Cherry Overnight Oats
Enjoy the flavors of cherry pie with these Cherry Overnight Oats! Creamy overnight oats are layered with a sweet fresh cherry compote for a delicious summer breakfast. They’re gluten-free, vegan and great for meal prep!
Overnight oats are one of my favorite meal prep breakfasts. My blueberry overnight oats and coconut overnight oats recipes have been my go-to’s for years, but I love changing things up with new and exciting flavors.
I can’t get enough fresh cherries this time of year, so I decided to create a flavor that’s reminiscent of cherry pie.
These creamy Cherry Overnight Oats are layered with my easy cherry compote for a healthful breakfast that has all the flavors of cherry pie.
You can also opt to forgo the compote and simply add fresh cherries to make things even easier.
This is one of my favorite summer breakfast recipes because it’s so easy to prepare, it’s great for meal prep, and it’s absolutely delicious. 🙂
Why you’ll love this recipe
- Cherry pie overnight oats are creamy oats layered with a luscious cherry compote that’s reminiscent of cherry pie filling.
- The oats are thickened with chia seeds, which also adds protein and fiber.
- They take just minutes to prepare, and you can forgo the compote and use fresh cherries as a time saver.
- They’re dairy and gluten-free and make an easy meal prep breakfast.
Recipe ingredients
- Cherries. Use your favorite variety of fresh cherries, or use frozen cherries as a time saver. The cherries may be pitted up to a few days before preparing the filling.
- Oats. Old fashioned rolled oats lend the best texture to these overnight oats. See my banana overnight steel cut oats if you prefer to use steel cut oats.
- Milk. Use your favorite dairy or non-dairy milk.
- Chia seeds. Thickens the overnight oats and adds protein and fiber. If you don’t have any on hand, omit them and decrease the amount of milk to 2 cups.
- Cherry compote. The cherry compote provides the sweetness to the overnight oats. If you choose to use 1 cup of fresh cherries instead of the compote, add 3 tablespoons of maple syrup or your favorite sweetener to the oats.
- Vanilla extract. Optional. Sub with your favorite extract such as lemon or almond.
See the recipe card for the full list of ingredients and quantities.
How to make overnight oats with cherries
These overnight oats with cherries are as easy to make as they are delicious! The cherry pie filling comes together in about 15 minutes and oats take 5 minutes to prep.
Pro tip: Prepare the cherry compote up to 1-2 days in advance. You can sub the compote with 1 cup of pitted, halved fresh cherries if desired.
See the recipe card below for full instructions.
- Prepare the cherry compote and cool completely. If you’d rather use fresh cherries, use 1 cup of pitted, halved fresh cherries and add 3 tablespoons of maple syrup to the oats for sweetness.
- Place the oats, chia seeds and milk in a large bowl.
- Stir the oats well and cover with plastic wrap. Refrigerate for a minimum of 3 hours or overnight.
- Divide the oats and the compote between 6 smaller jars or 4 larger ones.
Recipe FAQs
Overnight oats are a no-cook method of preparing oats. The oats soak in liquid for a minimum of 3 hours or overnight, which softens the oats and makes them nice and creamy.
This recipe includes a cherry compote that sweetens the oats and makes them reminiscent of cherry pie, but fresh or frozen cherries may be used as well.
Pit and halve fresh cherries, or thaw and halve frozen cherries and stir them into the oats. Be sure to add roughly 3 tablespoons of sweetener to the oats to the sweeten them up.
These overnight oats with cherries are great cold, or you can heat them up in the microwave for about 1 minute if you prefer them warm.
Cherry overnight oats will keep for up to 5 days in air tight containers in the refrigerator.
Serving suggestions
This cherry pie overnight oats recipe can be customized and served so many delicious ways! See some ideas below.
- Instead of preparing the cherry compote, simply stir in chopped fresh cherries. Be sure to add roughly 3 tablespoons of maple syrup to the oats to sweeten them up.
- Top with sliced almonds, pecans or coconut flakes for a nice a crunch.
- Stir in mini dark chocolate chips for black forest flavors!
- Customize the filling with 1 teaspoon of ground cinnamon or cardamom. Orange juice and orange zest would be a great way to change up the flavors as well.
- Add 1/2 cup plain Greek yogurt for additional protein and creaminess.
Recipe notes
- Pro tip: Prepare the cherry compote up to 1-2 days in advance. You can sub the compote with 1 cup of pitted, halved fresh cherries if desired.
- No chia seeds? Simply omit them from the recipe and decrease the amount of almond milk to 2 cups.
