These Blended Bircher Overnight Oats are a gooey, smooth twist on the classic Swiss breakfast: Bircher Muesli. Made with yogurt, nut butter and natural apple juice, they are a dense, filling breakfast that tastes like creamy apple custard, but is actually very nutritious. Best of all, they only take 10 minutes to prepare and can be made up to 4 days in advance – perfect for meal prep.
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Blended Bircher Oats
This recipe is inspired by the healthy and classic Swiss breakfast: Bircher Muesli. Originally created by Dr. Bircher-Benner in the early 1900s at a sanatorium in Switzerland, it was intended to be eaten with every meal to aid digestion and boost overall health from good nutrition. The combination of apple, yogurt, nuts and lemon is balanced and delicious.
Now I LOVE to blend overnight oats – it’s such an easy and fun way to make them taste even more like dessert. Oats are a perfect blank canvas for breakfast puddings, plus they’re affordable and easy to prepare. I’ve tried them in lots of different flavor combos now and they all somehow taste distinctly different. Some of my most popular recipes are my Blueberry Overnight Oats (with an optional chocolate smash top), Strawberry Cheesecake Oats and my Cookie Dough Blended Oats.
Why You’ll Love This Recipe
- Nutritious and Filling: A combination of oats, yogurt, natural apple juice and chia seeds means you’re eating a breakfast that has a good balance of fiber, protein and antioxidants. Plus, by using apple juice to sweeten the oats, there’s no need for maple syrup or other sweeteners.
- Easy to Prepare: Making blended oats is so simple – just pop everything into a blender and leave to set in the fridge for a couple of hours.
- Tastes like dessert: The creaminess of the yogurt combined with lightly sweet apple juice makes this overnight oats recipe perfectly balanced. The consistency is like a thick, gooey pudding!
Ingredients You’ll Need
Here’s a shopping list of everything you’ll need to make these Blended Bircher Overnight Oats:
- Rolled oats
- Natural apple juice (I made this recipe in collaboration with Eastcoast Beverages – their apple juice is excellent, preservative free and not made from concentrate!)
- Milk of choice (I use soy)
- Nut butter (almond or peanut butter work well, but any will do)
- Chia seeds
- Thick natural or Greek yogurt (when possible, I like to make my own soy yogurt from scratch, It’s plant-based, high in protein and very affordable and surprisingly low effort to make. But you can use any yogurt you’d like.)
- Vanilla extract
- Salt
- Apples (I used Pink Lady but Granny Smith would also work well)
- Lemon
Check out the recipe card at the bottom of this post for specific quantities for each ingredient.
Instructions
Making Blended Strawberry Overnight Oats is super simple and should take you about 10 minutes to prepare.
Step One: Chop apples into small half-inch pieces.
Step Two: Add the chopped apple to a small saucepan over medium-low heat with lemon juice, cinnamon and a splash of water. Stir for a few minutes or until the apple pieces are tender.
Step Three: Add the rolled oats, apple juice, yogurt, chia seeds, nut butter and a pinch of salt to a blender.
Step Four: Blend until mostly smooth. It should be thick and batter like, but still pourable.
Step Five: Divide the stewed apple evenly among four individual jars or bowls. Pour the blended oats mixture over the top.
Step Six: Seal the jars or containers.
Step Seven: Refrigerate for a minimum of 2 hours to allow the oats mixture to firm up.
Step Eight: Top with optional extras like extra stewed apple and yogurt, coconut flakes, or seeds and nuts. I used pepitas, chopped almonds, coconut flakes, plus some extra stewed apple and yogurt.
Step Nine: Eat and enjoy! The oats will keep for up to four days in the fridge.
Substitutions & Variations
- Yogurt: I recommend using an unsweetened natural yogurt, the thicker the better. Greek or pot-set would be great in this recipe for extra creaminess. I use soy myself as it is plant-based and has a similar nutritional profile to dairy yogurt when fortified. I usually make my own soy yogurt from scratch (it’s only 3 ingredients and very hands off – much less effort than you’d imagine, I promise). Coconut yogurt would also taste delicious, but I typically don’t recommend it as an everyday food. It is high in saturated fat and low in protein, so if you do use it, consider it more of a treat 🙂
- Nut butter – use a natural, smooth nut butter. I love almond or peanut butter, but any will do.
