Chunky Monkey Granola
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With oats, nut butter, chocolate chips, and banana chips, this Homemade Chunky Monkey Granola is easy, delicious, and makes a fantastic snack on the go!
Get ready for some yummy, friends! You just can’t lose when combining oats, rice cereal, nuts, banana chips, and chocolate.
If that doesn’t sound good to you, then your taste buds are broken. Broken!
Originally meant to be in bar form, I changed it up a bit, crumbled it, and voila…granola!
Still on my quest to find quick things for the kiddos (and me!) to eat in the morning, this Chunky Monkey Granola fits the bill.
The bad part is, I also ate it with my lunch, mid-afternoon snack, pre-dinner, post-dinner, and a tiny nibble before bed.
I think I gained 2 pounds this weekend noshing on it!
Other granola we love!
Chewy Chocolate Chip Granola Bars
Chunky Monkey Granola
Ingredients
- 2 cups old fashioned oats
- 1 cup Rice Krispies cereal
- 3/4 cup small chopped toasted walnuts
- 3/4 cup small chopped dried banana chips
- 1/4 cup unsalted butter
- 1/4 cup brown sugar
- 2 tablespoons honey
- 1/4 cup Almond butter, (or creamy peanut butter)
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 3/4 cup dark chocolate chips
Instructions
- Lightly coat a large baking sheet with nonstick cooking spray; set aside.
- In a large mixing bowl, combine the oats, rice cereal, walnuts, and banana chips. Set aside.
- In a small saucepan, melt the butter then stir in the brown sugar, honey, and almond butter butter.
- Bring to a boil; give it a stir and remove from heat.
- Mix in the vanilla (it will bubble up and sizzle for a second.)
- Immediately pour the sauce over the dry ingredients and gently stir to combine.
- Transfer mixture to the prepared baking sheet; spread out in an even layer.
- Place in the refrigerator for at least 30 minutes.
- Crumble it up and toss in your chocolate chips.
- Eat now or enjoy later!
Notes
Nutrition
Nutritional information given is an automatic calculation and can vary based on the exact products you use and any changes you make to the recipe. If these numbers are very important to you, I would recommend calculating them yourself.
Did you make this? Leave a rating below!adapted from Foodie with Family
This is DELICIOUS!! Made a double batch to give some to friends.
I’ve been looking for granola recipes. This one looks really great!
Heidi
YUM, Amy!! I’ve never had granola with banana chips in it. Sounds sooo good!
Hey, what a cool variation on granola! Love the idea of the banana chips1
I want to make these into little balls that the kids can eat without a mess. Would that work? Yum.
Absolutely! After you mix the warm sauce with the dry ingredients, form into tablespoon sized balls (ideally with a small cookie scoop), pressing firmly together. Place them on a lined cookie sheet and then put in the refrigerator to set. They’ll be bite size so they can just pop each one into their mouth – no mess!
I am always looking for different variations of granola, I expect this to be a favorite!
I actually think the grandkids would eat this one!!! I just won’t say the words granola or “good for you.” LOL