Calling all health-conscious dessert lovers! If you thought healthy eating meant sacrificing your favorite sweet treats, think again. Here's 30 Delicious Healthy Oat Recipes for heart-healthy and delicious, nutritious oat recipes that prove you can indulge in dessert without feeling guilty.
Plus, you can swap out ingredients as needed to make sure each recipe is as healthy as possible.
Oats are a delicious whole grain that can be used for breakfast or in a variety of other dessert or snack recipes. Equally important, we can't resist how good oats are for us, plus they taste good with the right recipes!
So, get ready to dive into a delightful array of oat-based desserts! From banana oatmeal muffins and oatmeal cookie bars to oat-based tarts and more, you’re sure to find something that will satisfy your sweet tooth. Get ready to be amazed at how delicious and nutritious healthy desserts can be!
30 Delicious Healthy Oat Recipes
Banana Bread Baked Oatmeal @ Erin Lives Whole
For a breakfast that’s easy, quick, and protein packed, give this healthy Banana Bread Baked Oatmeal a try! Made with rolled oats, ripe bananas, and a little maple syrup for a natural sweetener.
Vegan Blueberry Oat Bars @ Happy Healthy Mama
If you are looking for a bar recipe that uses fresh fruit and can pass as dessert, a snack, or breakfast, this is your recipe. These Vegan Blueberry Oat Bars are filled with fresh blueberries, hearty oats, and are so delicious!
Vegan Baked Oatmeal with Chocolate, Peanut Butter & Banana @ Daily Vegan Meal
Eating this Vegan baked oatmeal will help you start the day with a bright and happy mood. It’s chocolately, peanut-buttery, packed with all kinds of energy-producing nutrients, and it’s delicious!
Raspberry Vanilla Overnight Oats @ Real Food Real Deals
These raspberry vanilla overnight oats are an easy, healthy breakfast. Try this recipe for a delicious gluten-free, vegan treat in the morning.
Orange Carrot Oat Muffins @ Mile High Mitts
Loaded with fresh orange flavor, a hint of cinnamon and ginger, and shredded carrots, these Orange Carrot Oat Muffins are an easy, healthy and fun way to start your day, for kids and adults – My kids absolutely LOVE these muffins!
Yummy Chocolate Oat Bar Bites - Healthy & No Bake too @ The Baking ChocolaTess
Healthy No Bake Chocolate Oat Bites! Perfect portions of fudgy peanut butter oat bites are so delicious. So, I like them for my chocolate fix and because they're healthy-delicious at the same time! Double win!
Large-Cluster Mocha Cherry Granola @ Whole and Heavenly Oven
This addicting mocha cherry granola has the HUGEST clusters ever and it’s nearly impossible to stop eating it! It’s so good on vanilla yogurt or straight off the baking sheet!
Strawberries and Cream Overnight Oats @ Nutritionist Reviews
Strawberries and Cream Overnight Oats take just a few minutes to make and are loaded with nutritious ingredients like oats, strawberries, Greek yogurt and chia seeds.
Oat Apple Greek Yogurt Pancakes @ Running with Spoons
Light, fluffy, and loaded with apples and cinnamon, these Apple Oat Greek Yogurt Pancakes make an easy and delicious breakfast! Gluten-free thanks to the oats, they’ll keep you satisfied all morning with over 20g of protein!
Healthy Breakfast Bars (Vegan, GF) @ The Cheeky Chickpea
An Easy, Healthy Breakfast Bars Recipe! Made with rolled oats, dates, peanut butter, and apple sauce, and baked to perfection. Simple ingredients that are protein packed, vegan and gluten free!
Banana Oat Muffins @ Simply Made Recipes
Banana Oat Muffins are made eggless with simple ingredients like flour, lots of oats, mashed bananas and other basic baking ingredients.
Maple Vanilla Coconut Almond Granola @ Simply Beautiful Eating
This Maple Vanilla Coconut Almond Granola recipe is also a far more healthy option, since it’s made with whole grains, unrefined oil and naturally sweetened. You just can’t top freshly baked granola packed with delicious and good for you ingredients.
Healthy Yogurt Oat Blueberry Muffins @ Mel's Cafe Kitchen
Easy and so delicious, these healthy yogurt oat blueberry muffins have no refined sugar and are packed with whole grains – yet they still manage to be fluffy and so tasty (with blueberries OR chocolate chips!).
Hearty Pumpkin Pie Granola Bars @ Hearty Pumpkin Pie Granola Bars
These Hearty Pumpkin Pie Granola Bars are a great snack! They’re portable, healthy and delicious!
Chocolate Chip Cookies with Bananas & Hazelnuts (vegan) @ Fab's Good Food
These vegan chocolate chip cookies with bananas & hazelnuts have been such a pleasant surprise this morning. They are gooey, naturally sweet, soft on the inside and crunchy on the outside, everything you’d wish for when eating a cookie.
