As promised, I am back today sharing another great snack for summer break. I have a goal for myself to have a bunch of great, homemade snack recipes on hand to keep my children happy all summer! This PB & J Chocolate Chip Granola is sooo good! I don’t know how may little pieces I ate as I was packaging it up, but I can tell you it was a filling snack:) My children love to eat this slightly chewy mixture just by itself. I actually put some into snack sized baggies and they have taken them for a school snack too. You can also serve this over plain Greek or French Vanilla yogurt for breakfast. Either way, you can’t go wrong with a snack that tastes like Peanut Butter & Jelly!
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 old fashioned oats
- 1/2 cup crunchy peanut butter
- 1/2 ground flax seed
- 1/2 your favorite jam or jelly ( we use homemade strawberry jam...yum!)
- 1 tsp. vanilla
- 1/2 cup mini chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 350 degrees.
- Line a large cookie sheet with parchment paper.
- In your Kitchen Aid Mixer, combine all ingredients well.
- Place the mixture on the parchment paper and kind of break it up and separate it into pieces with a spoon.
- Bake for 6 minutes.
- Turn the granola over well to make sure you have even browning and no chocolate burning.
- Bake another 5 minutes.
- Remove from oven and move and turn it again.
- Cool completely.
- Store in an airtight container for up to 1 week.
- Serve on top of yogurt or just by itself.
- Enjoy!
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Just pinned, sounds delicious!!
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Hugs, Cathy
WOW! That looks delicious! Thank you for sharing with Foodie Friends Friday!
This looks delicious! Both of my boys love PB & J so I definitely want to make this 🙂 I’m your newest follower and I just nominated you for the Liebster Award
Hilary
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You’re right, this would be perfect to put in a baggie and just have around like in the truck or take to the park. Love it!
I am all for easy, on the go snacks:)