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Peanut Butter and Jelly Overnight Oats

★★★★★ 5 /5 Updated: 8/30/22
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Make-ahead Peanut Butter and Jelly Overnight Oats takes just minutes to put together and provides a super nutritious and quick breakfast.

Make-ahead Peanut Butter and Jelly Overnight Oats take just minutes to put together and provide a super nutritious and quick breakfast.

We are obsessed with overnight oats! That’s why we’ve consistently rolled out recipe after recipe for you, like these flavors so far:

  • Strawberry Shortcake Overnight Oats
  • Peach Pie Overnight Oats
  • Blueberry Muffin Overnight Oats
  • Almond Joy Overnight Oats
  • Raspberry Lemon Overnight Oats
  • Peanut Butter Cup Overnight Oats

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Take a look at all the benefits below, and you’ll see why we make overnight oats every week in our homes.

What Are the Benefits of Peanut Butter and Jelly Overnight Oats?

Make-Ahead: You can whip up several of these on the weekend and have breakfast ready to go for the week. They just take minutes to put together.

No Cooking Involved: The oats soften in the liquid as it sits in the refrigerator, which means no cooking is needed. Doesn’t get much easier.

Super Healthy: Breakfast doesn’t get much healthier than this! The combo of fresh or frozen strawberries, chia seeds, oats, milk, and peanut butter provide fiber, protein, antioxidants, and valuable minerals.

Eat On the Go: Whether you have just a few minutes before you leave for the day or need to eat breakfast in the car or at your desk, this breakfast-in-a-jar fits the bill! Eat these overnight oats cold or warm.

Super Tasty: Enjoy the kid-favorite tastes and textures of the popular PB&J sandwich. With just the right amount of sweetness, saltiness, and texture, this is one of our favorite overnight oats combos.

Make-ahead Peanut Butter and Jelly Overnight Oats take just minutes to put together and provide a super nutritious and quick breakfast.

How to Make Overnight Oats

In just four simple steps, you can throw together your overnight oats and be ready for the week. Here’s how:

Make-ahead Peanut Butter and Jelly Overnight Oats take just minutes to put together and provide a super nutritious and quick breakfast.
  1.  Build the Base: In a clean 10 ounce or 12-ounce mason jar, pour in your favorite (unsweetened) milk. Add old-fashioned or rolled oats and your all-natural sweetener of choice (pure maple syrup or honey). 
  2. Add Fruit: Whether it’s fresh or frozen berries (like this recipe), chopped peaches or tropical fruit, or your favorite dried fruit, this ingredient adds more sweetness, flavor, and nutrition. We do recommend adding banana slices fresh rather than ahead of time, but they can work ahead of time if you don’t mind mushy bananas.  
  3. Add Toppings: Pour in the remaining add-ins, like peanut butter, strawberry jam, chia seeds, and chopped peanuts for this version.
  4. Shake and Refrigerate: Seal and shake. Set in the refrigerator for up to 3-5 days. 

Check out our video showing just how simple it is to make overnight oats (this version is our Blueberry Muffin Overnight Oats)…

Do I Eat Peanut Butter and Jelly Overnight Oats Warm or Cold?

We hear this question a lot. The best way to serve overnight oats is…whatever you like best! Eating them cold or warm works.

Serve Overnight Oats Cold: Shake the jar. Stir in a little extra milk if it’s too thick and more sweetener if you’d like. Grab a spoon and eat your oats cold. This is the perfect solution for those mornings when you’re on the run!

Serve Overnight Oats Warm: This is our preferred way to serve overnight oats. Shake the jar and then remove the lid. Warm the oats in the microwave for about 45 seconds. Stir. Add more milk or sweetener as needed. Warm up even more, if desired.

CAN I FREEZE OVERNIGHT OATS?

