Chocolate Granola Recipe – A simple and easy homemade granola recipe featuring Nutella! Sweet. Salty. Satisfying.
What I love most about this particular granola recipe is that it’s simple and super easy. In fact, there’s only 5 ingredients! Thanks to the world’s best ingredient: Nutella, which acts as the binder and definitely takes center stage.
It’s been far too long since I’ve posted a recipe featuring Nutella on the ingredients list -Nutella is, by far, the most decadent, rich, heavenly, crazy delicious spread on the planet. It goes best with a spoon, but it’s also my favorite ingredient ever. Just sayin’.
Nutella always has a way of making life so much easier – for this recipe, it takes the place of the sugar, oil, cocoa powder, and vanilla extract required in most standard granola recipes.
What does that mean? Well, no sugar + oil means that you don’t have to heat the coating mixture on the stove-top – it can, instead, be done in the microwave in 30 short seconds.
Instead of old-fashion oats, this recipe calls for quick oats and brown rice puffs. If you’ve ever had Nature’s Path Granola that’s why they use to get the crunchy texture.
The decadent Nutella and sweet maple syrup paired with sea salt and chopped nuts creates this awesome sweet & salty flavor!
The granola takes about 30 minutes in the oven. Let it sit out, uncovered, for about 30 minutes. Exposure to air will allow it to crunch up as it cools. Then it’s time to dig into this dessert-like, yet deceivingly healthy concoction!
Serve it on {Strawberry} yogurt, with milk, sprinkle it on ice cream, or munch away while plopped on the couch at midnight. It’s ok, I won’t judge.
One of my absolute favorite breakfasts is this granola over a big bowl of strawberry yogurt. The sweetness of the yogurt compliments the salty aspect of the granola SO well! If you make this granola you HAVE to try that combo!! It’s so good!
Enjoy!