Chocolate Peanut Butter Granola with Dried Fruit

Greek yogurt topped with Chocolate Peanut Butter Granola with Dried Fruit.

Granola is one of those staples that’s easy to grab at the grocery store, but it’s far more satisfying—and often more nutritious—when you make it yourself. This chocolate peanut butter granola strikes the perfect balance of decadent and nourishing, with rich cocoa, creamy peanut butter, and just enough natural sweetness from dried fruit. It’s crunchy, deeply flavorful, and versatile enough to sprinkle over yogurt, swirl into oatmeal, or snack on straight from the jar. My favorite way to enjoy this granola is over a bowl of Greek yogurt.

Active Time: 10 minutes

Total Time: 40 minutes + 30 minutes to cool

Servings: 8 (this is kind of dependent on how much granola you consider to be 1 serving, I consider about 1/2 a cup!)

Ingredients:

• 4 cups rolled oats

• 1 cup chopped walnuts (you can really use any nuts you’d like here, peanuts are another good option)

• 1 teaspoon salt

• 1/2 cup cocoa powder

• 1/2 cup maple syrup

• 1/2 cup peanut butter

• 1/4 cup olive oil

• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

• 1/2 cup chocolate chips or cut up chocolate bar

• 1/2 cup dried cranberries (you can really use any dried fruit you’d like here)

Directions:

Step 1: Preheat the oven to 325F and line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Add the oats, chopped walnuts, and salt to a bowl. Mix everything to combine.

Step 2: Add the cocoa powder, maple syrup, peanut butter, and olive oil to a small saucepan. Place over medium-low heat, stirring constantly for about 2 minutes, or until everything is melted and combined well. Remove from heat and stir in vanilla extract.

Step 3: Pour the chocolate, peanut butter mixture over the oat mixture and stir until well combined. Each oat should be coated in the chocolate, peanut butter mixture.

Step 4: Pour the mixture onto the baking sheet and arrange so that the oats are laying flat. Bake for 25-30 minutes.

Step 5: Once done, top the oat mixture with chocolate chips and dried cranberries. Put the baking sheet back in the over for 2 more minutes. When you take it out of the oven, toss on the baking sheet and let the melted chocolate cover the granola.

Step 6: Let the granola cool for about 30 minutes before crumbling. Enjoy!