Chocolate and oats are two of my favourite things and together they work a treat. My chocolate coconut flapjacks are an all round winner and my recipe is now regularly used by friends. This month’s We Should Cocoa was to create something that contained both chocolate and oats. Read on to find eight fabulous recipes using these two ingredients.
This merry month of may is all about OATS. Oats come in many forms: sprouted, whole, flour, oatmeal, so don’t feel limited to rolled oats alone.
I’m a bit of a flapjack devotee. Flapjacks were one of the first bakes I ever made by myself and as they were full of oats, they weren’t too frowned upon. Actually I’m a fan of pretty much anything with oats in.
I was bought up with proper oatmeal porridge slow cooked overnight in the aga. So I’m a bit astonished to find that after 68 months of We Should Cocoa this is the first time I’ve chosen oats as the ingredient to accompany chocolate.
Look out for next month’s ingredient over at Green Gourmet Giraffe tomorrow. Johanna is hosting We Should Cocoa in June and I’m looking forward to the theme. Now let’s get on with what you’ve all been waiting for.
8 Fabulous Recipes Using Chocolate And Oats
Cacao Oat Slice
Kicking things off in fine style Lucy from Baking Queen 74, also known as the Slow Cooker Queen, gives us this cacao oat slice with date caramel. Baked in her slow cooker, it’s dairy free and includes cacao nibs. It also has a luscious layer of caramel on top, made with dates not sugar.
Chocolate, Oat & Banana Muffins
Healthy bakes seem to be the order of the day as Janice from Farmergirl Kitchen has made chocolate, oat and banana nut muffins with coconut oil and yoghurt. Stuffed with all sorts of good things, including dark chocolate, they are surprisingly simple to make.
Chocolate Toffee Oaty Squares
I’m rather relieved to see that the health trend has not affected all of this month’s We Should Cocoa entries. Chocolate and oats have formed a thoroughly decadent bake in these chocolate toffee oaty squares from Suelle at Mainly Baking. Mars Bars, cream, butter, sugar and more chocolate, how can we resist?
No Dairy Chocolate Smoothie
It’s back to the healthy recipes again with this no dairy chocolate smoothie with pumpkin seed butter – and oats of course. Sarah from Maison Cupcake has piled all sorts of good things into this smoothie including coconut milk, cocoa powder and oats.
Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Energy Balls
It must be a sign of the times. I too went for a healthy recipe. Healthy it maybe, but these chilli chocolate chip cookie dough energy balls taste sublime and feel like a decadent treat.
No Bake Peppermint Pattie Slice
No bake peppermint pattie slice might sound like a rather strange form of peppermint cream, but I can assure you it’s not. It’s a fabulous Australian slice from Johanna at Green Gourmet Giraffe, made with chocolate and oats of course, that was so good, she made it three times in two weeks. As you can see from the picture, coconut features too.
Chocolate Cherry Flapjacks
This chocolate cherry flapjack is one of a batch that Chris from Thinly Spread made to cheer up her daughter, who is in the midst of horrid exams. I think these would cheer up just about anybody, especially with those lush chocolate dipped cherries on top.
Dark Chocolate Chip Flapjacks
More oaty goodness comes from Rebecca at Munchies and Munchkins with these delectable dark chocolate chip flapjacks.
Slow Cooker Chocolate Flapjacks
In the unlikely event you still have Easter egg chocolate lying around, BakingQueen74 has come up with an excellent way to use it up. These slow cooker chocolate flapjacks are great for kids lunch boxes, but I don’t think they’d last long with me either. Lucy is the slow cooker baking guru, so head over to her blog to find out more.
Wheat, Dairy And Sugar Free Chocolate Oat Bars
And here’s another We Should Cocoa host who sneaked a bit of sweet chocolate in to our sugar-free challenge. The excuse that Natalie of The HungryHinny gave was that the Pony needs his treats for work and wouldn’t eat it without chocolate. Well what can you do? These wheat, dairy and (almost) sugar free chocolate oat bars look wonderful. Sweetened with honey and with peanut butter as one of the ingredients, I’m sure they tasted delicious too.
I hope you enjoyed these fabulous recipes using chocolate and oats. Do let us know if you make any of them.
If you’d like more oat recipes, follow the link and you’ll find I have quite a lot of them. All delicious, of course.
Sarah, Maison Cupcake says
Chocolate and oats are perfect partners, hopefully my chocolate flapjacks will suit a forthcoming theme and I can submit them then! Thanks for hosting 🙂
Choclette says
Yay for chocolate and oats, they are a good combination Sarah. Shame we missed your chocolate flapjacks. I’m heading over now to have a look.
the caked crusader says
Oats are such a weakness of mine – I can’t resist them! This looks a lovely list of recipes
Choclette says
Mine too CC, luv em prepared pretty much anyhow.
Nayna Kanabar says
This looks like a great round up of some fab recipes.
Choclette says
Thanks Nayna. I always look forward to the #WeShouldCocoa round-ups.
Cathy @ Planet Veggie says
You can’t go wrong with chocolate and oats, it’s a great combination. Lots of inspiration here, thanks!
Choclette says
Well I don’t know Cathy. I think I rather overdid it with chocolate porridge once – or was that twice? 😉
Ceri Jones says
Chocolate and oats is a wonderful combination, loads of great ideas here!!
Choclette says
Yes, I feel like I need to work my way through them one by one 😉
Aimee says
Well I love chocolate and I love oats so these all sound amazing to me!
Choclette says
And chocolate and oats make for a fab combination too Aimee 🙂
Johanna @ Green Gourmet Giraffe says
I really enjoyed the challenge – just hard to narrow down the options for chocolate and oats as I had lots of ideas – and now I have lots more great chocolate and oats ideas from the lovely round up
Choclette says
Thanks Johanna. I do love chocolate and oats, so I really think I might be trying all of these out at some point.
Catherine says
These certainly are fabulous recipes. I love all of them!
Choclette says
Me too Catherine. Every time I do a We Should Cocoa round-up, I want to dash down to the kitchen and try out all the recipes.
Janice says
What a fabulous round up. Chocolate and oats are just made for each other and provide a great balance of nutritious food and tasty treat. Thanks for keeping this great challenge going and inspiring so many fabulous recipes.
Choclette says
Thanks Janice. It’s been touch and go, but I always look forward to seeing what people come up with – several books worth over the years.