What do you use to sweeten your oats with?

kopmom
kopmom Posts: 491 Member
in Food and Nutrition
Trying to add cooked oats to my breakfast. What do you usually use to sweeten it with?
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  • ay1978pa
    ay1978pa Posts: 142 Member
    Raisins. That's usually enough for me.
  • chellendannyhollie
    chellendannyhollie Posts: 5
    Agave
  • arenkel
    arenkel Posts: 77
    Banana. I cook it with the oatmeal and it gets super mushy. Some people hate the texture (almost gooey), but I really enjoy it. Eating it right now, actually! :)

    Edit: come to think of it, I'll generally use whatever fruit I happen to have (except citrus)- apples (w/ cinnamon), strawberries, blueberries, etc. Raisins & other dried fruits are good too, especially raisins & cinnamon.
  • palmerar
    palmerar Posts: 489 Member
    I made some on Saturday...I am a sweet tooth so I used 1/2 Tbsp brown sugar, cinnamon, vanilla and then added strawberries and blueberries, it was perfect for me.
  • arenkel
    arenkel Posts: 77
    If you happen to have a chocolate craving, try this: Cook oats & banana by whatever method you choose. After oatmeal is cooked, add in a scoop of your favorite chocolate protein powder and maybe a teaspoon of dark cocoa powder. Sooo yummy.
  • MarineCodie
    MarineCodie Posts: 256 Member
    Brown sugar - nomnomnom.
  • L_Stradford
    L_Stradford Posts: 156 Member
    I usually do cinnamon sugar and a half a pack of Stevia in the Raw if I want it a little more sweeter than usual.
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  • fitandgeeky
    fitandgeeky Posts: 232 Member
    I use Stevia and cinnamon.
  • MrsSWW
    MrsSWW Posts: 1,585 Member
    This morning I had tinned pears in fruit juice on my porridge made with water, that was enough x
  • kuntry_navy
    kuntry_navy Posts: 677 Member
    chunky peanut butter and a spoon of heavy cream
  • GamerLady
    GamerLady Posts: 359 Member
    Stevia and I add PB2 because I like peanut butter, hehe.
  • OliveRiver
    OliveRiver Posts: 81 Member
    Honey/agave or brown sugar.
  • jodi267
    jodi267 Posts: 5 Member
    stevia
  • bluebug53
    bluebug53 Posts: 86 Member
    cinnamon, banana, and maple syrup
  • thebigcb
    thebigcb Posts: 2,210 Member
    Skittles, taste the rainbow

    Joking, Blueberries are lovely in porridge, or a dash or honey
  • justal313
    justal313 Posts: 1,375 Member
    Depends totally on my mood. Sometimes it's a packet of splenda, sometimes it's brown sugar, sometimes it sugar free maple syrup and sometimes it's honey. I may try Avage next, I have a bottle that I'm currently using for one and only one recipe and I need to find other uses...

    Generally I'm eating Steel Cut oats...

    Forgot I generally also add some fruit, especially if I'm making it in the crockpot overnight, then I add in some dried fruit when I throw it all in the crockpot.
  • cai1961
    cai1961 Posts: 59 Member
    Stevia and cinnamon
  • swiftjen77
    swiftjen77 Posts: 17
    Stevia plus dried fruit & nuts: raisins, dates (be careful, lots of calories in dates), cranberries, apricots, almonds, pecans, walnuts.

    Yum!
  • xiamjackie
    xiamjackie Posts: 611 Member
    I use any of these or a combination of some:

    PB2
    Almond milk
    Peanut butter
    Cinnamon
    Drop of vanilla extract
  • reneedavis11
    reneedavis11 Posts: 1
    That is what I use to sweeten my Oat Bran or Oatmeal Protien Powder and Blueberries,It taste wonderful
  • jheads
    jheads Posts: 145 Member
    Honey & cinnamon
  • luvmydog2
    luvmydog2 Posts: 243 Member
    cinnamon, banana, and maple syrup

    :wink: Maple Syrup ... sugar free ...cinnamon,
  • princessnik7
    princessnik7 Posts: 144 Member
    raw tupelo honey

    Oh and I make mine with almond milk instead of water.
  • Eat2Win
    Eat2Win Posts: 123 Member
    I have recently fallen in love with a not as popular natural sweetener: Coconut Palm Sugar. It's so tastey and even has nutritional values you can add to your diet by throwing some onto your oats. Google it and check it out for yourself :)
  • grdaze
    grdaze Posts: 195 Member
    I do a teaspoon of brown sugar, cranberries, and cinnamon.

    I also do raisins, walnuts and a splash of cream

    I recently bought some apple butter and am going to try that next.

    When the summer comes, it will be berries, cherries, etc.

    You also could try some honey.
  • Faye_Anderson
    Faye_Anderson Posts: 1,495 Member
    Raisins, crunchy peanut butter and Total Greek yogurt (extra protein!)
  • bluebear_74
    bluebear_74 Posts: 179
    I usually buy the flavored oats but lately I've been using agave, and before that golden syrup (I used honey for a bit but I find the honey was over powering and too strong. Wanted my oats sweeter and not honey flavored).
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  • llwll
    llwll Posts: 18 Member
    Cinnamone, 1/2 of banana, some dried fruit & nuts- cranberries, figs, apricots, almonds.
    Waiting for fresh berries- raspberries, blueberries, strawberries mmmmm :)

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