How To Make Dark Chocolate Cherry Granola
Start your day right with a bowl of this bold granola recipe! It’s loaded with healthy dark chocolate, tasty dried cherries, and toasty oats.
Serves:
Ingredients
- 2cupsold-fashioned oats
- 1cupBlue Diamond Almonds
- ½cupshredded coconutor shaved
- ¼cupmaple syrup
- ¼cupcoconut oilmelted
- ½tspground cinnamon
- ¼tspvanilla extractstore-bought or homemade
- ½tspsalt
- 1½cupdried cherries
- 4ozdark chocolate chunks
Instructions
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Heat the oven to 350 degrees F.
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Spray a large baking sheet with cooking spray, or line it with parchment paper. Set aside.
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Combine the oats, almonds, and coconut in a large mixing bowl.
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In a separate bowl, whisk together the maple syrup, melted coconut oil, cinnamon, vanilla extract, and salt until smooth.
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Pour the maple syrup mixture over the oats mixture, then toss until everything is evenly mixed.
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Spread the granola mixture out evenly on a greased baking sheet.
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Bake for 25 minutes, pulling the mixture out at the halfway point and giving it a good stir before the final round of baking.
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Remove, then let cool until the granola reaches room temperature.
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Stir in the dried cherries and chocolate, then toss to combine.
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Serve immediately with milk, and enjoy!
Nutrition
- Calories: 643.36kcal
- Fat: 35.75g
- Saturated Fat: 17.80g
- Trans Fat: 0.01g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 11.26g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 4.08g
- Carbohydrates: 74.84g
- Fiber: 9.82g
- Sugar: 41.29g
- Protein: 11.17g
- Cholesterol: 0.57mg
- Sodium: 208.04mg
- Calcium: 123.18mg
- Potassium: 623.22mg
- Iron: 4.92mg
- Vitamin A: 56.81µg
- Vitamin C: 7.83mg
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