Sea Salt Dark Chocolate Granola

This recipe is my “go to” every time I bake homemade granola! I like the balance of oats to all the other ingredients (some recipes use 4 cups of oats which I personally find makes too heavy a batch for my pan). I bake at a lower temperature (325) for a longer time (approx 30min), and I bake with the chocolate chips throughout the cooking process; it turns out perfectly everytime!

This recipe is amazing! It’s one of the best homemade granolas I’ve ever made. It comes together so easily too. I used vegetable oil instead of coconut oil and it worked well too. I baked mine for closer to 30 min cause it wasn’t crunchy enough for my taste at 24 minutes. This recipe is definitely a keeper!!

I make this recipe on repeat ! My 14 year old boy gobbles it down. A double recipe cooked every Sunday evening. Amazing xx

WOW – I love this recipe! The flavor is excellent and it has the most wonderful crunch to it. I used a blend of walnuts, sunflower seeds, and almonds. Also, I did turn my oven down to 325°F because I didn’t want it to get brown so much as get dry. I used my food processor—the whole recipe fits in a 7-cup Cuisinart—and opted to warm the maple syrup-oil mixture in the microwave instead of on the stovetop. I was snacking on it as it cooled while cleaning up the kitchen after baking. Eek! I will be sharing the recipe with all my fellow granola besties.

This is the absolute best chocolate granola I have ever had, let alone made. I am so glad I stumbled upon this recipe and will probably be making it on repeat for a while. Perfect as it is!

Yum! Just made this but excluded the added sugar and it’s still delicious!

Fantastic flavours but overly sweet!

Without adding sugar and cutting down on the oil and maple syrup, it’s much healthier and remains decadent, really giving the chocolate a chance to shine.

Great recipe!

I make this all the time, my kids and I love it! I use a little bit more maple syrup and no other sugar, and I make it nut free so the kids can take it to school. Thank you for the recipe!

I love this recipe! I make it frequently and love to share it with my gluten free friends in cute jars as gifts! Everyone that I make it for always raves about it and asks for the recipe. I follow the recipe exactly, however I do not chop the oats.

This recipe is so delicious but i used about 1/4 of the sugar! It is so so sweet with recommended sugar, almost tastes like a dessert!

This is a great recipe! The only thing I changed was adding the cocoa and sugar into the saucepan with the coconut oil and maple syrup and you get this amazing deep chocolate drizzle that you then pour over the oat mixture.

I absolutely love this recipe. I have been uing it for a few years now and it is a regular staple in my pantry. It really helps put my chocolate cravings to rest and it goes so great with cereal or yoghurt (or simply on it’s own).

I have made this recipe twice and every time I make it my creativity has me trying new things. Both times I made this I melted and mixed the chocolate chips or chocolate along with the oil and liquid sweetener and mixed it in with the dry ingredients before baking and the results have been great I also used Monk fruit sweetener granules in place of coconut sugar. Next I plan to add in some hemp seeds and peanut butter to give it that extra flavour as well as using liquid honey in place of maple syrup to cut calories back further. Last two times I made this I had used liquid brown rice syrup and hazelnut agave syrup in place of the maple syrup. The last batch tasted better with the agave however I also used homemade chocolate in that one too. I use Himalayan pink salt in place of sea salt too.

DANGER…be prepared to be addicted.
This stuff is AWESOME!!! Absolutely delicious.
Easy to make and highly addictive so be forewarned. No need to buy any Elizabeth’s granola when I can make it at home and it tastes even better. 😋😋😋
So grateful @minimalistbaker for another incredible recipe. Thank You Thank You

I wound up adding a scoop of chocolate protein powder before baking as well to give it a little more protein boost.

Also pressed it down 3/4 way through baking (after flipping) to make it all stick together tightly. Then when completely cooled broke it up carefully into BIG chunks. So delicious.

Highly highly recommend you try it.

Delicious—I have some on my yogurt everyday. This is my favorite granola recipe.

We love all of the granola recipes on this site, but this one has been the favorite by far. My husband loves junky cereal, but will happily substitute this instead. We don’t change anything, except maybe adding a little extra coconut (and I add an extra teaspoon of the seed trilogy just for myself when I eat it). Thank you so much for all of these amazing recipes!

Loved the recipe! My kids didn’t like nuts and coconut so it was just oatmeal and chia seeds for me. I didn’t blend it and added my own nuts. 5/5!

Yet another amazing granola recipe, thank you MB! I usually make this with a few adjustments: I add a little instant coffee powder, vanilla, and cinnamon. For personal health reasons, I also replace the coconut and chocolate chips with quinoa. The end result still has a rich chocolatey flavor and satisfying texture, and it’s extra good in a bowl of cold almond milk. One of my go-tos! :)

Amazing recipe!! This will be my new go to granola recipe. Outstanding flavor

I added in some dried cherries and freeze dried strawberries. I LOVE granola too. I dont love paying more than 5$ for a teeny bag. I REALLY dont love not being able to pronounce half the ingredients. Thanks!

Another great recipe! I had fun making this and it was a delight to eat everyday. Great idea to make for Christmas gifts this year. I have always enjoyed making and eating your yummy food! Thank you so much

I was trying to replicate a chocolate granola my husband had while traveling that he loved. I combined your recipe, my usual granola recipe and what he remembered of the one from the hotel….it came out great.

I did not use the food processor or melt any ingredients. I just combined everything in a bowl. Removed the coconut, added a cup of rice cereal, upped the oil to 1/2 C. 350 for 22 mins.

Can’t wait to try your other granolas!

Wow! Fantastic recipe. I wanted to make granola clusters, so I used a technique from Angela Liddon (Oh She Glows) where you bake it with the chocolate and don’t stir it. I also baked it for longer at 300F. I doubled up the desiccated coconut and used unsweetened chocolate. To counteract the bitterness of the unsweetened chocolate, I added nine drops of liquid stevia. Thanks, will be making this again!

Great Chocolate Granola recipe. Since I tried Pret Chocolate Granola, and now can’t get it😏, I have been wanting to make my own. The only thing I changed, because I use it all the time, especially when I make my ChewChew Brownies, is Cacao instead of cocoa powder. The flavour is just smooth and far superior to cocoa. I may try to get it more “clumpy” so the next time I may add an egg white to bring it into some nice clusters. But well done, a super recipe 👍🏽

What a great recipe! I typically don’t follow recipes that closely but this one was really easy to stick to! Everyone in the family loved it and agreed that it was better than any store bought. I buy 2.45lb bag of oats from Back Roads Granola which are a bit more expensive that say General Mills but the end product of making this recipe still has to be less expensive than buying ready made packaged choco granola! Would love to try to reduce the sugar but I wouldn’t on this one!

Second year making this as christmas gifts! I use all walnuts and its soo decadent without being too sweet.