Double Chocolate Granola

Published: Jun 16, 2019 · Modified: Feb 10, 2024 by Kelly · This post may contain affiliate links · 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. Try it with my easy, homemade Korean banana milk or my homemade strawberry milk!

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Ways to eat

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

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, 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

This recipe 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 recipe

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.

Recipe

Double Chocolate Granola

Kelly

Double Chocolate Granola - crunchy chocolate oat clusters, sliced almonds, flakes of
coconut, and best of all – a decadent chocolate coating.

5 from 12 votes

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Prep Time 5

Cook Time 30

Total Time 35

Course Breakfast

Cuisine American

Servings servings

Calories 500 kcal

Ingredients

⅓ cup coconut oil (or other oil) 66g
⅓ cup honey 119g
1 teaspoon vanilla
½ cup brown sugar 99g
⅓ cup cocoa 25g
¼ teaspoon salt
3 cups old fashioned oats 240g
½ cup sliced almonds 43g
½ cup shredded coconut (I use sweetened) 37g
1 ½ cups semi-sweet chocolate chips 275g
Raw sugar or other coarse sugar to taste

Instructions

Combine honey, coconut oil, vanilla, brown sugar, cocoa, and salt in a mixing bowl. Mix until combined.
Stir in oats and almonds. Mix thoroughly until the oats are evenly covered.
Put granola mixture on a non-stick baking sheet or a baking sheet covered with baking parchment.
Bake in a preheated 350 degree F oven for about 15 minutes.
Add coconut to granola and stir gently.
Bake another 15 minutes until granola is golden and fragrant.
Remove from oven, sprinkle on chocolate chips.
Either let cool without stirring if you want the chocolate chips to keep their shape, or stir the melted chocolate chips through the granola. Sprinkle on raw sugar to taste before chocolate completely sets.
Let cool completely then break pieces of granola into clusters of desired size.
Store in an airtight container.

Notes

Ways to enjoy 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

Nutrition

Calories: 500kcalCarbohydrates: 61gProtein: 8gFat: 28gSaturated Fat: 17gPolyunsaturated Fat: 2gMonounsaturated Fat: 6gTrans Fat: 0.02gCholesterol: 2mgSodium: 76mgPotassium: 405mgFiber: 8gSugar: 34gVitamin A: 15IUVitamin C: 0.1mgCalcium: 63mgIron: 4mg

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