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Healthy Granola Recipe with Cherries & Chocolate: the best EASY healthy granola recipe with BIG chunky clusters, packed full of nutty crunch, satisfying chewy oats, and tart & sweet cherries with chocolate!
Have you ever tried chocolate dipped cherries? The combination is astounding. Like, if chocolate dipped strawberries got upgraded by a million. And I mean, those don’t even need to be upgraded you know?
Meanwhile, you know that I love dipping anything and everything in chocolate… but sometimes things are better with just a few chocolate chunks thrown in instead.
Hence, today’s yummy snack: easy healthy granola with cherries and chocolate! If you haven’t tried chocolate covered cherries, then mayhaps you can start with a taste with this healthy granola recipe!
Easy Healthy Granola Recipe with Cherries & Chocolate!
I started this recipe with one of my favorite healthy snack recipes of all time: my Healthy Chunky Granola Recipe. If you haven’t tried it before, you’re in for a real treat. It’s got super big granola clusters, a satisfying crisp taste and so much more.
As for this easy healthy granola recipe, it’s bursting with vegan chocolate chips and deliciously sweet ‘n tart dried cherries. The combo of rich dark chocolate + sweet cherries + nutty, crunchy granola is unparalleled.
How to Make Your Own Healthy Granola
Learn how to make your own healthy granola in the easiest way possible! Mix together your dry ingredients, then add in coconut oil and maple syrup. Fold, then pour the granola mixture onto your baking sheet. Pack it all tightly into one layer and bake. Cool, then break into super big granola clusters and fold in chocolate & cherries. Enjoy your very own homemade healthy granola.
Is this Homemade Granola Recipe Healthy? Vegan? Gluten Free?
This homemade granola recipe is healthy, vegan and gluten free. Bonus, this healthy granola is also dairy-free, refined sugar free and delicious. Best part, I know. 😉 If you’re searching for paleo granola bars, try my Homemade Paleo Granola Bars Recipe (Grain Free).
Tools for the Best Healthy Homemade Granola Recipe
- Naturally-sweetened Dried Cherries: I’ve been searching for dried fruits sweetened without cane sugar for ages. Found it! These dried cherries are naturally sweetened with apple juice and oh-so tasty.
- Vegan Chocolate Chips or Refined Sugar Free Chocolate: two of my favorite kinds of chocolate to use in all of my baked goodies.
- Where to Buy Ingredients: Naturally Sweetened Dried Cherries | Vegan Chocolate Chips or Refined Sugar Free Chocolate | Raw Coconut Chips | Golden Ground Flaxseed | Gluten Free Rolled Oats | Nuts: Almonds, Pecans, Walnuts | Coconut Oil | Pure Maple Syrup
- Recommended Tools: Compostable Snack Bags | my Favorite Small Prep Bowls | Silicone Spatulas | Glass Mixing Bowls | My Favorite Kitchen Timer!
Are you super excited to make your own healthy granola? It’s so incredibly satisfying, I promise. 🙂 I can’t wait to hear what you think of this recipe. Let me know in the comments below if you try it! It’s truly such a gift to be able to share healthy recipes & enjoy sweet kitchen moments with you and your loved ones. ‘Til the next kitchen adventure…
Sending you all my love and maybe even a dove, xo Demeter ❤️
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Easy Healthy Granola Recipe with Cherries & Chocolate!
Equipment
Ingredients
Healthy Chunky Granola
- 1 ½ cups nuts, roughly chopped
- 1 cup unsweetened raw coconut chips
- ½ cup gluten free rolled oats
- ¼ cup golden ground flaxseed
- ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon, optional
- ¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg, optional
- ¼ teaspoon salt, optional
- 1 tablespoon coconut sugar
- 2 tablespoons melted coconut oil
- ¼ cup pure maple syrup
Cherry Chocolate Add-ins
- 1/2 cup naturally sweetened dried cherries, chopped
- 1/4-1/2 cup chopped refined sugar-free chocolate or vegan chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 300°F. Line a medium or large baking sheet with parchment paper or greased foil. Set aside for later.
- Add all ingredients except coconut oil and maple syrup to a large bowl. Stir until well mixed.
- Add coconut oil and maple syrup. Using a rubber spatula, stir and fold until well mixed.
- Pour mixture onto the prepared baking sheet. Using a rubber spatula, press down and pack the granola mixture together to create an even, flat, and very tightly-packed layer, about ½ inch thick. Your granola may not cover the entire baking sheet. Now, nudge the sheet of granola apart in the center (dividing the tightly-packed layer in half), to let air through.
- Bake for 20 minutes. Rotate baking sheet. Bake for 18-22 more minutes, until granola is a deep golden brown. Mine took 40 minutes total. Do not flip or move granola—it is fragile and needs to crisp up while cooling.
- Place baking sheet on a cooling rack. Allow to cool for about 30 minutes, or until completely cooled and firm. Break sheets of granola into clusters. Fold in cherries and chocolate. Enjoy! Storing instructions below.
More Healthy Gluten Free Vegan Granola Recipes
Notes
- Where to Buy Ingredients: Naturally Sweetened Dried Cherries | Vegan Chocolate Chips or Refined Sugar Free Chocolate | Raw Coconut Chips | Golden Ground Flaxseed | Gluten Free Rolled Oats | Nuts: Almonds, Pecans, Walnuts | Coconut Oil | Pure Maple Syrup
- Storage notes: Store in an airtight container for 1-2 months at room temperature.
- Recommended Tools: Compostable Snack Bags | my Favorite Small Prep Bowls | Silicone Spatulas | Glass Mixing Bowls | My Favorite Kitchen Timer!
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I made this with more oats/coconut because of nut allergies and cranberry instead of cherries because it’s what we had, and wow! It’s delicious — probably some of the best granola I’ve had homemade. I did add a couple extra tablespoons of maple and coconut oil due to being paranoid it wouldn’t hold together, but it worked just fine 🙂
Thanks for this great recipe!
So happy that you enjoyed the recipe Sophia! 🙂 Love that you were able to customize it to your allergy needs.
I would have a hard time not eating this all day long! I love the combination of flavors and how healthy this is.
Lol!! Yep! The flavor combo is such a yummy one!