This budget-friendly Double Chocolate Cookie Granola is a clumpy, crunchy healthier and homemade copycat that is unprocessed and uses cleaner ingredients. It is also lower in sugar and higher in protein - a cookie granola recipe that tastes like dessert for breakfast.
This copycat recipe for Double Chocolate Cookie Granola is a great recipe to include in your list of ingredients that you should make at home and not buy anymore.
This Purely Elizabeth copycat granola is healthier because it is made with unprocessed, whole-food ingredients, lower in sugar, and contains no preservatives or refined oil. The perfect protein granola with crunchy oats, dark chocolate chunks, and sweetened with maple syrup making it dairy free, gluten free and refined sugar free.
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How to get those big, crunchy granola clumps?
Press granola mixture firmly into the pan and bake it without stirring. Cool before breaking into clusters. Add hydrated chia seeds as a binder.
Why Make Chocolate Cookie Granola?
- Lower in cost - budget-friendly granola
- Cleaner ingredients than the store-bought version
- More versatile - use olive oil if you don't have coconut oil
- Easy to customize - add nuts or fruit or seeds of your choice
- Ready with 5 ingredients in 5 minutes
Ingredients
- Rolled oats. Choose organic to avoid glyphosate (the store-bought brand does not score well with the EWG), and choose a brand that is gluten-free certified
- Cocoa powder. Use cacao powder instead of cocoa powder if you want to raise the anti-inflammatory effects exponentially.
- Sweeteners. Coconut sugar (brown sugar) and maple syrup is best to mimic store-bought.
- Chia seeds. Or use flax seeds. Either way hydrate them to create a binder.
- Pantry items: To add flavor, I add cinnamon and salt, and to add cookie flavor, add baking soda. For structure, use coconut oil (virgin or refined) or olive oil and almond butter or any nut butter.
See the recipe card at the bottom for full information on ingredients and quantities.
Steps to Make Chocolate Cookie Granola
For more detail, visit the complete and printable recipe at the bottom of this post, but here are general steps.
Prep: Preheat oven to 325 F and line a baking pan or cookie sheet with parchment paper. Stir chia seeds in 2 tablespoon of water and allow to plump about 10 minutes.
How to Melt and Measure Coconut oil: Put the jar of solid coconut oil in a pot of boiling water (microwaving will burn). Stir until enough has melted so you can measure off ⅓ cup.
Step 1: In one large bowl, combine the dry ingredients. In a smaller bowl, stir up the wet ingredients.
Step 2: Pour wet mixture into dry mixture, and stir until the oats are completely coated.
Step 1: Spread the granola mixture evenly on the baking sheet and press it flat with a spatula so it will stick together.
Step 2: Bake for about 30 minutes or until edges are browned. Allow the granola to cool completely, about 30 minutes.
Step 5: Break into chunks, then sprinkle with chocolate chips. Transfer to a storage container
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Recipe Tips
- Be sure to line the pan with parchment paper to avoid granola sticking to the pan.
- Press down the granola mixture with a spatula before baking for even toasting
Optional Additions
- You can add 2 tablespoon each of pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds, walnuts, pecans, pistachios, and shredded coconut.
- You can also mix in chunks of dried fruit or even a seasonal candy such as Easter M&Ms although that lowers the clean and healthy value of this granola!
Storage
- Room temperature. This homemade granola can stay for 2 weeks in a cool, dry place, stored in a sealed container.
- Refrigerated. Store this cookie granola in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 1 month. It will soften.
- Frozen. Pour the granola into a jar, fill to the top to reduce air, and screw on cover. Freeze for up to 3 months. Or package in single serving packages. To crisp up, re-heat in the oven.
How to Serve Cookie Granola
- As a snack.
- Pour over a smoothie.
- Serve as a cereal with milk.
- Top your yogurt.
- Top your ice cream.
FAQS
Absolutely. Homemade granola is often healthier, fresher, and far more affordable than store-bought. You control the ingredients—less sugar, no additives, and more protein—plus it’s easy to customize to your taste.
Granola is made by mixing oats with a binder (like nut butter or oil), sweetener, and mix-ins like nuts or chocolate, then baking until golden and crunchy. This version adds cocoa and dark chocolate for a rich, cookie-like flavor.
Yes, it is naturally gluten-free when using certified oats, and can be kept vegan by using dairy free chocolate chips.
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📖 Recipe
Double Chocolate Cookie Granola (copycat recipe)
Equipment
- Cookie sheet
- bowls, spoon
Ingredients
Dry ingredients
- 1 ½ cups rolled oats
- 2 tablespoon cocoa powder
- 2 tablespoon chia seeds
- ½ cup brown sugar or coconut sugar
- ¼ teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- ¼ teaspoon salt
Wet ingredients
- ⅓ cup olive oil or melted coconut oil
- 1 tablespoon almond butter or any nut butter
- 1 tablespoon maple syrup
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
Mix-ins
- ¼ cup chocolate chunks or chocolate chips
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Instructions
- Preheat oven to 325 F and line a baking pan or cookie sheet with parchment paper. If using coconut oil, melt it by putting jar in a hot pot of boiling or just boiled water and stir until enough has melted so you can measure off ⅓ cup.
- Hydrate the chia seeds by stirring 2 tablespoon into 2 tablespoon of water and letting them plump - about 10-15 minutes. This creates a binder that leads to clumpy granola.
- In one large bowl, combine the dry ingredients.
- In a smaller bowl, stir up the wet ingredients.
- Pour wet mixture into dry mixture, and stir until the oats are completely coated.
- Spread the granola mixture evenly on the baking sheet and press it flat with a spatula so it will stick together. Keep it about ½ inch thick.
- Bake for about 30 minutes or until edges are browned, but check at 25 minutes and don't burn.
- Allow the granola to cool completely in the pan, intact, at least 30 minutes uncovered.
- Only then break into chunks, and sprinkle with chocolate chips. Transfer to a storage container with lid.
Dee Dine says
This 5 ingredient granola is so easy to make at home and far less expensive than buying granola at the store.