As cookbook authors and long-time freezer meal evangelists, our professional opinion is that this is one dish that won’t freeze and thaw well. The texture will be adversely affected because of the high-water content in the fruit. If you’d like a freezer-friendly oat recipe, try one of our Baked Oatmeal recipes:

  • Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Baked Oatmeal
  • Peanut Butter and Banana Baked Oatmeal
  • Baked Oatmeal with Fruit
  • Brownie Baked Oatmeal

Peanut Butter & Jelly Overnight Oats Recipe

Prep a few of these overnight oats ahead of time and enjoy healthy, hearty breakfasts throughout the week.

Make-ahead Peanut Butter and Jelly Overnight Oats take just minutes to put together and provide a super nutritious and quick breakfast.

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★★★★★ 5 from 1 reviews

Peanut Butter and Jelly Overnight Oats

Make-ahead Peanut Butter and Jelly Overnight Oats takes just minutes to put together and provides a super nutritious and quick breakfast.

Yield: 1 1x
Prep: 5 minutesCook: 4 hoursTotal: 4 hours 5 minutes
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Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup milk (your choice), plus more for serving
  • 1/3 cup old-fashioned rolled oats
  • 1/2 – 1 tablespoon pure maple syrup or honey
  • 1/2 cup frozen or fresh chopped strawberries (chopped is easier to eat than sliced)
  • 1 tablespoon all-natural peanut butter
  • 1 tablespoon all-natural strawberry jam
  • 1 tablespoon chopped peanuts
  • 1–2 teaspoons chia seeds

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Instructions

  1. In a 10 ounce or 12 ounce mason jar, pour in the milk.
  2. Add oats and your all-natural sweetener of choice (pure maple syrup or honey).
  3. Pour in the remaining add-ins, which is fresh or frozen strawberries, peanut butter, jam, peanuts, and chia seeds for this version.
  4. Screw on the lid tightly and shake. Set in the refrigerator for at least 4 hours and up to 3-5 days.
  5. You can eat it cold or warm. Here’s how to serve it:

Serve Cold: Shake the jar. Stir in a little extra milk if it’s too thick and more sweetener if you’d like. Grab a spoon and eat your oats cold. This is the perfect solution for those mornings when you’re on the run!

Serve Warm: This is our preferred way to serve overnight oats. Shake the jar and then remove the lid. Warm the oats in the microwave for about 45 seconds. Stir. Add more milk or sweetener as needed. Warm up even more, if desired.

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Cuisine: American Method: Overnight

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As co-founder of Thriving Home, Rachel dreams about creating recipes (literally) and uses her husband, her 3 kids, and even the neighbors as guinea pigs several nights a week. She believes that good food has the power to bring families and friends closer together and continues to wake up excited about her job each day, even after 10+ years!

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  1. AvatarK Ann Guinn says

    Posted on 6/8/20 at 5:25 pm

    This is another one of our favorite overnight oats. My friends at Thriving Home have several variations of overnight oats, and their recipe is our favorite. The base is mostly the same with different toppings to add to change the flavor, so you could even customize to your own liking. I also learned from these ladies that one way to eat these is heated up, which is sometimes a nice option.

    ★★★★★

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    • AvatarK Ann Guinn says

      Posted on 6/8/20 at 5:26 pm

      Apparently, we really like these overnight oats, as once I posted my comment, I immediately saw that I posted one last year. 🙂

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      • Rachel TiemeyerRachel Tiemeyer says

        Posted on 6/8/20 at 5:39 pm

        So funny! I’m glad you like them. 🙂

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  2. AvatarK Ann Guinn says

    Posted on 9/20/19 at 10:49 pm

    Thanks! I love your overnight oats recipes the best (and my husband went from not quite sure to really enjoying them, too!)! I even shared a link in my last blog post, where I mentioned that we learned to like overnight oats again with your recipes. 🙂

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  3. AvatarValerie says

    Posted on 9/13/19 at 10:03 am

    I’m guessing the nutrition information on these and a few other recipes that I’ve seen have a formula error? It’s showing this recipe as 1000 calories……

    Reply
    • RachelRachel says

      Posted on 9/29/19 at 5:42 pm

      Thank you! We are working to get it fixed. Definitely not right. 🙂

      Reply

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