Chewy Chocolate Clusters
Almonds taste best when toasted and cooled so I do that in advance, sometimes days/weeks before. This is a double-boiler method using a saucepan and glass bowl. Clusters should be kept refrigerated to keep them from melting in your hand. - Jenny Jones
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 5 minutes
Total Time: 15 minutes
Makes: about 20 clusters
Ingredients:
- 3 ounce dark chocolate bar (at least 70% cacao)
- 3/4 cup toasted & cooled raw almonds, coarsely chopped
- 1/3 cup dried cherries, coarsely chopped
- 1/3 cup raisins, chopped if they are large
Instructions:
- Put one inch of water in a small saucepan.
- Place a pyrex glass bowl on top so it does not touch the water.
- Break chocolate into pieces and place in the bowl.
- Bring water to a boil and reduce heat to a bare simmer.
- Stir chocolate occasionally until it melts.
- While chocolate melts, place a sheet of wax paper on a 10 by 12-inch cutting board.
- Combine nuts, cherries and raisins in bowl.
- When chocolate has melted, turn off the burner and drop nut mixture into the warm chocolate.
- Using 2 teaspoons lift small clusters onto wax paper.
- When finished, drizzle any remaining warm chocolate over the clusters.
- Cool on the counter for 15 minutes and transfer the board to refrigerator to cool and firm.
- Transfer cooled clusters into a sealed container and keep refrigerated.
Can walnuts be used instead of almonds are possibly pecans?
I make these regularly and often switch it up. I have used almonds, walnuts, and cashews, sometimes a mix of all three. Any kind of nut be used.
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Jenny,
I love your recipes.
I was wondering if in the future you might be able to add nutritional information for each recipe. I am on a special diet and like to see the sugar, saturated fat etc on what the recipes I use. I am sure that would help others as well.
Thank you
Judy
You have saved my life!!!! I use at least 2 of your recipes a day!! I am going to try this 1 right now. Thanks Jenny!!!!
do you have a recipes for sugar cookies
Yes, in the Holiday category.
can you add craisens
Yes, you can.
They sound so good that I will make them
I could start eating these for a living!