Peanut Butter Granola Cups: an easy, healthy delicious breakfast recipe

For a healthy, simple protein-packed snack you can enjoy on the go during busy mornings on your way to work or eat to give you an energy boost during the day, there's nothing like these easy peanut butter granola cups.

Made from hearty oats, peanut butter, and topped off with a silky chocolate almond ganache, each bite is absolute perfection. If you make the granola at home, you'll need to bake it, but everything else about this recipe is no-bake.

Peanut butter granola cups are a great healthy snack to pop into your kids' packed lunches or to stash in your own lunch to keep you going throughout the day.

How to Make Peanut Butter Granola Cups

It couldn't be easier to make peanut butter granola cups at home. If you're making homemade granola, start by tossing the oats and sugar together, then spreading the mixture out on a baking tray. Drizzle the honey over the oats, and toss again to coat well. Spread the oats out again and bake for 30 minutes at 350F, shaking the tray occasionally so the granola bakes evenly. Cool completely.

Once cooled, combine the granola, peanut butter, honey, and maple syrup in a large bowl. Gently press the granola mixture into the wells of a muffin tin, making sure to go up the sides of each well then put the tin in the freezer for half an hour. Melt 1 cup of peanut butter in the microwave. Pour the melted peanut butter into each cup so the cups are about three-quarters full. Freeze the cups for an hour.

To make the ganache, melt the chocolate almond bark in the microwave, stirring every so often. Mix the cream into the chocolate then pour the chocolate over each granola cup. Freeze the cups for two hours, then enjoy.

Tips for Making the Best Peanut Butter Granola Cups

You can substitute peanut butter for other types of nut butter. Almond butter, cashew butter, and hazelnut butter would all be delicious alternatives.

You can make the granola a month in advance.

If you find the granola mixture is too sticky to work with, you can grease your hands with butter or neutral oil such as refined coconut oil or avocado oil.

To make this recipe truly no-bake, pick up some premade granola from your local health food store.

How to Store Peanut Butter Granola Cups

Keep your peanut butter granola cups in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 2 weeks – if they last that long!

They'll also stay fresh in the freezer for up to 3 months.

Instructions

Preheat your oven to 350F.

In a bowl, pour the oats and sugar onto the tray and toss to combine.

Drizzle the honey over the oats.

Toss to coat.

Line a baking tray with parchment paper. Pour in the oats.

Lay the oats out in a single layer.

Spread the oats into a single layer then bake for 30 minutes, flipping every 5 to 10 minutes. Take out of the oven and leave to cool completely.

Combine granola, peanut butter, honey, and maple syrup in a large bowl. Mix well.

Press the granola mixture into the wells of a muffin tin, making sure to go up the sides of each well.

Freeze the cups for 30 minutes.

Melt 1 cup of peanut butter in the microwave in 15-second intervals, stirring often. Pour the melted peanut butter into each cup so the cups are about ¾ full.

Freeze for an hour.

Melt the chocolate almond bark in the microwave using 15-second intervals, stirring periodically. Whisk the cream into the chocolate.

Pour the chocolate over each cup.

Freeze for 2 more hours, or until set. Serve and enjoy!

Notes

If your chocolate almond ganache isn't quite the right texture, you can add a few more drops of heavy cream until it reaches a thin, pourable consistency.