Low Sugar Chocolate Peanut Butter Granola

If you know me, you know that if both chocolate and peanut butter are involved… I don’t care what it is… count me in 🙋

I can’t believe this is my first homemade granola recipe because let me tell you… IT IS SOOOO EASY TO MAKE YOUR OWN.

Reasons to make your own granola:

• it’s cheaper
• it’s fun (hello, social distancing!)
• control of ingredients (no inflammatory oils, you can control the amount of sugar, etc.)
• HOMEMADE ALWAYS TASTES BETTER (!!!!)

This Chocolate Peanut Butter Granola is sweetened only with a touch of honey and has hemp seeds added for an extra plant-based protein boost! I have been munching on it plain mostly (yes, it’s that good) but also love it on top of yogurt or in a bowl with homemade cashew milk and banana slices. DELICIOUS.

Hope you guys give this recipe a try and if you do, I’d love to hear what you think! Wishing you all health and a sense of calmness during this crazy time 💕

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Low Sugar Chocolate Peanut Butter Granola

Course: Breakfast, Dessert, Snack

Keyword: chocolate, dairy free, gluten free, granola, healthy, low sugar, oats, peanut butter

Ingredients

• 2 cups old fashioned rolled oats
• 1/4 cup hemp seeds
• 1/4 cup peanuts
• 3 tbsp cocoa powder (unsweetened)
• 1/2 cup peanut butter (only ingredient should be peanuts or peanuts and salt)
• 1/4 cup honey
• 2 tbsp coconut oil
• sprinkle sea salt

Instructions

• Line a baking tray with parchment paper and preheat oven to 300F.
• Combine oats, hemp seeds, peanuts, cocoa powder, and sea salt in a large mixing bowl.
• Add your peanut butter, coconut oil, and honey to a small pot on the stovetop. Stir over low heat just until everything is fully melted.
• Add your wet ingredients to your dry ingredients and mix until everything is fully coated.
• Press mixture down onto parchment paper as thin as possible while still keeping it all together. This will help to make clusters! See pictures above.
• Bake for 8-10 minutes or until you start to notice the edges getting slightly crispy. Flip (trying to keep as big of clusters as possible) and bake another 5-8 minutes. Keep a close eye on it so that it doesn't burn! 🙂
• Let cool completely and then you can either keep the large clusters or break it down into smaller pieces like traditional granola. I personally like the big clusters!