These Coconut Mango Oat Breakfast Bites are sure to be a hit with the kids. Make the night before for a super quick, on the go breakfast.
For a family that doesn't eat / like porridge for breakfast, we certainly manage to get through a lot of oats. For some reason, if oats are cooked in oatcakes a banana cookie, fruity oat muffin, rolled into blueberry breakfast balls or soaked overnight like these strawberry overnight oats, then my kids think they taste way better.
I'm happy enough with that as I think oats are a great start to the day. It is easy, however, when making breakfast in this way to add a ton of extra sugar. Cookies, oat bars and muffins are supposed to be sweet, right? This is fair enough when they are occasional treats but if you are serving them as breakfast then you are just starting the day on a sugar load. Not something I want.
So, if you are looking for something deliciously sweet then I wouldn't bother making these Coconut Mango Oat Breakfast Bites. That isn't what you are going to get. However, if you are looking for a different, yet healthy, way to serve oats in the morning then look no further.
Perhaps your kids are bored of porridge, maybe you are looking for something a little less messy, perhaps you are doing BLW (baby-led weaning) or maybe, like me, your kids haven't taken to porridge but you still want to serve them healthy oats in the morning. Whatever the reason I hope you enjoy these.
These Coconut Mango Oat Breakfast Bites do contain some raisins as I felt that it did need a little bit of extra sweetness. I do often leave them out though and the boys are happy enough to eat it. It's up to you if you add them. If you think your kids will need a little more sweetness then add a little more. You could even add some other dried fruit.
Soak the raisins while preparing the rest of the recipe. This stops them from burning as I have mentioned in this raspberry banana cookies recipe.
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Coconut and Mango Oat Breakfast Bites
Ingredients
- 40g (¼ cup) Raisins / Sultanas
- 1 Ripe banana, mashed
- 195g (2 cups) Rolled oats
- 33g (â…“ cup) Desiccated coconut
- 250ml (1 cup) Coconut milk
- 140g (1 cup) Frozen Mango Pieces
- 1 Egg, beaten
Instructions
- Pre heat oven to 190c / 375F / Gas 5
- Pop the raisins in a small bowl and soak in boiling water.
- To a large mixing bowl add the banana, oats, coconut and coconut milk. Stir until combined.
- Add the mango pieces and stir until they start to break down (I like around half of the mango broken down into the mixture and the other half as chunks)
- Add the beaten egg and mix until combined.
- Drain the raisins and mix them through the oat mixture.
- Grease a baking tray/ dish with coconut oil, add the mixture and smooth out. (Mine tray was 22cm /8.5 inch by 22cm / 8.5 inch)
- Bake for approx. 28 mins.
- Allow to cool before slicing into bite size pieces.
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Josephine says
Does the mango have to be frozen? Can I just use fresh mango?
Amy says
Hi Josephine, you can use fresh but I found the frozen worked better in this recipe as it broke down more.
Ruxandra says
Hi Amy. Can a freeze these oat bites?
Amy says
Hi Ruxandra, yes you can freeze them. I would freeze on a baking tray, until solid, and then place in a freezer safe bag/container before returning to the freezer to store.
Ellen says
Love this recipe find! Was looking for some healthy oat cookies/bites, and these are perfect. My 20 month old demolished a whole bar with no hesitation. 5* from both of us!
Amy says
Love this! Thank you 🙂
Julia says
Does this call for the think coconut milk from a can, or the diary milk alternative that is the consistency or normal dairy milk?
Amy says
I used canned milk, Julia. 🙂
Charlotte says
Really enjoyed these. We didn’t have raisins so left that out and was still delicious. I imagine they’d be even nicer with them. Lovely and soft for my 11 month old. My tin was smaller so ours were thicker, I baked for an extra 10 mins or so and they were perfect once they’d cooked down a bit.
Amy says
Thanks Charlotte, so happy you enjoyed them 🙂
T says
Delicious! Both me and baby loved this. Making it again tonight with some chia seeds and frozen blueberries instead
Amy says
Thank you - chia and blueberry sounds amazing 🙂