Strawberry Overnight Oats

By Laura Fuentes Updated Mar 11, 2026

5 from 38 votes

Recipe

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These homemade strawberry overnight oats are fresh, delicious, and you can enjoy them cold out of the fridge or warmed in the microwave.

Overnight oats with that creamy taste we all love from the strawberries and cream combination, in a healthy and nutritious breakfast!

overnight oats jar filled with oats, milk, yogurt, and strawberries

Strawberries and Cream Overnight Oats

When I first made this overnight oat recipe, I used steel-cut oats. Since then, I've mainly switched to old-fashioned oats for my overnight oat recipes, mostly because they still have that hearty texture I love without being grain-like.

Oatmeal with berries is such a delicious combo that I soon made tasty variations, like raspberry overnight oats and lemon blueberry overnight oats!

Ingredients

Old-fashioned oats are the best choice for this recipe, since they hold their texture overnight. You’ll also need ground flaxseed to help thicken and add a dose of healthy fats and fiber, your favorite regular or dairy-free milk, vanilla extract, and sliced strawberries.

A step-by-step collage showing strawberry overnight oats being made, with oats, milk, sweetener, and chopped strawberries laid out, oats added to a glass jar, mixed with milk, and finished with fresh strawberries on top.

How to Make Strawberry Overnight Oats

Before you head to bed, grab glass jars or an airtight container, and let's get to it!

Fill the jars with oats, ground flax, milk, and vanilla. Stir to combine and top with strawberries.
Refrigerate for 8 hours or overnight.
Serve cold or warm up for 30 seconds in the microwave. When stored in the fridge, overnight oats with strawberries can last for up to 3 days!

More Add-Ins

Add-ins are where you get to dress up overnight oats to your heart’s content. You can make this recipe as is or stir in a few more items like the ones below.

Blueberries
Frozen fruit
Sliced bananas – for delicious strawberry banana overnight oats!
Chopped pineapple – overnight oats that taste like cake!
Greek Yogurt
Peanut butter or nut butter alternative – for chocolate peanut butter overnight oats.
Coconut flakes
Mini chocolate chip
Pumpkin pureé
Cinnamon – mixed with apples for a fall-inspired breakfast!
Nuts

More Overnight Oatmeal Recipes

Can’t get enough of this easy grab-and-go breakfast? Me neither! That’s why I’ve developed so many different ways to enjoy this healthy meal, like cottage cheese overnight oats, peach overnight oats, and this incredible carrot cake overnight oats recipe.

Strawberry Overnight Oats

a jar of overnight oats topped with sliced strawberries

Servings: 4

Prep Time: 5

Total Time: 8 5

These homemade strawberry overnight oats are fresh, delicious, and you can enjoy them cold out of the fridge or warmed in the microwave.

5 from 38 votes

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Watch how it’s made:

Ingredients

2 cups old fashion oats
2 teaspoons ground flaxseed
3 cups milk, your choice
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 cups strawberries, sliced

Instructions

Place four jars on a flat surface. Fill each jar with ½ cup oats, ½ teaspoon ground flax, ¾ cup milk, and ½ teaspoon vanilla. Stir to combine and top with strawberries.
Refrigerate for 8 hours or overnight.
In the morning, stir to combine. Warm-up if desired or enjoy cold.

Notes

If you are using quick or instant oats, reduce the liquid to ½ cup per jar. If you like warm oats, heat them up in the microwave for 30 seconds to a minute.