Chocolate Peanut Butter Granola Bites.
Lately, I have been experiencing intense chocolate peanut butter cravings. No, there is a not a how sweet bun in the oven, though I did dip a tortilla chip into chocolate frosting on Tuesday afternoon. Whatever that means.
I’ve said it countless times but you just can’t go wrong with chocolate and peanut butter. The combination is sublime. Dare I say it’s the best out there?
And granola… well, granola can be my kryptonite.
These are like tiny little granola “muffins.” And since they are mini, that means you can eat a lot of them. More than usual. Like, 3 pounds of granola instead of the usual 2. It’s all about balance.
They are super simple too. I have included my recipe below, but you can take any granola recipe and give it a whirl. The key is making sure the batter is sticky enough and then allowing the granola to cool before you you remove it from the tin.
Then you can have your way with it. Throw it on oatmeal. Stir it into yogurt. Add it on ice cream. Devour it plain. Dip it in more peanut butter. Then roll it in bacon crumbles. See? Whatever you want to do.
They sure are pretty when they are sunbathing too, aren’t they?
And perhaps most importantly, they meet all the qualifications for snacks you want to emotionally eat. Crunchy? Check. Peanut buttery? Check. Chocolate? Check. Irresistible? CHECK.
Chocolate Peanut Butter Granola Bites
makes about 24 bites
2 cups dry rolled oats
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 cup wheat germ
1/4 cup ground flaxseed
1/3 cup chopped almonds
1/2 cup chopped peanuts
1/3 cup chocolate chips (I chopped mine a bit)
1/2 cup peanut butter
1/4 cup honey (approximately, you may need a bit more)
Preheat oven to 325.
Combine oats, flax, wheat germ, salt, nuts and chocolate chips in a bowl and mix. Add peanut butter and mix with 2 spoons, coating as much as you can. Eventually you may need to mix with your hands – I did this to create more of a dough. Add honey slowly and coat thoroughly. If the granola won’t stick together, add more honey 1 teaspoon at a time and really mix with your hands.
Spray a mini muffin tin with non-stick spray. Using and ice cream scoop, scoop balls of granola into the tins, making sure they stick together as best as they can.
Bake for 25 minutes, checking in every 10 minutes to make sure granola isn’t burning. Remove from oven and let cool completely – this is a MUST to ensure the granola sticks together.
When cool, gently twist or use a spoon to remove granola from the tins.
Bite-sized chocolate peanut butter granola for breakfast, lunch and dinner? Color me ecstatic.
99 Comments on “Chocolate Peanut Butter Granola Bites.”
Oh gosh, I could use 10 of these right this very second!
i agree- peanut butter and chocolate is the best flavor combo out there! i want to make these! if i don’t make them all in one sitting, how long do you think they’d last?
As long as you keep them in an airtight container, I’d say probably a week? Maybe even longer!
Color me jealous…. ;)
Oh goodness – these look insane. How great would these be over a bowl of oats or crumbled into a cereal? Delish!
You know you had us at chocolate peanut butter…!
(i just typed out I love you and then realized that’s not what I wanted to write…I think it’s subconscious because of these amazing pb choco bites…)
Here’s what I meant…I love how you used honey in these instead of just plain old sugar. I am making these this weekend!!
These are so cute!!
Granola is totally my kryptonite! These are such a great idea – portion controlled and portable!
WOw….these look like they are to die for…..Ill be stalking your blog from now on……everything looks great!!!
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Must make! Those look SO good!
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We are on the same page, sweetheart! I just made some protein, no-bake oatmeal, chocolate, and peanut butter cookies yesterday…not as good as these, of course!
YUM! My husband loves granola bars, and I am going to make these for him! Thanks for sharing, Jessica!
WOW…i don’t actually like granola, but this looks SO good!
I see these in my future very clearly!
I’m always looking for something new to add to my morning yogurt and these would be perfect!!! I love aything in mini form too!
Those are so cute!!! I am on a big pb kick right now as well. I fear that if I mad these, I’d be tempted to make mine enormous… they could be dangerous!!
