comment icon 57 more comments It is a really bad and really good day when I wake up and see those chocolate cookies that I made yesterday sitting on the counter and POOF, just like that, three are gone. And it’s 6am. It all happens so fast. I am definitely not a dessert observer, spell check. Sheesh. There’s just that one problem with my dessert habit. That one need-to-eat-healthier problem, and also the hungry-by-9am problem. The bliss of the breakfast cookie doesn’t last long. So once upon a sad day when I could find no dessert anywhere in the house, I made chocolate oatmeal. And while oatmeal is not usually the first thing that people think of when they think chocolate dessert, I’ve been in the oats-after-dinner club for many a year. And that’s not just a blog joke – I’m totally serious. One of my favorite ways to round out a meal is with a few bites of sweet, creamy oatmeal. And my favorite thing of all is sitting by the crackling fire under a blanket and holding a little warm mug filled with cinnamon sugar oatmeal. Yes, mug. And yes, fire. Bleh. I can NOT handle that kind of heat right now but in another life, I do like that sort of thing. This is what I eat when I want to eat dessert but I actually need to eat something that’s not 50,000 calories. Which is my whole life. Cocoa powder makes this rich and chocolatey without tons of sugar. A dash of cinnamon warms up the flavor. And the egg whites make it fluffy, protein-packed, and filling. Oh, the chocolate chips? Yeah. Ummmm. For decoration. It’s a dessert lover’s dream. WIN. How do you guys feel about brownie batter? Because what this really reminds me of is brownie batter. A big ol’ bowl of the warm, fudgy, gooey stuff. 4.5 from 12 reviews Wait, is brownie batter warm? Hmm. It tastes like yummy chocolate, end of story.
