Salted Chocolate Granola Recipe

Chocolate granola recipe that is made even more decadent by adding toasted coconut, pecans, and topping with a dusting of sea salt. The recipe is made with coconut oil and pure maple syrup instead of refined sugar. Its addictively delicious and tastes just like a chocolate macaroon!

I know I may have said this before about past granolas I’ve made but, ahem, this one may top ’em all. This salted chocolate granola has coconut, toasty pecans, and two different levels of chocolate. Yup, chocolate on chocolate, and one of said chocolates is melty as can be. Its pretttty much what I’d live on all day errry day if that wouldn’t make me have the physique of a marshmallow.

Granola is usually loaded with sugar and oil. This granola, however, minimizes both and relies on other flavors to round out the full flavor profile. Don’t be sketched out! Even without refined sugar (chocolate aside), this granola tastes better than any other chocolate granola I’ve tried, store-bought or homemade.

Its all about that maple syrup baby. It makes everything taste delicious. I hate to brag this much about my own recipe, but I also want to convince you to try it. Because you’ll love it of course.

And the dusting of sea salt. How have I not mentioned that yet?? It makes an already good chocolate granola simply divine. I’m not sure when in my adult life time exactly I became aware that salt is the best thing to happen to chocolate in all of history, but it clearly is.

And the pecans. My oh my do I love those nuts. I like all nuts, but some just work better in certain recipes than others. Almonds, pistachios, macadamia, you name it, love them. But with this chocolate granola, pecans are the perfect nut for the job.

You can swap them out with whatever your favorite is of course, as with all recipes, I just wrote it out how I think it works best. You can make it your own if you have other nutty ideas you can’t resist implementing. If you’re a pecan lover, don’t forget to check this spiced pecan recipe out. Its sheer heaven. 

We’ve been all about the granola lately. The key with making this more wholesome for me, is just using a sprinkle on top of yogurt or as a side to my apple, banana, or whatever fruit I’m munching on. The side snack portion is dangerous and could send you into an all out granola binge, so eating as a yogurt topper is safer for me.

And if you aren’t scared of a granola binge, bring the whole jar over to your munching grounds and snack away.

Here’s a before an after, but to get the full understanding of how fabulous  the after is, you really need a close up…

Okay, that’s more like it. Salted chocolate granola in all its glory with toasted coconut, pecans, and enough chocolate to make even the most die hard chocolate lover’s heart skip a beat.  

This is a treat-yo-self granola. If you want a lighter granola recipe, you’re going to have to skip the chocolate I’m afraid. This honey almond granola will fit that bill. Save the salted chocolate granola for a special treat. Like Tuesday. Tuesdays are special.