Chocolate Granola. Combine brown sugar, maple syrup, vegetable oil, vanilla extract, salt, cayenne pepper, and cocoa powder in a bowl. Oats, almonds, cocoa powder, salt, that is. We'll save the chocolate chips and coconut for later.

Tossing chocolate covered raisins, almonds, and cranberries with the warm granola transforms the humble oat mixture into decadent clusters. This is exactly the chocolate granola recipe I've been looking for. I high recommend doubling the recipe as I made it as stated and it was gone in a day! You can have Chocolate Granola using 9 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Chocolate Granola

You need 75 ml of vegetable oil.
You need 125 ml of honey or golden syrup.
Prepare 1 tsp of vanilla extract.
It's 2 tbsp of unsweetened good quality cocoa powder.
It's 6 pieces of 70% dark chocolate.
You need of good pinch salt.
It's 300 g of rolled oats or a mixture of oats and oatmeal.
It's 300 g of nuts and seeds; slivered almonds, sunflower seeds, cashew nuts (broken up) etc.
Prepare 2-3 tbsp of demerara sugar.

I just can't say enough how wonderful this recipe is. The only change I made was using real butter instead of butter flavored spread. The Ultimate Chocolate Granola with almonds, oats, coconut flakes, chocolate chips, topped with crunchy sugar and sea salt. This Healthy Chocolate Granola recipe is a low sugar treat that's perfect for breakfast, dessert, and snacking!

Chocolate Granola step by step

Warm the oil, honey, chocolate and salt in a pan until the chocolate has melted..
Measure the oats, nuts, seeds and sugar together in a bowl. Preheat the oven to 160C/Gas 2..
Pour the oil and chocolate mixture into the bowl of oats and nuts and mix together really well..
Line a roasting tray with baking parchment, use two if you don't have a large one, the granola needs to be spread thinly enough to toast evenly..
Bake for 15 minutes, then remove from the oven and gently mix. I use the paper to pile the granola in the middle then re-spread it all out. Return to the oven for 10 minutes more, but keep a close eye and check after 5, you don't want it to scorch even slightly..
You want the nuts to be golden coloured. It will crisp at it cools, so if it's still a little chewy it doesn't mean its not had enough cooking time, and remember you can always put it back in..
Leave to cool completely before transferring to an airtight container. You can use the paper again to just pour it in. Serve with ice cold milk..

In a medium pot set over low heat, combine the oil with the butter, brown sugar, honey, vanilla, cocoa powder and salt. Line a rimmed baking sheet with a piece of parchment paper and set aside. In a large bowl, mix together the oats, oil, syrup and salt. Add this Chocolate Granola to your cereal bowl, yogurt, ice cream or snack time because chocolate makes everything better. Each handful is made with clean and vegan ingredients with a share of ancient grains.