Double Chocolate Granola

Name: Double Chocolate Granola
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 35 min
Ingredients: 1/3 cup (66g) coconut oil (or other oil); 1/3 cup (119g) honey; 1 teaspoon vanilla; 1/2 cup (99g) brown sugar; 1/3 cup (25g) cocoa; 1/4 teaspoon salt; 3 cups (240g) old fashioned oats; 1/2 cup (43g) sliced almonds; ½ cup (37g) shredded coconut (I use sweetened); 1 ½ cups (275g) semi-sweet chocolate chips; Raw sugar (or other coarse sugar) to taste

June 16, 2019 by Kelly 56 Comments

Double Chocolate Granola – crunchy chocolate oat clusters, sliced almonds, flakes of coconut, and best of all – a decadent chocolate coating. Sprinkled with raw sugar for even more crunch. Chocolate for breakfast? Yes, please!

What started out as a healthy breakfast turned into what I crave for dessert. This Double Chocolate Granola is super chocolatey and adds a sweet crunch to anything you sprinkle it on.

Ways to eat Double Chocolate Granola

Layered in a parfait, sprinkled over a yogurt bowl, or in a bowl with milk – the possibilities are endless with this Double Chocolate Granola. I even love eating it by the handful as a snack.

How to eat Double Chocolate Granola:

Layered in a parfait
Sprinkled over a yogurt bowl
In a bowl with milk
By the handful
Sprinkled over a smoothie bowl
Mixed into ice cream
As part of a trail mix
Sprinkled over waffles or pancakes
Sprinkled over fruit

Depending on how you’re going to serve this Double Chocolate Granola, you could stir in some dried fruit. Dried cherries would be fantastic. Or dried oranges – yum! I haven’t added dried fruit to the recipe because I often serve it with a fresh fruit. Like in a Raspberry Yogurt Parfait.

How to make Double Chocolate Granola

Making homemade Double Chocolate Granola couldn’t be simpler:

Combine the wet ingredients, cocoa, and brown sugar.
Stir in the rest of the dry ingredients (except coconut and chocolate chips).
Bake for about 30 minutes, stirring in the coconut in the last 5 minutes.
Sprinkle with chocolate chips and raw sugar.

And enjoy! It’s so easy!

Here’s the magic to this Double Chocolate Granola

You start out with a delicious homemade chocolate granola. (Which is so good I sometimes just eat it as is.)

When it comes out of the oven, you sprinkle chocolate chips over it and let it cool. The chocolate chips will become soft and melty from the heat of the granola, but they will keep their shape and solidify back to normal when they cool.

Now you have two options here. You can let the granola cool completely until the chocolate chips are hardened in which case you’ll have a chocolate – chocolate chip granola with chocolate chips fused into the clusters of granola.

Or, you can stir the softened chocolate chips into the granola, giving you puddles of chocolate throughout the granola and coating the clusters.

Both are amazing!

The final touch is a sprinkle of raw sugar for added crunch and sweetness. I sprinkle it on when the chocolate chips are still soft and melty, but not too warm. That way they stick to the chocolate without dissolving.

Why I love making my own granola

I love making my own granola. There are so many different flavor combinations and add-ins. You’re only limited by your imagination. Check out my post on Homemade Granola. It’s so easy to customize the:

Oil – coconut, avocado, sunflower, canola, olive
Sweetener – honey, maple syrup, agave, brown sugar
Nuts and seeds
Dried fruits
Spices or other flavorings – chocolate! Or peanut butter, cinnamon

Quality granolas sell for a premium price. Homemade granola lets you control what ingredients you want to use at a much better price.