- Depending on the size of your jars or bowls, serving sizes vary. A good rule of thumb is 2 heaping tablespoons of the cherry compote for every 1/2 cup overnight oats.
- Cherry overnight oats will keep for up to 5 days stored in air tight containers in the refrigerator.
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Cherry Overnight Oats
Ingredients
- cherry compote sub with 1 cup pitted and halved fresh cherries if desired; see note 1
- 2 cups old fashioned rolled oats
- 2 tablespoons chia seeds see note 2
- 2½ cups unsweetened almond milk
Instructions
- Prepare the cherry compote.cherry compote
- Place the oats, chia seeds and milk in a large bowl and stir to combine. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate about 3 hours or overnight.2 cups old fashioned rolled oats, 2 tablespoons chia seeds, 2½ cups unsweetened almond milk
- Add additional milk to loosen up the oats as desired. Divide the oats between 6 smaller jars or 4 larger. Serve and enjoy!
Notes
- Pro tip: Prepare the cherry compote up to 1-2 days in advance. You can sub the compote with 1 cup of pitted, halved fresh cherries if desired. If using fresh cherries, add 3 tablespoons maple syrup or your favorite sweetener to sweeten the oats.
- No chia seeds? Simply omit them from the recipe and decrease the amount of almond milk to 2 cups.
- Nutrition information does not include the cherry compote as it is included in a separate post.
- Depending on the size of your jars or bowls, serving sizes vary. A good rule of thumb is 1 heaping tablespoons of the cherry pie filling for every 1/2 cup overnight oats.
- Store cherry overnight oats in air tight containers in the refrigerator for up to 5 days.
Nutrition
Nutrition is estimated using a food database and is only intended to be used as a guideline for informational purposes.
52 Comments on “Cherry Overnight Oats”
How do you make it for only one serving
Divide the recipe by 1/4.
I love this filling Marcie! It looks perfect with the oats!
Thank you, Deb!
Oh my….it’s like cherry pie for breakfast! I’m so in love with this recipe!
It is! Thank you, Cathy!
I have to try the homemade cherry pie filling! Overnight oats are one of my favorite things right now, so I look forward to trying that too! 🙂
I can’t get enough of them either!
I just bought some cherries yesterday, and now I know what we’re having for breakfast tomorrow! That homemade cherry pie filling looks so good! Isn’t the cherry pitter the best? I don’t know what I’d do without mine!
Thanks, Kristine, and I hope you love it as much as I did! I truly can’t live without my cherry pitter, either. 🙂
We absolutely loved these, Marcie! The kids were so happy to eat these, and Julia even went back for seconds and then more later in the day for a snack! We will be making these again soon!
Thank you so much for the feedback, Kristine, and I’m so glad you loved them! Have a wonderful weekend friend! ?
I really just need to try these out sometime…they look delicious!!
Thank you, Puja!
I seriously can’t get enough of cherries! I think I’m at Whole Foods every other day for another bag. They are so addicting to eat for snack but I need to try to make more meals with them. I love that these are overnight oats and the combo of flavors sounds incredible!
I can really put some cherries down too, and it was so hard to put some aside for this filling! Thanks, Ashley! 🙂
My gawsh these jars are exactly what I want right now! I’m loving the cool, refreshing chia overnight oats with the sweet and tangy cherry topping…now if only I can convince my boyfriend to skip the grilling and go straight for these beautiful jars for dinner… 😉
Thank you, Julia, and I think these would make a great dinner! 🙂
I’ve been going cherry crazy recently, but I haven’t considered it for breakfast! These oats look beyond amazing and I’ll have to try them soon!
Thanks so much for celebrating with me, Marcie!! Your creations are extraordinary and inspire me every week 🙂
It was really hard to keep myself (and everyone else) from eating all the cherries so I could make this filling! Thank you for the sweet words, and it was my pleasure being a part of your milestone!
These overnight oats are gorgeous, Marcie! Such a creative idea and the homemade cherry pie filling looks so yummy! I love that you added chia seeds! Yay, congrats to Megan too! 🙂
Thank you, Kelly! Homemade cherry pie filling is so much better than the canned stuff I grew up on! 🙂
I finally bought a cherry pitter last summer so that I could make chocolate cherry overnight oats! haha So I feel like these oats and I were meant to be! They sound fantastic!! That cherry pie filling!
That’s funny — this was meant to be! I had to get a pitter so my kids could safely eat cherries years ago lol and I just can’t live without it now!
I love the idea of cherry pie chia oats! I don’t know how I ever lived without my cherry pitter! And hooray for Megan!