Towards the beginning of my junior year of college, I decided to try baking my own granola. Between breakfasts, snacks, and pre-bedtime treats, I could easily polish off a store-bought box in just a few days!
I looked at a few recipes from my favorite cookbooks for inspiration, but when I walked into my kitchen, I set those aside and made up my own recipe as I went along. An hour later when I pulled the pan out of the oven, it felt like pure torture to wait for my granola to cool… And that batch barely lasted a week. It tasted even better than the store-bought ones!
Over the next few years, I continued to bake granola nearly ever week and experimented with different flavors, cereals, and mix-ins. Most of the time, my batches resulted in fairly crunchy clusters, although sometimes the clusters fell apart and other times they tasted a little chewy instead.
Then two years ago, my friend Phi shared her secret baking method with me for getting extra crunchy clusters in every batch of homemade granola. I immediately tried it and…
Completely life-changing! My pan was full of big, extremely crunchy clusters—the best I’d ever had!
So today, I’m sharing that secret trick with you, along with this recipe for Healthy Chocolate Chip Peanut Butter Granola! The granola recipe itself is really easy to make. It uses just 6 ingredients, and it almost tastes like you’re eating {crunchy} peanut butter cups for breakfast!
You can watch the episode below where I show you how to make this healthy peanut butter granola (along with that secret trick!) and get my recipe directly beneath the video. And remember to subscribe to my TV show here, so you’ll be the first to know when a new episode airs each week!
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Definitely can’t beat homemade granola, or anything chocolate-peanut butter flavored. Love that this recipe uses egg whites and rice cereal, to eliminate the excessive, unnecessary ingredients found in a lot of store-bought granolas; and it’s sweet that the ingredient combination (with the peanut butter & honey) remind you of your brother. As for the ending: chocolate chips for the win 🙂
Awww thanks Liz!! Your comments always make my heart so happy!! 🙂 So glad you loved the ending — it’s hard to beat anything chocolaty! 😉
I’m wondering what happens if I just baked on a cookie sheet without the silicone liner because I don’t have one of those… or can I just use parchment paper? Thanks! This recipe looks delicious can’t wait to try it!
Patty
I truly appreciate your interest in my recipe Patty! If you click on my link and look at the recipe, you’ll actually find I already answered that particular question. 😉 I’d love to hear what you think if you try this granola!
Amy, I can’t wait until I get some brown crispy rice cereal. The only ingredient I’m missing. I love peanut butter anything and
your granola peanut butter looks great. I have not been able to find a good PB granola that like peanut butter.
Thanks much for the recipe.
Dave
I truly appreciate your interest in my recipe David! I can’t wait to hear what you think of this granola! 🙂
Yummm!! Still waiting for the technology or my Hogwarts letter so that I can make food apparate from your kitchen on my screen to my breakfast bowl!!! <3 <3 <3
YES!!! Wouldn’t that be amazing?? I rewatched all of the HP movies about three times in January while doing puzzles in the evenings… And with how chilly and overcast it’s been, I just might have to go through them a fourth time! 😉
Amy,
Your recipe looks amazing. I can’t wait to try it. I have one question. Can you substitute PB2 powered peanut butter for the real thing?
I really appreciate your interest in my recipe Ilene! For the best results, I recommend using regular natural-style creamy peanut butter, rather than PB2. It doesn’t always behave the same in baking recipes, and I don’t want you to ruin your granola by using it! 🙂 I’d love to hear what you think if you try this granola!
Amy,
Thanks for getting back to me. I cannot wait to try both the PB and Chocolate granola recipes. I addicted to chocolate and can eat it all day long.
Thanks for your recipe ideas.
Ilene
It’s my pleasure Ilene! I’m so excited to hear what you think of both granola recipes! 🙂 And I can definitely relate to you and chocolate… That’s me too! 😉
Hi Amy !!
Love all your recipes & looking forward to trying the homemade granola. One question, can rice crispy cereal be used instead of the brown rice cereal??
Much thanks
Sue
Thank you so much for your kind words, Sue! If you look at the Notes section of the recipe directly underneath the Instructions, you’ll find that I’ve actually answered that Rice Krispies question already. It can be easy to miss! 😉 I can’t wait to hear what you think of this granola!
I love your site so much! It’s my go to. The recipes are delicious, simply put and are genuinely far more healthy than other healthy bake websites claim to be. Am so glad I discovered Amy!
You’re such a sweetheart Lauren — thank you!! That means SO much to me. My heart is positively glowing right now! ♡ I can’t wait to hear what recipes you try next!
OMG AMY! Thank you SO much for the sweet shout out. I’m so happy you loved the tips I shared for granola, it’s one of my favorite things to make, and it makes me so happy that you love making granola too. Thanks again for the shout out, sending you lots of love.
Phi
You’re welcome Phi! And thank YOU for the amazing tip via your cookbook! Seriously life-changing!! I’m never making granola any other way. You’re the BEST!! ♡