Storage
Store your Blended Bircher Oats in individual glass jars or airtight containers in the refrigerator for up to 4 days. Enjoy within the first 2 days for best texture and flavor. If you notice any separation, (i.e. if a little water pools on top) it’s nothing to worry about – just mix it back in.
Expert Tips
Although you can eat these oats after 90 minutes, if you want an extra creamy texture, let them sit in the refrigerator overnight. This allows the oats to fully absorb the liquid and flavors.
FAQ
No, you can still make this recipe without blending. It will just have a regular overnight oats texture that is not smooth. Instead of adding the ingredients to a blender, add them to a mixing bowl and mix thoroughly until combined, then follow the remaining steps.
Leave the oats for at least 90 minutes so the oats and chia seeds can soak up all the wet ingredients and thicken it to that perfect pudding-like consistency. It gets thicker the longer you leave it and more pudding like, so leave it overnight for the best results.
No, I don’t recommend freezing. There will be too much separation during thawing.
Variations
Now if you don’t have a blender, you can still make this recipe. It will be delicious, just with some extra texture. I still like to make my oats this way too for variety, like in my Apple Pie Overnight Oats recipe or my Banana Peanut Butter Oats. It’s slightly chewier but in a satisfying way. Instead of blending, simply combine all ingredients in a mixing bowl and stir thoroughly.
More Overnight Oats Recipes
I’m on a mission to try as many flavor combinations of overnight oats as I can. They’re such an affordable and delicious breakfast option that is a blank canvas for flavor. Every recipe I’ve shared seems to be very popular on social media too, so I’m clearly not the only oats-lover! Here are some of my most popular recipes so far:
- Raspberry Cheesecake Oats with White Chocolate Ganache – this is a pretty, pink blended oats recipe with creamy white chocolate and yogurt topping.
- Chocolate Blended Oats with Raspberry Chia Jam – the perfect combination of tangy raspberries and rich cacao.
- Tiramisu Overnight Oats – I know we all love it when breakfast tastes like dessert because this recipe went viral with over 1 million views on Instagram.
- Date Caramel Blended Oats – this recipe has a rich layer of my simple Date Caramel and a chocolate topping. It’s another very popular flavor combination with over 1.4 million views on Instagram.
I hope you enjoy these Blended Bircher Oats – please leave a comment and star rating below to share how you got on with this recipe – it’s always great to hear from you and it helps other people find the recipe 🙂 If you’re on Instagram too, don’t forget to tag me in any photos – I am @glowdiaries___. I always enjoy seeing what you’re cooking up and resharing your posts in my stories.
Blended Bircher Overnight Oats
Equipment
- Blender
Ingredients
Bircher Blended Oats
- 2 cups rolled oats (240g)
- 3/4 cup apple juice
- 1 cup thick natural yogurt or Greek yogurt (250g) I use soy
- 2 tbsp smooth nut butter I use almond or natural peanut butter
- 2 tbsp chia seeds
- 2 tsp vanilla extract (8g)
- 1/8 tsp salt
Stewed Cinnamon Apple
- 2 large apples Pink Lady or Granny Smith
- 1 lemon juiced
- 1/2 tsp cinnamon
- 2 tbsp water
Toppings to serve (optional)
- Natural or Greek yogurt
- Seeds or nuts I used pepitas and chopped almonds
- Coconut flakes
Instructions
Stewed Cinnamon Apple
- Chop the apples into small half-inch pieces, skin on.
- Add the apple pieces, lemon juice, cinnamon and water to a small saucepan. Cook over medium-low heat, stirring frequently until the apple pieces are tender and water has mostly evaporated (about 5 minutes). Add an extra splash of water if it becomes too dry while cooking. Remove from heat.
Bircher Blended Oats
- Add all the ingredients for the bircher blended oats to a blender. Blitz until a mostly smooth, batter-like consistency forms.
- Divide the stewed cinnamon apple between four individual jars or containers. Pour the blended oats mixture over the top.
- Seal and transfer the containers to the fridge to set overnight, or for at least 90 minutes. The oats will keep for up to 4 days.
- When you're ready to eat, add extra toppings like yogurt, coconut flakes and seeds, if desired.
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