Chocolate Granola. If you want a stickier granola, that will more easily clump together, you can up the brown sugar and maple syrup a bit, as I used the bare minimum in this recipe, but I think it's plenty sweet enough, especially if you're a fan of dark chocolate. We came up with another excuse to eat chocolate for breakfast. Classic oats, nuts, and sweetened coconut get mixed with a cocoa-honey syrup before baking in the oven.

I high recommend doubling the recipe as I made it as stated and it was gone in a day! 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. You can cook Chocolate Granola using 6 ingredients and 2 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Chocolate Granola

You need 3 cups of old fashioned oats.
Prepare 1/2 cup of slivered almonds.
It's 1/4 cup of cocoa powder.
You need 1/4 tsp. of salt.
It's 1/2 cup of olive oil.
You need 1/2 cup of pure maple syrup.

Line a large baking sheet with parchment paper, and set aside. In a large mixing bowl, stir together oats, almonds, cocoa powder and sea salt until evenly combined. Sprinkle with the remaining turbinado sugar and coarse sea salt to taste. Healthy chocolate granola is very easy to make.

Chocolate Granola instructions

Preheat the oven to 325°F. Line a large baking tray with parchment paper and set it aside.
In a large bowl, stir everything together until thoroughly combined and the oats are all moistened. Spread the oat mixture onto the baking tray and bake for 25 or so minutes, until it's starting to dry out. Then remove the tray from the oven and let it sit out to crisp up. Once its cooled, transfer it to an airtight container. Store for up to 1 week..

Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. In a large bowl, mix the oats, nuts, coconut flakes, and salt. Made with old-fashioned oats, this is a delicious way to eat your whole grains. The Dutch-processed cocoa powder is full of anti-oxidants, too. Using honey and a sprinkling of cinnamon for flavor brings out the chocolate, and the milk that's left in the bowl will have you slurping with a smile.