Salted Caramel Cheesecake Protein Oatmeal

Protein oatmeal the perfect breakfast for those in a hurry. If you have 90 seconds to spare, you’ll be chowing down on a high protein breakfast in no time.

This particular proats variation puts a salted caramel cheesecake spin on things but don’t think cheesecake means difficult. You’ll only need three ingredients to transform your morning bowl of protein oatmeal with this recipe. And each bowl packs 27 grams of protein into a 260-calorie breakfast.

How to Make Protein Oatmeal

There are tons of ways to make proats, protein oats, protein oatmeal, or whatever you wanna call it. But one of my favorite combos is protein powder and sugar free pudding mix. If you’ve tried my Butterfinger proats, you’re familiar with this combo.

You microwave the oats in almond milk or any liquid before stirring in the protein powder, pudding mix, and other fixin’s. And that’s it. You’re left with a warm and fluffy bowl of high protein oats.

Ingredient Modification Notes

If you’re wondering about alternative options, I’ll leave a few ideas below.

Sugar Free Pudding Mix

I’ll start out by saying these salted caramel cheesecake proats only call for one tablespoon of pudding mix. If you wanted to leave it out entirely, you’d lose a bit of volume and the cheesecake flavor, but the recipe would certainly work without it.

There are ways to replicate the effects of pudding mix like corn starch, xanthan gum, arrowroot powder, and others, but I find small batch recipes like protein oatmeal are better without those modifications. I recommend using a bit more protein (gram for gram) if you want to omit the pudding mix and thicken your oatmeal a bit.

Torani Sugar Free Syrup

I typically find this ingredient in Kroger, Walmart, or Sam’s Club. If you don’t have access to those stores, you may have better luck online or with other brands. Here are a few options from Amazon:

• DaVinci Sugar Free Salted Caramel
• Skinny Sryups
• Torani Salted Caramel

Protein Powder

I used PEScience Whey and Casein Protein Blend for this salted caramel cheesecake protein oatmeal, but I often use Dymatize 100% Whey as well. I strongly recommend both if you’re planning on cooking more with protein powder.

You can use any protein powder for these proats. Since you’re not actually cooking the protein powder, you shouldn’t have any issues with moisture or toughness.

I think that’s all you need to know. If you have any questions about this protein oatmeal recipe or want to share your own creation, send me a DM or tag me on Instagram @mugsformuscles.

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