🥜🍫 Sweeten your mornings or add a nutty twist to your afternoon snack with this indulgent chocolate peanut butter granola recipe. Made with natural peanut butter, cocoa powder, and packed with healthy oats, enjoy as a morning parfait, bowl of cereal, or even it as a healthy sweet treat at any time of day!
It's no secret that Dan's favorite sweet treat is anything with chocolate and peanut butter. Reese's peanut butter cups are hands down his favorite candy, and every year I make him a chocolate dutch baby with peanut butter drizzle on his birthday (I should probably share that recipe...coming soon 😂!). But I was trying to figure out what to do in the meantime...Something sweet but not overly sugary, and at least have some kind of healthy aspect...Aha! Chocolate peanut butter granola for the win.
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What You'll Need
This chocolate peanut butter granola is vegan, dairy-free, and gluten-free! However, it can be easy to to grab the wrong ingredients and wind up with animal/milk product or gluten in your batch. But not to worry! Make sure to grab these three things and you'll be all set.
- Gluten-free rolled oats - This is the only kind I buy. Quaker Oats and Bob's Red Mill both have great options for this!
- Natural peanut butter - Regular peanut butter has a bunch of additives in it, sometimes including "natural flavoring" which can include weird animal products. Stick with the simple stuff that is literally just processed peanuts.
- Dairy free chocolate chips, if desired - The cocoa powder should already be dairy free (there is definitely a difference in hot chocolate powder and cocoa powder by the by) so if you feel like adding chocolate chips, Ghirardelli has a great dairy free semi-sweet bag.
How To Serve This Recipe
One of my favorite things about granola is how many different ways you can enjoy it! For this particular iteration, here a few ideas for how to serve chocolate peanut butter granola:
1. On-the-go Snack: Pack a small container of your granola and munch on it throughout the day. The combination of crunchy oats, rich chocolate, and nutty peanut butter will keep you sweet tooth satisfied!
2. Yogurt Parfait: Layer your favorite yogurt with a generous sprinkle of this chocolate peanut butter granola. It adds a delightful crunch to the creamy yogurt.
3. Smoothie Booster: An interesting one but delicious! Blend your granola into a smoothie to add some extra texture and flavor, particularly a chocolate banana protein shake or a dark chocolate date smoothie.
4. Smoothie Bowl: OR if you've got a little extra time to eat, just take those same smoothies and turn them into a smoothie bowl, sprinkled with the granola for extra yums!
5. Breakfast Cereal: Enjoy your chocolate peanut butter granola the classic way. Pour a generous serving into a bowl, and simply add your favorite milk. A delightful way to start your morning!
Frequently Asked Questions
No. Regular peanut butter has a lot of additives in it and a very different texture. Stick with the simple stuff. If your natural peanut butter has separated prior to adding to this recipe, just give it a good stir and you'll be all set.
As long as you use gluten-free rolled oats and (optional) dairy free chocolate chips, it's is vegan, dairy free, and gluten free!
When stored in an airtight container, your chocolate peanut butter granola can stay fresh for up to two weeks.
More Granola Options
Love this idea but the chocolate and peanut butter combo not your thing? Check out some more granola recipes here 👍🏻.
Questions? Concerns? Loved this recipe? Leave me a line in the comments section below!
Chocolate Peanut Butter Granola
- Total Time: 1 hour 5 minutes
- Yield: Serves 6 to 8 1x
- Diet: Vegan
Description
🥜🍫Sweeten your mornings or add a nutty twist to your afternoon snack with this indulgent chocolate peanut butter granola recipe. Made with natural peanut butter, cocoa powder, and packed with healthy oats, enjoy as a morning parfait, bowl of cereal, or even it as a healthy sweet treat at any time of day!
Ingredients
- 3 cups gluten-free rolled oats
- ¼ cup cocoa powder
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- ¼ cup coconut oil, melted
- ½ cup natural smooth peanut butter
- ¼ cup brown sugar
- ¼ cup molasses
- ½ teaspoon sea salt
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- ¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1 cup roasted, unsalted peanuts, roughly chopped
- ¼ cup toasted coconut chips
- Optional: ¼ cup (dairy-free) chocolate chips
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Instructions
- Preheat oven to 300°F. Grease or prepare a baking sheet with a silpat or parchment paper.
- In a large mixing bowl, stir together oats, cocoa powder, salt, cinnamon and nutmeg.
- Add peanut butter, molasses, maple syrup, vanilla extract, brown sugar, and melted coconut oil. Stir together until completely mixed.
- Spread the granola mixture onto a baking sheet.
- Bake for 40 minutes, stirring and rotating the pan after 20 minutes.
- After 40 minutes, stir in peanuts and place back in the oven for another 20 minutes.
- Remove from oven, let cool 10 minutes, stirring occasionally to keep from sticking. Cool completely on a wire rack.
- Once cooled, stir in coconut flakes and chocolate chips if using.
- Store in an airtight jar up to 2 weeks and enjoy with yogurt, milk, or just as a snack!
Notes
For the brown sugar, I like to use Swerve brown sugar substitute, just to lighten up a little bit on the sugar content!
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Cook Time: 1 hour
- Category: Breakfast
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
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