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
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- 3 cups gluten-free rolled oats
- 1/4 cup cocoa powder
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/4 cup coconut oil, melted
- 1/2 cup natural smooth peanut butter
- 1/4 cup brown sugar
- 1/4 cup molasses
- 1/2 teaspoon sea salt
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1 cup roasted, unsalted peanuts, roughly chopped
- 1/4 cup toasted coconut chips
- Optional: 1/4 cup (dairy-free) chocolate chips
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
