Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Granola
I have been on a peanut butter and chocolate chip kick! I love this duo and this peanut butter chocolate chip granola will not disappoint—the perfect topping to your next yogurt parfait, acai bowl, or smoothie bowl.
Ingredients
Wet Ingredients
- Ripe Banana: You want to use ripe bananas when baking because they are naturally sweeter.
- All-Natural Peanut Butter: All-natural peanut butter has very few ingredients and no added sugars or chemicals.
- Coconut Oil: Coconut oil is good for blood sugar, energy levels, digestion, and more. An excellent substitute for butter or other oils to keep the granola together.
- Maple Syrup: Maple syrup is a natural sweetener that adds just the right about of sweetness to the granola.
Dry Ingredients
- All-Natural Rolled Oats: Organic, all-natural rolled oats are great. Oats are good for your cholesterol and full of fiber and antioxidants. Oats also help control blood sugar levels.
- Coconut Sugar: Coconut sugar is a healthier sugar alternative that has healthy fats and fewer grams of sugar per serving than other sugars. The coconut sugar adds sweetness to the cocoa powder.
- Cocoa Powder: Packed with antioxidants, healthy fats, and fiber, it is nutritious and adds the perfect chocolate flavor.
- Chia Seeds: Chia seeds have very few calories and are full of nutrients.
- Peanuts: Unsalted peanut pieces work best. If the peanuts are not in pieces, put them in a plastic bag and pound them. Be careful, you do not want them too small.
Additional Optional Ingredients
- Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips or Chunks: I mixed both chips and chunks, but either works.
- More All-Natural Peanut Butter to drizzle on top
How to Make Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Granola
Begin by preheating the oven to 350°F and prepare a baking sheet by lining it with parchment paper.
In a medium-sized mixing bowl, mix old fashioned oats, coconut sugar, cocoa powder, chia seeds, and peanuts. If the peanuts are not in pieces, put them in a plastic bag and pound them. Be careful you do not want them too small. Next, in a small mixing bowl, add mashed banana, peanut butter, melted coconut oil, and maple syrup.
After that, combine the wet ingredients with the dry ingredients. Mix them until all the ingredients are fully coated with the wet mixture.
After that, spread evenly on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Next, bake at 350°F for 25 minutes. Let the granola cool completely before adding chocolate chips or chunks.
Next, using a fork drizzle with peanut butter. Let the peanut butter set for a half an hour before storing in an airtight container—store granola in an airtight container for one week or in the freezer for up to a month.
Eating Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Granola
Acai Bowl Topping: My favorite toppings for an acai bowl are chocolate and peanut butter. I thought, why not make that into granola, and it was unreal! This granola pairs perfectly with an acai and fresh fruit.
Smoothie Bowl Topping: This granola would be great, not only an acai bowl but any smoothie bowl. I am going to try it with a strawberry banana smoothie bowl tomorrow morning!
Yogurt Parfait: This granola is the perfect topping to your favorite yogurt.
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Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Granola
Ingredients
Wet Ingredients
- 1 banana
- ⅓ cup all-natural peanut butter
- 1 tbsp coconut oil melted
- 1 tbsp maple syrup
Dry Ingredients
- 1½ cup all-natural rolled oats
- 1½ tbs coconut sugar
- 2 tbsp cocoa powder
- ¾¾ cup peanuts
- 1 tbsp chia seeds
Additional Optional Ingredients
- ¼ cup semi-sweet chocolate chips and/or chunks
- 1 tbsp all-natural peanut butter to drizzle
Instructions
- Begin by preheating the oven to 350°F and prepare a baking sheet by lining it with parchment paper.
- In a medium-sized mixing bowl, mix old fashioned oats, coconut sugar, cocoa powder, chia seeds, and peanuts. If the peanuts are not in pieces, put them in a plastic bag and pound them. Be careful you do not want them too small.
- Next, in a small mixing bowl, add mashed banana, peanut butter, melted coconut oil, and maple syrup.
- After that, combine wet ingredients to the dry ingredients.
- Combine them until all the ingredients are fully coated with the wet mixture.
- After that, spread evenly on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper.
- Next, bake at 350°F for 25 minutes.
- Let the granola cool completely before adding chocolate chips or chunks.
- Next, using a fork drizzle with peanut butter. Let the peanut butter set for a half an hour before storing in an airtight container—store granola in an airtight container for one week or in the freezer for up to a month.