When we went to Hawaii, I walked into what seemed to be a giant 7-11 type thing, and found a bag of mini peanut butter cups. I bought only one bag, tucked them gently into my luggage, and placed them gently in the fridge when I arrived home.
I allowed myself one a day. I’d sit, with a cup of tea on the couch, and unwrap the little gem, making a ritual of it. The perfection was in the simplicity and ever since I have had a soft spot for chocolate and peanut butter.
So when deciding to make a crunchy, clustery muesli, I absolutely couldn’t go past the chocolate and peanut combination. This is a slightly healthier take than my love of peanut butter cups, but it fills the same void.
Do you love the peanut butter and chocolate combination?
- ½ cup coconut oil
- ⅓ cup cacao powder
- ½ cup maple syrup
- ¼ cup honey
- ⅓ cup peanut butter
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 3½ cups oats
- 1 cup peanuts - roughly chopped and toasted
- ½ cup cacao nibs
- ¼ cup chia seeds
- Melt coconut oil in double boiler, add cacao powder, maple syrup, honey, peanut butter, and vanilla extract, whisk until combined.
- In large bowl combine all dry ingredients, stir until combined.
- Pour in liquid, stir until everything is well coated.
- Roast for 20 mins at 100*C, stir, turn oven up to 180*C, bake for a further 20 mins, remove from oven and allow to cool.
- Once cool, break into clusters.
Yum Clare this sounds delicious. I too am rather partial to the choc-peanut combo. This looks like a much healthier way to enjoy it.
It’s like eat coco pops! So good!
Who doesn’t have a soft spot for chocolate and peanut butter? 🙂
These look fantastic. Bookmarking to try soon….
Thanks, it really was delicious!
I absolutely adore the combination of peanut butter and chocolate, so this will definitely get tried! I think it is genetic, my Grandmother loved it too! Thank you Clare.
I love that your Grandmother loved it!
What a tasty granola this must be. I love the peanut butter/chocolate flavours. This is a great and much more healthy version of an American favourite xx
It really is so yummy!
I’m a big fan of chocolate/peanut flavour combination. I love the idea of combining them with muesli – yum!
The muesli is really good and now a thing that must get made weekly.
Chocolate and peanut butter for breakfast? I’ve died and gone to heaven! Thanks for linking with I’m Pinning Around – I’ll be featuring your recipe as my favourite for the week. Cheers, Amanda x
Thanks Amanda! I’m honoured to be featured!
Haha, I’m reading backwards through your blog and hit the Dyson one before this- really lovely pics, I love to see behind the scenes pics too. This looks amazing but I can never make it because I would end up eating the whole thing by the handful. I now only make granola in small quantities because I just hoover it 🙂
Thanks Nicole!