Dark Chocolate Baked Oatmeal

You know those days when you wake up craving chocolate? Let me restart. You know how every morning, you wake up needing a chocolate fix? No? Just me? Well this is awkward.

If as a child, your favourite cereals were cocoa puffs and cocoa krispies, and when you were out of cereal, you either slathered Nutella onto toast or ate a double chocolate Pop-Tart, then this recipe is for you!

Only now that you're older, you have to pretend that you've grown out of your love for those sugary bowls of crispy, chocolatey, heavenly goodness, and opt for the boring bowls of sludge called oatmeal.

But wait. I am here to let you know that not all hope is lost. If you still need that morning chocolate fix, (of course you do) then you can have it in the healthier form of baked oatmeal! Yaaay!


Dark Chocolate Baked Oatmeal
1/2 cup old fashioned oats
1/4 tsp. Baking powder
1 1/2 tbsp. Cocoa powder
1 small ripe banana, mashed
1/3 cup almond milk, or milk of choice

1) Preheat oven to 350° Fahrenheit. And grease a single- serving ramkin.
2) Combine first three ingredients.
3) Stir in first the banana, then the milk.
4) Bake until no longer liquidy in the center, or about 25-30 minutes.

Notes:
·For a sweeter, fudgier oatmeal, use more banana.
·For a richer oatmeal, as half of a mashed avocado, or a.tablespoon of coconut oil in step three.
·To be a happier person, mix in a handful of chocolate chips in step three.

Enjoy!
-Liesl