This Oatmeal Brulee recipe is a delicious way to jazz up your everyday oatmeal. A burnt, crusty sugar top layered on your daily oatmeal is delicious and feels a little extra. It’s a super simple way to make breakfast even more delicious.

Oatmeal Brulee in ramekins on a table next to a jar of sugar. — Let’s make this Oatmeal Brulee recipe.

Why You Need to Add Burnt Sugar to Your Oatmeal

A bowl of oatmeal with a bruleed sugar crust is decadent but SO simple.

With just a little extra sugar and some fresh berries, you can elevate your run of the mill breakfast. This is a great idea for kid’s birthdays, brunch or regular old breakfast on a Monday.

I love a good creme brulee. And while those words technically mean burnt creme, it’s best known for the hard crust of sugar on top.

When sugar starts to melt it gets all sweet and liquidy and as it cooks a little more, it starts to crisp up and as it burns the flavor turns caramel-y and amazing.

Which makes it perfect for topping your oatmeal. This Oatmeal Brulee recipe couldn’t get any easier. You can do this with a packet of instant oatmeal and add-on just a minute to your normal school-day breakfast routine.

Ingredients

Dry oats in a few ramekins on a table next to packets of oatmeal, sugar and fresh berries.

a packet of oatmeal (or homemade)
sugar

You will need a few supplies to make the sugar crust. You can either use the broiler setting on the oven or a creme brulee torch.

How to Make Oatmeal Brulee

Prepare your oatmeal per the package directions and make sure it is in an oven proof ramekin.

Oatmeal in ramekins with one topped with sugar that is burnt like creme brulee.

Step 1

Top it with sugar. Here we used sugar in the raw but my favorite way to do it is mix brown sugar with a little white sugar (white sugar melts a little better but brown sugar HAS THE BEST FLAVOR EVER!).

Oatmeal Brulee in a white ramekin with the sugar crust bren and topped with fresh berries.

Step 2

Pop the dishes under your broiler and watch closely to make sure you aren’t over cooking the sugar (it just takes about 20 seconds or so).

Top with your favorite berries and serve.

You kids will love this nice sweet surprise on their breakfast. Oatmeal Brulee is so super easy and delicious. I think, unfortunately, that if I ate this every morning, I might need to buy new pants…