Peanut Butter Chocolate Granola
Peanut Butter Chocolate Granola combines old-fashioned oats, peanuts, sunflower seeds, and pumpkin seeds – all topped with a delicious peanut butter and honey mixture. Add some peanut butter and chocolate chips for good measure!
Try our Maple Pecan Granola or Healthy Chocolate Granola next!
Best Peanut Butter Granola
Granola makes everything better. It turns boring oatmeal, vanilla yogurt, and just plain milk into a giant party.
Add peanut butter and chocolate to granola and we’ve basically got heaven on earth!
Why This Recipe Works:
- SIMPLE – We keep these staples stocked in our pantry for a quick batch of granola any day of the week. You’ll be surprised at how simple this recipe is to make.
- FULL OF PROTEIN – This granola is chock full of peanut butter and nuts AND protein. This one will keep you full for hours.
- CRUNCHY – Peanut Butter Chocolate Granola is crunchy and delicious. The perfect texture to add to soft foods, like oatmeal or yogurt. Plus you won’t believe the delicious taste!
- GREAT FOR GIFTS – My favorite way to gift this granola is to add it to a mason jar and tie some ribbon around the rim.
What You’ll Need:
- old fashioned oatmeal
- peanuts
- sunflower seeds
- pepitas
- avocado oil
- honey
- crunchy peanut butter (creamy peanut butter works great too) – I haven’t tested natural peanut butter or almond butter in this recipe.
- pure maple syrup
- peanut butter chips
- chocolate chips (you can use semi-sweet chocolate chips, dark chocolate chips, mini chocolate chips, or even chocolate chunks)
Step 1
Combine the dry ingredients. In a large bowl, combine the dry ingredients – the oatmeal, peanuts, sunflower seeds, pepitas, and sea salt. Stir well to combine.
Step 2
Combine the wet ingredients. In a 2-cup measuring cup, combine the wet ingredients – the avocado oil, honey maple syrup, and crunchy peanut butter. Heat in the microwave for about two minutes and then stir well to combine.
Step 3
Pour the wet ingredients over the dry. Pour the honey peanut butter mixture over the dry ingredients and stir well with a spoon.
Step 4
Add to pan. Then add the granola mixture to a baking sheet lined with parchment paper and spread in an even layer.
Step 5
Bake granola. Bake the granola in a preheated 325-degree oven for 20 minutes. Check to see if the granola is browning. You may need to bake the granola for another 5-8 minutes or so.
Step 6
Let cool. Let the pan of granola sit in the pan for 20-30 minutes. Afterward, use your hands to break up the granola into chunks.
Step 7
Add chips. Add the chocolate chips and peanut butter chips.
Storing and Freezing
- Store granola in an airtight container or a ziplock storage bag. The granola will stay fresh at room temperature for up to a week.
- Freeze granola in a freezer bag for up to three months.
- This is also a great recipe to pack when you travel – speaking from experience.
How to Enjoy Granola:
- Sprinkle granola over fruit and yogurt. This is definitely Mike’s FAV way to eat it.
- Combine it with milk. Granola as a cereal? Yes, please.
- Add it to your oatmeal (or steel-cut oats). I’m liking this A LOT.
- Eat it straight out of the bag. Is this ok to do? Asking for a friend.
Or head to read how we enjoy our Yogurt with Granola bowls!
Other Granola Recipes:
We love our granola and you should definitely try the following recipes next:
- Maple Pecan Granola
- Healthy Chocolate Granola Recipe
- Grain Free Granola Bars – the best homemade granola bars!
Recipe Tips:
- First…a question. Do you have an oven that bakes hotter or colder than average, or just somewhere in the middle? This is important.
- Bake your granola at 325 degrees F (or 350 degrees F in my case) for 20-25 minutes.
- Be vigilant and stay close to the oven towards the end of baking. This granola can burn very quickly, and I don’t want that to happen to you.
- Don’t stir the granola to keep the granola in large clusters. After it’s done, remove the pan from the oven and let it sit for about 15 minutes before using your hands to break it apart.
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xoxo ~Sue
Peanut Butter Chocolate Granola
Ingredients
- 3 cups old fashioned oats
- 1 cup peanuts
- 1/2 cup sunflower seeds
- 1/2 cup pepitas
- 1/3 cup avocado oil
- 1/4 cup honey
- 1/4 cup pure maple syrup
- 1/2 cup crunchy peanut butter
- 1/3 cup chocolate chips
- 1/3 cup peanut butter chips
Instructions
- Combine the dry ingredients. In a large bowl, combine the dry ingredients – the oatmeal, peanuts, sunflower seeds, pepitas, and sea salt. Stir well to combine.
- Combine the wet ingredients. In a 2-cup measuring cup, combine the wet ingredients – the avocado oil, honey maple syrup, and crunchy peanut butter. Heat in the microwave for about two minutes and then stir well to combine.
- Pour the wet ingredients over the dry. Pour the honey peanut butter mixture over the dry ingredients and stir well with a spoon.
- Add to pan. Then add the granola mixture to a sheet pan lined with parchment paper and spread evenly to all sides of the pan.
- Bake granola. Bake the granola in a preheated 325-degree oven for 20 minutes. Check to see if the granola is browning. You may need to bake the granola for another 5-8 minutes or so.
- Let cool. Let the pan of granola sit in the pan for 20-30 minutes. Afterward, use your hands to break up the granola into chunks.
- Add chips. Add the chocolate chips and peanut butter chips.
- STORE peanut butter granola in a storage bag or an airtight container. This will stay fresh on your countertop for about one week.FREEZE granola in a freezer bag for up to three months.
Notes
- Be vigilant and stay close to the oven towards the end of baking. This granola can burn very quickly, and I don’t want that to happen to you.
- Don’t stir the granola to keep the granola in large clusters. After it’s done, remove the pan from the oven and let it sit for about 15 minutes before using your hands to break it apart.
I love this granola on my morning yogurt or right out of the freezer as a snack. The combo of flavors are all of my favorites. Chocolate and peanut butter, what can be wrong with that.
Exactly! We love this combo too.
Is it wrong that I hide your granola from the kids? I LOVE it!
Not at all!! Enjoy! 🙂
Wooooowowow does this look amazing or what? This would be so amazing on vanilla greek yogurt, or just on its own. Gotta try it!
Hi Karly! I hope you get a chance to try it. It’s a favorite in our home. 🙂
Please don’t give my granola away. ????
Sorry! I like to GIVE! 🙂