Mexican•healthy
Homemade Mexican Hot Chocolate Granola
This easy homemade chocolate granola recipe is scented with cinnamon and filled with whole grains, nuts and flax seed.
- Prep time
- 10 min
- Cook time
- 30 min
- Yield
- 32 servings
- Difficulty
- HARD
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 3/4 cup honey
- 1/2 cup olive or canola oil
- 1/2 cup cocoa powder
- 2 teaspoons cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon nutmeg
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1/2 teaspoon cayenne (optional)
- 3 cups oats
- 1 cup chopped walnuts
- 1 cup chopped pecans
- 1/2 cup flax seed meal
- 1 cup chocolate chips
Instructions
- 1
Pre-heat oven to 300 degrees and line a baking sheet with oven-safe parchment paper.
- 2
In a large bowl, whisk together first 8 ingredients: honey through cayenne.
- 3
Toss in all remaining ingredients (oats through flax seed meal) and stir until everything is evenly coated with chocolate mixture.
- 4
Spread oat and nut mixture evenly on parchment-lined baking sheet and bake for 30 minutes. Let cool on pan for 30 minutes then break up granola into bite-sized pieces.
- 5
Toss together granola with chocolate chips before serving.