Rocky Road Protein Baked Oats are a delicious and nutritious breakfast or snack. Healthy rocky road oatmeal is made with rolled oats, protein powder, almond milk, and has your favorite ice cream toppings: marshmallow and almonds.

To be honest, the only reason I made this Rocky Road ice cream baked oats recipe is because I had a bunch of marshmallows lying around that I needed to use up. Turned out that since this was a single serve recipe, I didn’t really get to use as many marshmallows either; Haha.

Either way, this baked oats recipe was really rich and indulgent, and quite filling too with all the protein, fiber and healthy fats in there.

Here’s the Ingredients for Rocky Road Protein Baked Oats:

Rocky Road Protein Baked Oats are made with simple ingredients packed with protein and fiber from the oats, and sure to keep you feeling full until lunchtime.

Instant or Quick Oats; Gluten free if needed.
Chocolate Protein Powder as the sweetener, and also makes it a protein rocky road oatmeal recipe. I use Quest chocolate protein powder for this recipe.
Unsweetened Cocoa Powder
Unsweetened Almond Milk
Non Fat Greek Yogurt for even more high protein oatmeal
Vanilla Extract
Baking Powder

And the Mix-Ins:

Mini Marshmallows
Chopped Almonds

How to make Rocky Road Baked Oatmeal with Protein Powder

This rocky road baked oatmeal recipe with protein powder is super easy to make and only needs a blender and ramekin.

Preheat your oven to 350°F.
Grease a ramekin or oven-safe dish with coconut oil or cooking spray. You want one that’s about 1 cups or 8 ounces in volume.
Blend ingredients(except mix-ins) in a blender (oats, chocolate protein powder, cocoa powder, milk, yogurt, vanilla extract and baking powder) in a blender about 15 seconds until smooth.
Pour ⅔ mixture into the ramekin.
Add half the mini marshmallows in the center.
Pour remaining mixture and cover well.
Add more mini marshmallows and almonds on top.
Bake 25 minutes. The top of the oats will look wet, but they’re cooked.

Can you store Rocky Road Protein Baked Oatmeal?

Rocky Road Protein Baked Oats are easy to make and can be prepared in advance for a quick and easy breakfast on the go.

Place chocolate marshmallow baked oats it in an airtight container store in the fridge for 3-4 days or freezer for 2-3 months.

To reheat, microwave rocky road oatmeal from the fridge until warmed; Thaw the frozen oats first (use use the defrost setting on the microwave) before microwaving.
You can also reheat freezer friendly rocky road oats in a 350°F oven.

Alternatives for Rocky Road Baked Oats

The ingredients here makes a healthy and lower sugar chocolate marshmallow baked oatmeal, but here’s some options to make it your own.

Rolled Oats: Instant Oats or even Gluten free oats
Almond Milk: Any other milk
Greek Yogurt: Coconut yogurt
Almonds: Chopped walnuts, pecans or cashews

To make Chocolate Marshmallow Baked Oarmeal Vegan

For a vegan chocolate marshmallow baked oatmeal, make sure you use a plant based protein powder, coconut yogurt and Vegan marshmallows.

Some more Chocolate and Marshmallow Recipes with Protein Powder