You had me at chocolate and peanut butter. Sublime is really the perfect word to describe this heavenly combo.
Love the idea of these granola bite muffins! I’ve been searching hard for a recipe to make for our local Co-Op’s upcoming holiday open house, and I’m thinking this just might be the one :)
Mmmmm…great combination indeed.
Haha…I always get weird flavor combination cravings, and I think, “Gosh, maybe I’m pregnant?!?” Nope. Just my mouth being weird.
I love granola too much. I can’t stop snacking on it when I make it. These little bites would be DANGEROUS for me. But oh so good.
You should probably start working for the food industry sometime soon…I feel like you could teach them a thing or two in terms of what people crave :) Seriously, your stuff always looks so much better than the stuff they advertise on TV!!
incredible!! i have everythign to make it but I need to go to class. I WANT TO MAKE THESE INSTEAD OF GOING TO CLASS D:
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These are so cute — but anything with chocolate chips doesn’t last too long in my house :)
I always have the taste buds for peanut butter & I love the sound of these little bites. I bet they’d be cute in little goodie bags, tied with ribbons for snacking gifts! :-)
I am not pregnant either, but I have been doing my fare share of peanut butter and chocolate loving!
I’m running a half marathon on Sunday and was looking for yummy energy bites to eat before hand. I think we might have found a winner! If you’re craving chocolate and peanut butter, have you tried the dark chocolate reeses cups? I can’t get enough!
PERFECT for a party too! you could place them all over the house and people would eat them all night!
These are something I can get behind – but I fear I would eat them all in one setting. Oh well…eating for two, right??
Also, in response to your last comment on my blog – very few of your recipes made me sick over the last couple of months. I can’t say the same for all blogs – but yours is pretty much delicious 100% of the time.
These look super yummy and I will be more likely to eat them then the last batch of plain granola I made.
Those look addicting! I’m not sure if making them would be a good or bad idea considering I’d probably eat them all in a matter of minutes. Peanut butter + chocolate is definitely one of my weaknesses!
Mmm these look amazing! So healthy too =)
Oh, gosh…not sure I could handle these! I love muffins:) And I love how simple and easy they are too. Thanks for sharing!
i’d be dangerous around these bad boys, chocolate plus pb that i can pop in my mouth via a crunch granola bite – yes please!
Yum! This looks like a perfect mid-morning or mid-afternoon snack!
I’ve been looking for something just like this to make, I’m so excited to try! They look delicious! I’m all about bite-sized treats!
oh, I so wish I had one of these right now!
oooo I can’t wait to make these :)
These look amazing! Can’t wait to try them!
Oh man! I could see myself eating about twenty of these, my mind thinks that smaller bites means more bites :)
Pretty sure this is my favorite recipe of the day! Mini muffin tins are awesome, right?
Jessica, I propose a party where we lounge around a sunny backyard sunbathing with these granola bites NOT in our bikinis because we’d feel bad and dip them in peanut butter and coat them in bacon crumbles and get crumbs all over ourselves and then screw the mess, do it again. And again. And again.
I’m in!
Yuck I hate Peanut Butter…but I’m sure these are delicious if you’re into that sort of thing. I guess I’ll forgive you for posting Peanut Butter recipes.
Ok 1) You read my mind! I have a bunch of homemade granola I need to use up! and 2) PB+chocolate= amazing combo!
these are the cutest dang things ever! ooohhh and that warm autumn salad – i’ve had that on the brain since i saw it on your blog!!!
What a cute idea! I liked the one about crumbling on top of ice cream. Obviously.
what a delicious treat, healthy treat! i loveeee peanut butter and chocolate
I don’t know how you do it. You never fail to have me drooling. I’m not even the biggest choc + pb fan. I like it, but it isn’t my TOP favorite combo.
I could do PB chips for the ultimate PB bliss!
Too cute! I love mini things.
What a great idea to put the granola clusters into muffin tins. Those sound fabulous! Who doesn’t get pb+ choc cravings?!