Vegan Baked Oatmeal Cups
on Jan 27, 2020, Updated Mar 04, 2025
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These gluten-free and vegan baked oatmeal cups are made with just 6 simple ingredients: rolled oats, walnuts, banana, plant-based milk, chocolate chips and almond butter, and are ready in 30 minutes!
About the Recipe
These simple banana oatmeal cups require just 4 basic ingredients: oats, banana, almond milk and almond butter (or peanut butter!). For more flavour, sweetness and texture, the recipe also includes walnuts for some crunch and chocolate chips for a treat.
You can experiment with different add-ins like raisins, cranberries, blueberries or any nuts or seeds you enjoy.
These are super easy to make! All you need is one mixing bowl, a fork or masher for the banana, a mixing spoon and a muffin tin. Once you’ve mixed up the dough, press it into a muffin tin, bake and enjoy!
For something similar, this Easy Vegan Banana Baked Oatmeal and Baked Blueberry Oatmeal Cups are yummy too.
Ingredient Notes
Just a few ingredients needed! Here’s what you’ll need and substitutions you can make:
- Ripe banana. You’ll need 2 medium-sized ripe bananas, not overly ripe so they’re mushy and definitely not under ripe…just perfectly banana, or maybe just slightly more ripe than one you’d want to eat for a snack.
- Peanut or almond butter. I really like these with peanut butter but almond butter or sunflower seed butter work well too.
- Walnuts. These oatmeal cups have a banana bread vibe so walnuts are the perfect addition for a bit of crunch. The nuts also add some healthy fats to help balance the carbs.
- Oats. You can use rolled/old fashioned oats, large flake oats or even quick oats in this recipe.
- Plant-based milk. You can use almond, cashew or soy milk in this recipe. I used unsweetened almond milk.
This list is not complete. Please see the recipe card at the end of the post for the complete ingredient list with measurements and detailed instructions.
Step-by-Step Instructions
Step 1: Mash the banana in a mixing bowl with a fork until it’s smooth paste. Add the nut butter, almond milk and vanilla and stir to combine.
Step 2: Mix the oats, walnuts and optional chocolate chips into the banana mixture until you have a thick dough.
Step 3: Finally, press the dough into 10 muffin tins and bake away! They’re now ready to enjoy.
Try them warm topped with almond butter, on-the-go for a quick snack, a pre-workout or anytime you want a satisfying treat that will still fit your nutrition goals.
More Baked Oatmeal Recipes
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- Apple Baked Steel Cut Oats
- Carrot Cake Baked Oatmeal
- Apple Cinnamon Baked Oatmeal
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Vegan Baked Oatmeal Cups
Ingredients
- 2 medium bananas, mashed, 240 g
- 1/4 cup almond or peanut butter, 60 g
- 1/4 cup plant-based milk such as almond or cashew
- 2 tbsp maple syrup, optional, see notes
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/2 tsp cinnamon
- 1/4 tsp sea salt
- 2 cups rolled oats (use gluten-free if needed), 200 g
- 1/2 cup walnut pieces or chopped walnuts, 70 g
- 1/4 cup dairy-free chocolate chips, optional
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Add the banana to a large mixing bowl and mash until smooth with a fork, potato masher or immersion blender.
- Mix in the almond butter, milk and vanilla and mix until smooth. You can use a mixing spoon or just pulse it a few times with the immersion blender.
- Add the rest of the ingredients and stir to combine.
- Prepare a standard-sized muffin with with a light coating of non-stick cooking spray. Scoop about 1/4 cup of the mixture into 10 of the muffin tins. The mixture should come to just below the top of each cup. Use your fingers or the back of the measuring cup to press the mixture firmly down into each cup.
- Bake for 20 minutes then let cool in the tin for 3-4 minutes. Carefully run a knife around the edge of each cup then pop them out and place on a cooling rack to cool.
- Enjoy warm topped with vegan butter, almond butter or your favourite nut or seed butter. Let any leftovers cool completely before storing. Store in the fridge in a sealed container for up to 6 days or freezer for up to 3 months.
Hi Deryn, could I replace the almond or peanut butter with the milk and that is 120ml ? Thank you.
Maybe, I haven’t tried it though. The batter would be wetter so they’d have a softer texture once baked. You could use my easy banana baked oatmeal recipe instead if you prefer.
These were good. Quick to mix up by hand, no blender or food processor needed. I left out the maple syrup and they were sweet enough for me. I wanted a little smaller size so made 12 instead of 10. Ate one and put the rest in the freezer for future snacks. I used raisins instead of chocolate chips and that was an easy substitution.
Do you think I could use mashed up strawberries instead of banana ? I’ve been trying to find a healthy strawberry oat muffin recipe and they all have so many more ingredients and I made these ones (with maple syrup) and they were delicious. Thanks!
Hmm, I don’t know if you could do all strawberry but half and half should be ok! Let me know if you try it.
Yum, Yum. Just made these and enjoying a muffin now that it’s cooled off enough! A keeper!
These were so easy to make and were a hit in my houseful of picky eaters!
Awesome! So glad you enjoyed them. Thanks for letting me know!
These were so good! Made them with my seven-year-old and included the chocolate chips – she and her six-year-old brother LOVED them. Thanks for such great recipes. We love your site 😊
These are easy to to make and really tasty. Great before or after a workout. I skipped the maple syrup and they were sweet enough for my taste. A definite keeper!
Tried these this week and they are easy to to make and really tasty. Great before or after a workout. I skipped the maple syrup and they were sweet enough for my taste. A definite keeper!
Absolutely luscious, maple syrup NOT needed! The hard part is sticking to just one for the day! Sure gives me that sweet fix I need. The consistency and flavors are great, easy cups to make …Deryn you scored with this one!! 🙌🏽
Wonderful! So happy you enjoyed them.
Easy peasy satisfying deliciousness!
Thank you for all of your amazing recipes!