Carrot Cake Overnight Oats
Grated carrot, cinnamon, walnuts and raisins turn vegan overnight oats into a lightly sweet, high-fiber carrot cake breakfast.
- Prep
- 8 min
- Rest
- 6 h
- Serves
- 1
Carrot Cake Overnight Oats is a vegan breakfast recipe made with rolled oats, carrot, chia seeds. It takes 8 minutes of hands-on time, plus 6 hours resting, serves 1, and each serving has 413 calories, 11 g of protein and 12 g of fiber.
Grated carrot softens overnight into the oats, much like it bakes into a cake. Warm spices, walnuts and raisins give this breakfast a different taste and texture from the base recipe.
A flavor profile take on our Blueberry Chia Overnight Oats.
Ingredients
- ½ cup41 grolled oats
- ½ medium31 gcarrot, finely grated
- 1 tbsp12 gchia seeds
- ¾ cup180 gunsweetened almond milk
- 1 tbsp9 graisins
- 2 tsp13 gmaple syrup
- ½ tsp1.3 gground cinnamon
- 1 pinch0.2 gground nutmeg
- 2 tbsp15 gwalnuts, chopped
Kit: Box grater, Jar or container with lid
Tips
- Toast the walnuts in a dry pan for 3 minutes for a deeper, cake-like flavor.
Swap ideas
- Pumpkin seeds instead of walnuts
- Nut-free, with more iron
- Chopped dates instead of raisins
- Tastes more like caramel
The numbers
Nutrition per serving
413kcal per serving
Everything else · 1 serving per recipe
- Saturated fat
- 2 g 10%
- Sugars
- 17.6 g
- Sodium
- 159 mg 7%
- Potassium
- 580 mg 12%
- Calcium
- 485 mg 37%
- Iron
- 4 mg 22%
- Vitamin C
- 2 mg 3%
- Vitamin B12
- 0 µg 0%
% Daily Value on a 2,000 calorie diet. Calculated from USDA FoodData Central values for each ingredient; optional ingredients are excluded. Estimates vary with brands and portions.
Sources: Cereals, oats, regular and quick, not fortified, dry, Carrots, raw, Seeds, chia seeds, dried, Beverages, almond milk, unsweetened, shelf stable, Raisins, dark, seedless (Includes foods for USDA's Food Distribution Program), Syrups, maple, Spices, cinnamon, ground, Spices, nutmeg, ground, Nuts, walnuts, english
Method
Grate the carrot on the fine side of a box grater. Fine shreds soften overnight, while coarse ones stay crunchy.
Combine the oats, carrot, chia, cinnamon, nutmeg and raisins in a jar.
Stir in the almond milk and maple syrup, seal and refrigerate at least 6 hours.
Top with chopped walnuts just before eating so they stay crisp.
Storage: Keeps 3 days in the fridge; add walnuts on the day.
Questions
- How much protein is in carrot cake overnight oats?
- Each of the 1 serving has 11 g of protein, 12 g of fiber and 413 calories, calculated from USDA FoodData Central values for every ingredient.
- Is carrot cake overnight oats vegan?
- Yes. It contains no dairy, eggs, honey or other animal products.
- How long does carrot cake overnight oats take to make?
- 8 minutes of prep, so 8 minutes of hands-on time, plus 6 hours of unattended resting.
- Can you make carrot cake overnight oats ahead?
- Keeps 3 days in the fridge; add walnuts on the day.
- What can I substitute in carrot cake overnight oats?
- Pumpkin seeds instead of walnuts — nut-free, with more iron. Chopped dates instead of raisins — tastes more like caramel.
Nutrition is calculated from USDA data for every ingredient — how we work it out.
Published September 17, 2026 ·American
