Homemade healthy dark chocolate cherry granola combines rich dark chocolate and tart cherries. It's naturally sweetened with maple syrup and includes other healthy ingredients like oats and flax seeds. This delicious granola recipe is perfect as an on-the-go snack or to top your morning yogurt with!
Course Snack
Cuisine American
Keyword dark chocolate cherry granola, granola recipe, healthy dark chocolate cherry granola, healthy granola recipe, homemade granola, homemade granola recipe
Prep Time 15 minutesminutes
Cook Time 36 minutesminutes
Total Time 51 minutesminutes
Servings 4cups
Equipment
Medium mixing bowl
Mixing spoon
Measuring cups and spoons
Kitchen sheers
Large baking sheet
Ingredients
2cupsquick cooking rolled oatsor old fashioned rolled oats
1cupchopped walnutsoptional
¼cupunsweetened cocoa powder
2tbsflax seeds
½tspcinnamon
½tspsalt
½cupgrade A maple syrup
¼cupmelted unrefined organic coconut oilrefined works too
1cupdark chocolate chunksless if you want
1cupchopped dried cherries
Instructions
In a medium sized mixing bowl, add in quick cooking rolled oats or old fashioned oats, walnuts, cocoa powder, flax seeds, cinnamon and salt and mix until combined.
Add in maple syrup and melted coconut oil and stir until completely combined.
Pour granola onto a large lined baking sheet in one even layer.
Bake at 300 degrees for 17-18 minutes, stir and bake for another 17-18 minutes.
Allow granola to cool for 10 minutes and then add chopped dried cherries and dark chocolate chunks. Mix and enjoy!
Notes
The walnuts really develop their flavor while baking for the full amount of time. If you prefer a less nutty flavor, add them in after the first 17-18 minutes when you stir the granola.
You can omit the walnuts if you have an allergy or prefer granola without nuts!
Pecans would taste great in this granola recipe too!
Use mini dark chocolate chips to distribute the chocolate a bit more.
Try white chocolate chips in place of the dark chocolate if you want a lighter chocolate taste.
Cut the dried cherries in half with kitchen sheers to make them go a little further.
You can substitute freeze dried strawberries for the cherries. They would taste equally as delicious!
This homemade dark chocolate cherry granola can be kept in an airtight container at room temperature for up to two weeks!