Welcome to my Triple Chocolate Paleo Granola tea party. I couldn’t resist the bright red of strawberries, the white of spring blossoms and the delicate decoration on two over-sized Anthropologie tea cups! Anyway… Picture your Thursday night. Yes, you’re approaching the weekend’s event horizon, but mostly you are in the thick of wrapping up the week at work or school before the long exhale on Friday evening. In short, a Paleo baking project is probably not the first thing on your mind.
Enter this Triple Chocolate Paleo Granola recipe. It requires just an ounce of Thursday evening prep followed by streamlined assembly late on Friday. The payoff is a perfect breakfast on Saturday morning that requires no more effort than crumbling this Paleo granola into a bowl. If you store it in an air-tight container, you can have crumbly chocolate-y goodness for several weekends in a row (or a bowl of to savor each weekday before the work-day rush). Only moderately sweet, characterized more by crunch and nutty chocolate flavor, I served this granola over sheep’s milk yogurt and yeah, no complaints. If you’re in the market for more sweetness, feel free to add 1/2 cup chocolate chips, but they’re 100% optional.
I crafted this Triple Chocolate Paleo Granola recipe from ingredients I had on hand, but if things like cacao butter and chocolate extract aren’t already in your pantry, you can buy them fuss-free online or plan a trip to the nearest gourmet grocery store. Using cacao butter really deepens the chocolate flavor, don’t sub coconut oil for it. But when it comes to the basic building blocks of nuts? Feel free to make your own substitutions. Allergic to almonds? Replace them with more pecans or walnuts. Experiment with shredded coconut instead of the flax meal. If there’s a bag of dried cherries languishing on the counter, pulse them a few times in your food processor and add in place of the (optional) chocolate chips. The important thing is to keep the ratios of sweet to nutty and wet to dry the same, so keep that in mind when experimenting.
Enjoy!
- 1 1/2 cups raw pecans
- 1 1/2 cups raw almonds
- 1 cup raw hazelnuts
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1/4 cup raw cacao powder
- 1/4 cup golden flax seed meal
- 3/4 cup maple syrup
- 1 oz cacao butter
- 2 tsp chocolate extract
- 1/2 tsp sea salt (plus 1 tsp for soaking water)
- Place the nuts and 1 tsp salt in a bowl, then cover with water.
- Soak (8 hours minimum and up to 24 hours), then drain. Transfer the nuts to a towel-lined plate for 10 minutes to absorb more moisture.
- Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper, and preheat the oven to 170F.
- Place the nuts in a food processor, then grind to the crumbly texture of your preference. Transfer the nuts to a large mixing bowl. Stir in the cinnamon, cacao powder, 1/2 tsp salt and flax seed meal.
- Melt the cacao butter in a small pot over medium heat. Stir in the maple syrup and chocolate extract once melted, and remove from heat.
- Blend the wet ingredients into the nut mixture, then spread on the parchment paper-lined cookie sheet. Dehydrate at 170F for 8 hours.
- Remove from the oven, and carefully break the granola apart into clumps while still warm. Serve, or allow to cool and store in an air-tight container.
The Comments
Naz (@CinnamonEats)
This looks amazing!
Fresh Planet Flavor
Naz (@CinnamonEats)Thanks! I had fun styling it. 🙂
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Jennifer Howard
Why do you soak the nuts in saltwater?
Kaneez Farid
Hi,
Where is the recipe??