No-Bake Almond Butter + Strawberry Jam Breakfast Bars @ Blissful Basil
These vegan, gluten-free no-bake almond butter + strawberry jam breakfast bars packed with dietary fiber, protein, potassium, manganese, copper, Vitamin E, and blood-sugar balancing biotin. They do contain a small amount of coconut sugar (about ⅓ cup total) and pure maple syrup (2 tablespoons). If that's not your breakfast jam (pun unintended), opt to enjoy them as a subtly sweet snack or feel-good dessert instead.
CINNAMON ROLL BAKED OATMEAL @ Choosing Chia
This Cinnamon Roll Baked Oatmeal is filled with warming cinnamon spices and baked to fluffy perfection. It’s like enjoying a cross between a cozy bowl of oatmeal and a cinnamon roll for breakfast, all while gluten-free and naturally healthy!
Healthy Dark Chocolate No-Bake Cookies @ The Baking ChocolaTess
Our decadent, truly satisfying and Healthy Dark Chocolate No-Bake Cookies are chocked full of old-fashioned rolled oats, dark chocolate, vanilla almond milk, vanilla and almond butter/peanut butter. A no-fail easy no-bake cookie recipe that is ready to devour in 10-15 minutes!
Vegan Protein-Packed Cookie Dough Overnight Oats @ Nutrition in the Kitch
Oatmeal Peanut Butter Bars @ Like Mother, Like Daughter
TRIPLE BERRY OATMEAL BREAKFAST BOWL @ Lovely Little Kitchen
Delish Chocolate Chip Peanut Butter Oatmeal Bars @ The Baking ChocolaTess
Moist and Delish Chocolate Chip Peanut Butter Oatmeal Bars were on the radar today. But they are gone, gone, gone now! Hmm...imagine that, would you? Seriously, nothing awesome lasts forever.
Frozen Hot Chocolate Oat Smoothie @ Veggies Don't Bite
Rich, thick and amazingly decadent without all the unhealthy ingredients. This frozen hot chocolate oat smoothie is so good, you'll have no idea it's vegan!
Blueberry Overnight Oats @ Flavor The Moments
These Blueberry Overnight Oats are creamy, satisfying and packed with juicy blueberries, and they take just 5 minutes of prep the night before. They’re gluten-free, vegan and perfect for meal prep breakfast!
Raspberry Oat Muffins @ Two Teaspoons
Here is a healthy and deliciously sweet Raspberry Oat Muffin recipe to help get your day started!
Healthy Chunky Monkey Oatmeal Bars - The Baking ChocolaTess
Looking for a healthy sweet snack you can feel good about? These Healthy Chunky Monkey Oatmeal Bars are so simple and easy to make, you'll be amazed how good they taste.
MIXED BERRY VANILLA BAKED OATMEAL @ Celebrating Sweets
This easy Baked Oatmeal Recipe is filled with oats, maple syrup, fresh berries and fragrant vanilla. A healthy make-ahead breakfast for busy mornings. Bake this oat dessert in advance and reheat portions as needed.
Best Ever Breakfast Cookies @ Bowl of Delicious
These Breakfast Cookies are the BEST. They’re easy to make ahead for a healthy breakfast all week, they’re a nutritional powerhouse, packed with fiber and protein, and they won’t fall apart and aren’t too dry! And you can use any combination of nut butters, nuts, seeds, and dried fruit you happen to have lying around in your pantry.
Easy Oatmeal Blueberry Bread @ Foodie Crush
This incredibly easy blueberry bread gets an added dose of healthy with the addition of Greek yogurt and oats, making it an even better option than banana bread or blueberry muffins.
German Chocolate Chia Overnight Oats @ Flavor the Moments
German Chocolate Overnight Oats are a wholesome, protein-packed breakfast with the flavors of german chocolate cake. They’re the perfect grab ‘n go breakfast!
These 30 delicious healthy oat dessert recipes prove that healthy eating doesn't have to be boring or sacrifice flavor. With these delicious healthy oat dessert recipes, you can have your cake and eat it too!
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Kim Lange says
I know you love oatmeal Kelly! Wootwoot! thanks love!
Kelly @ Kelly Lynns Sweets and Treats says
Oooh I love anything with oatmeal!! I want to try these all! Awesome round-up Kim!! Pinning!
Kim Lange says
Thank you so much Katherine! 🙂 We love oatmeal too!!
Katherine | Love In My Oven says
OH my goodness, Kim!! I want to try every single one of these recipes!! Some of them are SO pretty! Great roundup my dear. We are an oatmeal loving family!!
Kim Lange says
Thank you so much Davorka! You too dear!! xo
2pots2cook says
Exactly what we all need after so much holidays' food ! Thank you and and have a Happy New Year ! xo