Chocolate Granola Recipe

Spread the Joy!

Okay i had to admit, i have consumed packets and packets of muesli when i was pregnant. i am not sure about the month, but sometime in my second trimester, i craved a lot of this stuff for breakfast. I know it is good with full of oats, nuts and dried fruits..But few months after that i totally disliked it, i never want to see that stuff again. Yes you guys know about pregnancy right..

Granola Recipe

Granola Muffins

Granola Parfait

From those days, Its been a while since i had this muesli. Few months back, i thought to give this a try at home, since i had all the ingredients on hand. And i should tell you, it was thousand times better than the ones which you get at stores..I made a traditional muesli before and it turned out just wonderful. This is my new spin on muesli and i made it into a chocolate flavoured ones and it was delicious.

I had few bowls of this muesli mixed with milk in the following days, i gave half of the mix to my mom and i reserved few cups of this for making the best granola muffins in the world. And today i did that too, it was amazing, i will post that recipe sometime by today, so keep a eye on my blog. This post is quite a big one, so be patient to load it for a while and check the pics out..

Hope you will try this recipe and let me know how it turned out for you..

Preparation time : 10 mins
Baking Time : 35 to 40 mins

Ingredients:

Rolled Oats – 2 cups
Coconut Oil – 3 tblspn
Brown Sugar – 1/4 cup
Honey – 1/4 cup
Cocoa powder – 1/4 cup
Shredded Coconut – 1/2 cup
Nuts of your choice – 1/2 cup ( i used walnuts)
Vanilla essence – 1 tsp
Salt – 1/2 tsp
Dried Fruits – 1/4 cup ( I used prunes and raisans
Semi Sweet Chocolate Chips – 1/4 cup
Dark Chocolate Chips – 1/4 cup

Method:

Preheat oven to 150 degree C. Line a baking pan with foil and grease it lightly with oil. Set aside.

Take oats, coconut, nuts, salt in a bowl and mix well.

Take oil, honey, brown sugar and cocoa powder in a sauce pan. Cook for a min till it bubble up. Now pour this over the oats mix and toss well.

Now spoon this in the baking pan and spread it in a single layer. Now pop this in oven and bake for 30 to 40 mins. Keep stirring in between and keep baking.

Now take it from oven and cool it down for few mins till it gets warm. Now add in dried fruits and chocolate chips and mix well.

Now you can store this in a air tight container and serve with milk or yogurt.

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