Chocolate Granola
Author:
Annabelle Cooper
Category
Breakfast,Dessert,Low Carb,Snack,Vegetarian
Difficulty
Beginner
Rated 5.0 stars by 1 users
6
10 mins
20 mins
30 mins
Ingredients
- ½ cup hazelnuts
- ½ cup walnuts
- ½ cup pecans
- 1 cup almonds
- ½ cup desiccated coconut
- 2 tbsp raw cocoa powder
- 2 scoops whey protein powder (vegan or regular, chocolate or vanilla)
- 1 large egg white
- ¼ cup coconut oil (or butter)
- ¼ tsp pink Himalayan salt (or sea salt)
- ¼ cup Swerve (optional, or your preferred sweetener)
Directions
What are we cooking today?
Delicious as a breakfast or a mid morning or afternoon snack, Chocolate Granola will give you a delicious boost.
There are so many different variations to Granola and it's all about having the confidence to add and take away ingredients as you feel more confident each time you make it.
Getting started
- Preheat the oven to 150℃.
Roughly chop the nuts or place them into a blender and pulse until roughly chopped.
Place the nuts, protein powder, shredded coconut, Swerve (if used), cocoa powder and salt in a bowl and mix well.
Note: any low-carb sweeteners will work.Add melted coconut oil (or butter), and egg white.
Process until well combined.
Spread the mixture on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper, place in the oven and bake for 20-25 minutes.
Check regularly to make sure it doesn't burn!When done, remove from the oven and let it cool down to room temperature.
Store in an airtight container.
Annabelle's tip
Try with unsweetened cream, coconut milk, almond milk or full-fat plain yogurt.
Nutrition
Nutrition
- Serving Size
- 6
- per serving
- Calories
- 457
- Total Fa
- 41.4 grams
- 54%
- Saturated Fat
- 15.9 grams
- 80%
- Cholesterol
- 53 milligrams
- 18%
- Sodium
- 131 milligrams
- 6%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 11.3 grams
- 5%
- Dietary Fiber
- 6.4 grams
- 23%
- Total Sugars
- 2.5 grams
- Protein
- 17.2 grams
- Calcium
- 8 milligrams
- 1%
- Iron
- 13 milligrams
- 73%
- Potassium
- 418 milligrams
- 9%
* The % Daily Value (DV) tells you how much a nutrient in a serving of food contributes to a daily diet. 2,000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice.