Healthy Chocolate Granola چاکلیٹ گرنولا recipe by morEwish

 

This homemade chocolate granola is made with healthy ingredients but tastes so decadent! Serve with yogurt, milk, or enjoy by the handful! It’s crispy and crunchy and perfectly rich and decadent and chocolatey, without being overly sweet.

This homemade granola is quick, straightforward, and easy. Not to mention… cheaper than anything you’ll find in the store AND made without any preservatives. For crunch, I love adding some nuts. I used almonds and walnuts or this batch, but I also love pecans and cashews here. For a nut-free alternative, pumpkin seeds or sunflower seeds would be delicious as well. But you can customize it how you prefer with different add-ins, the flavor possibilities are endless, dried fruit, nuts, seeds etc

About that coconut oil. No, your granola will not taste like coconut. From the cocoa powder and the melty chocolate chips, you’ll find no remanence of coconut taste dancing around your tastebuds. I strongly suggest you use coconut oil here (and in any granola recipe calling for oil), but if you cannot get your hands on any, canola oil will work just fine.

I prefer adding chocolate chips, as soon as granola come out of oven. I recommend letting the chocolate granola cool completely on the baking sheet. This helps big clumps and clusters form, which we all know is the best part of granola. Once cool, then transfer to an airtight container for storage! You can leave container on the counter or in the pantry for up to one month. 

It can be eaten for breakfast, as a snack, pre-workout, post-workout, midnight munchie, or sitting at your desk. I love serving it up with some yogurt and berries for breakfast. It also makes a great ice cream topping. However you serve it, I doubt it will last long! 

Here are a few of my favorite ways to enjoy this decadent homemade granola:
Over yogurt with fresh fruit
Sprinkled on a bowl of ice cream
On top of smoothies or smoothie bowls
With milk in a bowl (better than cereal!)
By the handful on the go!

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Ingredients:

3 cups oats you can use gluten-free rolled oats
1 cup chopped raw nuts (almonds, pecans, and/or walnuts are best)
1/4 cup desiccated or shredded coconut (unsweetened)
2 Tbsp chia seeds
3 Tbsp coconut or organic cane sugar (or other dry sweetener of choice)
1/3 cup cocoa powder
1/4 cup coconut (or avocado oil)
1/2 cup honey (plus more to taste or other liquid sweetener of choice like maple syrup, agave)

1/2 cup chocolate chips (vegan dark chocolate chips or chunks to make it dairy free)