Quick breakfast bites are a must during the week, and these oat cups are the perfect thing! Stuffed with strawberry preserves they’re a delicious and low-budget snack.
If you’ve ever had Bobo’s Stuffed Oat Bites, these may look a little familiar. I love those as a quick snack, but the cost of them pushed me to make my own at home. Now, I don’t call this a copy-cat recipe because I did want them a little less dry than the store-bought bites, and the ingredients are just barely different.
Are these picture-perfect, mass-produced-looking bites? No. Are they tasty, allergy-friendly, oil-free, and SUPER easy to make? Absolutely! Usually when I buy the Bobo’s bites I get the apple ones, but for these I wanted to lean into Spring flavors with the strawberry preserves.
Substitutes + Tips:
- Rolled oats – if you need these to be guaranteed gluten-free, please buy the GF rolled oats from Bob’s Red Mill or similar brands.
- Chia seeds – ground flaxseeds will also work here in place of chia seeds, and will have a slightly nuttier flavor.
- Agave nectar – you can also use maple syrup or similar liquid sweetener, and adjust to taste, but know that the liquid quantity also helps with the consistency of the end product!
- Non-dairy milk – I used unsweetened, plain oat milk for this to keep it allergy-friendly, but using soy milk instead will increase the protein content.
- Strawberry preserves – I like the consistency of this over jelly, but you’re welcome to try out whatever you have on hand and see how it goes. These bites are pretty forgiving!
- Other fruit options – pretty much any form of preserves, though better if not super-chunky. Also, apple fruit spread, peach, grape, etc. etc.
- Mix-ins – as mentioned, I wanted to keep this recipe simple and allergy-friendly, but in the future I will be adding some chopped peanuts or almonds, or even some coconut flakes to the oat base to switch it up!
- Scoops – Using small scoops for this is awesome, I got mine at Costco a few years ago, one is 2-tablespoon-sized (30 ml), and the other is just over 2-teaspoon-sized (roughly 11 ml), which was perfect for assembling these!
- Toasted – if you have a little more time to make these, I think toasting the oats in a pan over medium heat for a couple of minutes would add some great flavor! I’m definitely trying that out next time.
Cost comparison:
- Bobo’s Stuff’d Oat Bites (on avg at the time of this posting): $4.99/box of 5 or $29.99/box of 30, about $1 per bite.
- These oat bites (calculated using Bob’s Red Mill organic oats, Sprout’s strawberry preserves, oat milk, Costco agave, Costco vanilla, and chia seeds by weight): $5.28/dozen or $.44 per bite, so less than half the cost! This could be even less if you buy conventional rolled oats.