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This recipe for pineapple overnight oats is a healthy breakfast that satisfies any early-morning craving for sweets!
Pineapple Upside Down Cake Overnight Oats
While my husband can enjoy a plain bowl of oatmeal in the morning, me? Not so much. It has to be turned into something delicious while still healthy enough so that I start my day by sticking to my goals. These pineapple overnight oats always hit the spot!
When you add fruit to overnight oats, it’s like having dessert for breakfast, as I do in recipes like apple cinnamon overnight oats and strawberry cream overnight oats.
Ingredients
To make this recipe, you’ll need fresh or canned pineapple, cinnamon, vanilla, old-fashioned oats (they hold their texture best overnight), regular or dairy-free milk, and maraschino cherries to make these oats look and taste like a pineapple upside-down cake!
Are Overnight Oats Better with Milk Or Yogurt?
I'm using milk in this recipe, but you can also make overnight oats with yogurt. You can use plain, flavored, or Greek yogurt. Just keep in mind that flavored yogurt is higher in sugar. In a hurry, you can even make overnight oats with water.
How to Make Overnight Oats with Pineapple
See how easily these overnight oats come together:
- Sauté the pineapple in non-stick pan with the vanilla and cinnamon. Once they begin to break down and the juices begin to release their natural sugars, remove from the heat.
- Fill the jars with oats and milk. Stir, and divide the pineapple mixture into each jar. Finally, add the chopped cherries on top.
- Refrigerate for 4-6 hours or overnight. Eat cold or warm up for 30 seconds in the microwave.
You can store these oats in the fridge for up to 4 days. Check out this post to learn how long overnight oats last, depending on the fruit you add.
More Overnight Oat Recipes
Some of my other favorite ways to enjoy oats are creamy peach overnight oats, banana overnight oats, peanut butter banana overnight oats, and raspberry overnight oatsRaspberry Overnight Oats.
Pineapple Upside Down Overnight Oats
Ingredients
- 1 cup fresh or canned pineapple, chopped small
- ¼ teaspoon cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 2 cups old fashion oats
- 3 cups milk
- 4-6 Maraschino cherries, stems removed
Instructions
Sauté the pineapple
- Heat up a large non-stick pan over medium heat and sauté the pineapple with the vanilla and cinnamon. Once they begin to break down and the juices begin to release its natural sugars, remove from heat.
Assemble:
- On a flat surface, place 4 bowls or lidded glass jars. Fill each with ½ cup oats, ¾ cup milk, and stir.
- Divide pineapple mixture into each of the four jars.
- Chop the cherries and add them to the oat mixture, stir to combine.
Refrigerate:
- Refrigerate for 4-6 hours or overnight. Eat cold or warm up for 30 seconds in the microwave.
Sierra says
Pineapple upside down cake is my favorite dessert so getting to have this healthy oats version is a treat! Thanks for sharing this!!
jane says
these overnight oats with pineapple were really good. I’ll be making them again.
Cathy says
These pineapple overnight oats were so good!
Amber says
This wasn’t a favorite here. I feel like a touch of brown sugar in the pineapple would make a world of difference in getting my family to eat these but as is they are just sitting in my fridge.
Laura Fuentes says
Perhaps the pineapple wasn’t cooked down long enough to release its sugars? But yes, if you’d like to add some sugar to the mixture it would definitely sweeten it.
Annie says
Saw this and persuaded my husband to make them while I made his lunch for tomorrow. Just the smell alone is amazing! Can’t wait to have them for breakfast! We didn’t have the cherries but have done it with everything else – yum!