Meet chocolate muesli: your new favorite breakfast or snack! Muesli is basically a healthy granola or homemade breakfast cereal. It’s a huge hit in our household: we’ve been making it for years. And this chocolate muesli is just as delicious as it sounds! Since it’s designed as a healthy breakfast or snack, it’s not too sugary and just sweet enough.
What is muesli vs granola?
Muesli is a mixture of rolled oats, dried fruits and nuts that’s traditionally eaten with milk for breakfast or brunch. It was invented by Swiss doctor as a health food around 1900. His name was Maximilian Bircher-Benner: maybe you’ve heard of Bircher muesli? The original Bircher muesli was soaked overnight, and then eaten with yogurt. But there’s no need to soak most muesli’s (and don’t soak this one!). What’s the difference between muesli vs granola? Well, granola is typically covered in oil and sugar and baked for about 45 minutes until it’s very crispy. Muesli is typically either raw or lightly toasted; and it has no oil and usually no sweetener. Some muesli recipes are lightly sweetened. So, it’s basically a healthy granola!
Ingredients for chocolate muesli
Chocolate muesli is very simple to make at home! Here are the ingredients you’ll need:
Rolled oats Whole almond Unsweetened large coconut flakes Quinoa Cocoa powder Cinnamon and salt Maple syrup Dried tart cherries Dark chocolate chips
Tips for serving
In the case of this chocolate muesli recipe, you’ll lightly toast the entire mixture for 15 minutes at 350 degrees Fahrenheit. This recipe has a bit more maple syrup than our more standard cinnamon pecan muesli recipe to get the cocoa powder to stick to the oats. This muesli also calls for a very small amount of dark chocolate mixed in. If you plan to eat it for breakfast, feel free to omit the chocolate! But we’re not against a little chocolate for breakfast every now and then. Serve it up in a bowl with your favorite milk (dairy or non-dairy), and enjoy! Let us know what you think in the comments.
More vegan breakfast ideas?
We have many of vegan breakfast ideas and quick healthy breakfast ideas on our website. Here are a few of our favorites:
Whiz up an Acai Bowl or a big pot of our best Oatmeal Recipe. Make Cinnamon Pecan Muesli instead Try a great cup of coffee, like Chemex, Aeropress, or Cold Brew. Make a Tofu Scramble Recipe with Black Beans, or Healthy Granola Recipe. Accessorize with Sweet Potato Hash Browns.
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