Patent ID: 8367143
Filing Date: 2013-02-05
Classification: A23L

Abstract:
1. A method for manufacturing granola and granola products containing chocolate, comprising the steps of: mixing dry granola ingredients and chilled chocolate pieces containing dextrose to form a dry granola mix blend; providing a temperate sugar syrup binder that is at least 80° Brix and a temperature of 30° C. or less; mixing the dry granola mix blend and temperate sugar syrup binder to form a wet deformable granola mass; forming the wet deformable granola mass into a bed; baking the wet deformable granola mass in the form of the bed to form a baked dried granola; cooling the baked dried granola to form a cooled baked and dried granola having discrete chocolate pieces intermixed; and, sizing the baked dried granola to form sized portions of baked granola.