow, love this. I’m always looking for ways to change up our oatmeal, this looks like a real winner. I’ll be featuring this on tomorrow’s Show & Share party – thanks so much for linking up last week!
kateheartseating says
February 12, 2013 at 10:11 pmYay! Thanks so much!! Me too – oatmeal’s a total blank canvas. Thanks so much for the feature!! =)
Jamie @ Love Bakes Good Cakes says
February 12, 2013 at 7:38 amDelish! My kids would love this! Thank you for sharing at last week’s week’s All My Bloggy Friends :)
kateheartseating says
February 12, 2013 at 7:58 amThanks! I hope you all enjoy it!! Thanks so much for hosting each week!! =)
marbaird says
February 11, 2013 at 11:50 amhere is the link to the Daily Dish where your recipe is feature. Feel free to grab and I’ve been featured button too. https://www.foodiefriendsfridaydailydish.com/recipes-that-caught-our-attention-4/
kateheartseating says
February 11, 2013 at 12:03 pmThanks so much!!! =D
Katie says
February 11, 2013 at 10:01 amYup, this one just got pinned. I absolutely adore my crockpot, oatmeal, and chocolate with coconut. I cannot wait to make this one!!
kateheartseating says
February 11, 2013 at 10:03 amMe too!! I love my crockpot! Aren’t they the greatest! I hope you enjoy the oatmeal as much as we did!! =)
Cindy Kerschner (@writelane) says
February 9, 2013 at 9:47 pmKate this oatmeal sounds so good to me. I love chocolate and coconut together, in oatmeal this sounds like a winner!
kateheartseating says
February 10, 2013 at 8:06 amThanks so much!! I hope you enjoy it! =)
Sarah says
February 9, 2013 at 3:53 pmI’m a full time student, wife (to a husband that travels), and a mom…so breakfast has been tough for me since the semester started 3 weeks ago. This is perfect! No more breakfast burritos in the student center! I am making this tomorrow night in my new Crock Pot. Thanks for sharing…I’m so glad to have discovered your lovely blog!
kateheartseating says
February 9, 2013 at 5:49 pmSo, you have less than no time! I hope you like it!! If you like oatmeal and want a make-ahead option, you might also like individual baked oatmeals. They reheat well, and the recipe is a blank canvas sorta recipe, so you can totally customize it. Anyway, I am so happy that you took the time to comment!! I hope you enjoy the oatmeal!!! =)