Vegan Peanut Butter Cup Granola (healthy, gluten-free, oil free)
A healthy and delicious granola recipe that tastes like a peanut butter cup, sweetened with dates! Peanut butter-y goodness with melty chocolate chip clumps and perfectly toasted oats. This recipe is vegan, gluten free, oil free, refined sugar free and requires only 7 ingredients to make.
Servings: 10 -12 servings
Ingredients
- 2 cups gluten free rolled oats
- 1/2 cup peanuts
- 1/4 cup maple syrup
- 1/4 cup creamy natural peanut butter aim to use one with no added sugars, oils etc.
- 3-4 tbsp vegan chocolate chips/chunks I use these Hu Kitchen oil-free chips
- 2 tsp cacao powder
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- pinch of salt
- optional
- pinch of mesquite and maca powder I find that these enhance the caramell-y flavour, but can totally be left out
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 320F while you prepare the granola.
- In a large bowl, whisk together peanut butter, maple syrup, cacao powder, vanilla extract and salt until smooth.
- Add rolled oats and peanuts and mix with a spatula until everything is evenly coated. Add chocolate chips for a melty/clumpy result, or reserve to add after baking.
- Transfer mixture onto a parchment paper lined baking sheet or nonstick baking mat and spread out evenly. The more spread out, the more evenly the granola will cook--try to avoid tall stacks of granola mixture as it will result in uneven baking.
- Bake for 10 minutes, flip or toss granola and bake for an additional 10 minutes, or until granola is golden brown. Mine was perfectly cooked at about 25 minutes!
- Let cool completely before storing in an airtight container.