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Simple, classic Chocolate Coconut Granola is one of my favorite snacks. Homemade granola is easy to make, and this granola is filled with big chunky clusters and made gluten-free, refined sugar-free (naturally sweetened with maple syrup), dairy-free and vegan!<\/p>\n
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Stay with me while I veer away from granola entirely: When I was pregnant with my son I craved cheeseburgers and ice cream. Like, weekly.<\/p>\n
But, things were totally different with my daughter. After the morning sickness stopped, I craved nothing. So I ate really simple food.<\/p>\n
Around that time my obsession with granola bars, oats and homemade granola started. It was the best way to get some healthy carbs in my body that were simple and good. Nothing too crazy or overpowering, just simple, good food. I started making my own granola, and I never looked back.<\/p>\n
This recipe in particular is my favorite granola recipe.<\/strong> Filled with large chunky and crunchy clusters, sweetened lightly with maple syrup and cocoa powder, with oats, nuts and shredded coconut throughout, you can eat this granola as a snack or on top of yogurt or ice cream as a dessert!<\/span><\/p>\n Let me walk you through it! First, you’ll combine your dry ingredients together<\/strong> in a large mixing bowl and stir them together (oats, nuts, coconut, cocoa powder, cinnamon and salt).<\/p>\n Then, you’ll add your coconut oil to a small microwave bowl<\/strong> (like a pyrex measuring cup<\/a>) and microwave it till it’s entirely melted. Then add your maple syrup and microwave again briefly, till the whole mixture is hot. Finally, add your vanilla and stir it in.<\/p>\n Now, you’ll pour your wet ingredients over your dry ingredients and stir them around till your dry ingredients are evenly covered<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Next, is maybe the most important part. Spread your granola out in one thin even layer, on a parchment paper-lined pan. Bake in the oven at 300 for about 25 minutes<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Be sure not to bake it longer than that, or the granola can burn and you won’t be able to tell because it’s already dark! When you take your granola out of the oven it will not be crunchy yet, but will harden as it cools.<\/p>\n After it cools entirely you can break it up into however big or little pieces you prefer! I love large chunks.<\/p>\n If you need to be gluten-free, be sure to use certified gluten-free oats<\/strong> in this recipe.<\/p>\n If you don’t like walnuts, you can use almonds instead<\/strong>, or even cashews. I think walnuts provide the best texture for granola. You can also take out the nuts entirely and add in more shredded coconut instead, if you like a lot of coconut flavor.<\/p>\n Speaking of shredded coconut, you can use both sweetened or unsweetened<\/strong>. I think regular shredded coconut does best though in this recipe,<\/strong> rather than finely shredded or large coconut chips.<\/p>\n For more of a coconut flavor (since this granola is only lightly flavored with coconut) I’d recommend adding more shredded coconut (about a cup or so) to the granola mixture.<\/p>\n I’d also recommend throwing some chocolate chips in there if you’re looking for some EXTRA chocolate flavor!<\/p>\n And if you want more granola flavors, check these out: gluten-free Maple Nut Granola<\/a>, Orange Turmeric Granola<\/a> and Lemon Honey Granola<\/a>.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.milehighmitts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/chocolatecoconutgranola2-scaled.jpg\")
<\/p>\nGranola is really easy to make too!<\/h3>\n
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If you really want to take this granola to the next level, don’t forget that you can add ingredients to it AFTER it bakes!<\/p>\n
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