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4 FEBRUARY 2021

Chocolate Orange Granola

By Verena Frei

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Last updated 7 July 2026

Prep
10 min
Cook
40 min
Servings
1 jar

Hello lovelies, today I have a delicious breakfast recipe for you for a chocolate orange granola. Homemade granola is just great, because it takes no time at all, you can use something up and you know exactly what's inside. In addition, you bring so much variety to the table and you can mix up different flavors.

For me it’s a granola with chocolate and orange this time. Because I think you have to take advantage of the citrus season and the combination of chocolate and orange is always a good idea anyway.

Chocolate-orange granola in a jar, served among halved blood oranges

The basis for the chocolate orange granola is oat flakes, but also buckwheat, because it’s not only very healthy, I also like how crispy it gets.

In general, I prefer my granola to be nice and crispy and with lots of large pieces, so I don't stir it while baking, but always let it cool down completely to get large pieces.

Chocolate-orange granola in a jar, close-up with crunchy chocolate chunks

RECIPE

The granola has only a little sweetness added and tastes simply delicious with yoghurt and fresh fruit, but also with a plant-based drink and on porridge. Just as you like it best.

  • Chocolate-orange granola over yogurt in a stone bowl, served with pomegranate
  • Chocolate-orange granola with pomegranate and apricots, plated from above

And since blood oranges are currently available, you are of course also very welcome to use these. They don’t only look great, they also taste delicious.

Fresh blood oranges and orange wedges beside a granola jar, ingredients

Chocolate-orange granola with matcha latte and blood orange, served on green

Do you already make your own granola and if so, what are your favorite recipes? You can already find some recipes here on the blog and I hope you will try them out!

If you love this chocolate orange granola, my breakfast kitchen has more crunchy treats waiting for you: for a pure chocolate hit I adore my chocolate granola, it turns autumnal and nutty with my chunky granola with chestnut puree, and if you enjoy the citrus note, you have to try my warm millet porridge with orange. I'd be so happy if you make this granola, and I can't wait to hear how you like it. PINTEREST

If you have Pinterest, you can find me here and you are welcome to pin this picture:

chocolate orange granola

Yours, Verena

TIPS

Verena's notes

Tip from my kitchen: stored in an airtight jar the granola stays lovely and crunchy for 3 to 4 weeks. Don't stir it while baking so you get big clusters, and fold in the chocolate drops only once it has cooled completely, otherwise they melt. If you don't have buckwheat, just swap it for extra almonds or a handful of sunflower seeds.

Chocolate orange granola in a jar with blood oranges

5.0 from 1 vote

CHOCOLATE ORANGE GRANOLA

A delicious chocolate orange granola, healthy, low in sugar and just delicious. For the whole family, with orange and chocolate flavor.

  • Course:Breakfast, Frühstück, Beilage
  • Prep:10 min
  • Cook:40 min
  • Servings:1 jar
Vegan

EQUIPMENT

  • Baking oven

INGREDIENTS

INSTRUCTIONS

  1. Preheat the oven to 150°C (302°F) with convection
  2. Roughly chop the almonds
  3. Put all dry ingredients into a bowl and mix them
  4. Stir in the orange zest
  5. Put coconut oil, orange juice, almond cream and maple syrup into a small pot and warm it up until it’s a smooth mixtur
  6. Add this mixture to the dry ingredients until everything is mixed well
  7. Place the mass on a baking tray and smooth it out with the backside of a spoon and then bake for approx. 40 minutes
  8. Let it cool off on the tray, roughly chop it and add the chocolate drops
  9. Store it in a sealed jar
Calories
230 kcal
GOOD TO KNOW

Frequently asked questions

  • Chocolate drops would melt instantly in the hot oven and clump the granola together. That's why you fold them in only once the granola has cooled completely on the tray – this keeps the pieces whole and crunchy.

  • Stored in an airtight jar, the granola stays crunchy for about 3 to 4 weeks. Make sure it has cooled completely before you fill the jar, otherwise condensation forms and it turns soft.

  • Yes. Simply use certified gluten-free oats; buckwheat, almonds, chia and flaxseed are naturally gluten-free. That makes this chocolate orange granola suitable for anyone sensitive to gluten too.

  • I love it with yogurt and fresh fruit, with a plant-based drink or as a crunchy crown on porridge. During citrus season fresh blood oranges pair beautifully with it and bring colour to the breakfast table.

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