Last minute chocolate almonds

Still time for some homemade goodies before the Big Day. These little goodies makes a perfect
last-minute gift. This homemade treat has few ingredients and you make it in just a few minutes.

Step 1 So what do you need?

100g good quality chocolate, finely chopped. I used milk chocolate for this batch, a semi-sweet dark chocolate works as well.
150-200 g almonds
3 tablespoons of cocoa (maybe some more) in a plastic bag.

Comments

[viper64]

can you use chocolate chips

[viper64]

isint cocoa bitter or is that something else?

[yngla]

Bitter is better... But if you prefer a sweeter option you can use milk chocolate and cover in powdered sugar. Sweeeet!

[viper64]

o i thought it would over power the sweet flavor. but i do not know anything about bakeing. thank you

[AussieAnglerGal]

mmmmyummyyumyum
i LOOOOVE chocolate coated nuts
mmmmyummyyumm yum

(suddenly snaps out of it and wonders why i am chewing on computer screen)

[jrossetti]

I found it easier to skip the plastic bag, and use a pan instead (used a cake pan), just dumped in some cocoa powder, dropped in the nuts, and shook the pan, separating the clumps as necessary. Then transferred the nuts to a clean pan for the fridge (and saved the cocoa powder pan for the next batch, after adding some cinnamon and cayenne).

Thanks for sharing, this was a fun project!

[metqa]

Oh Wow! I've been wanting to make chocolate coated nuts, but couldn't think of ways to keep them individual. When I make it with egg white, they come out like shards and stuck together. I made mint chocolate truffles for Christmas and it never occurred to me to coat anything else with cocoa like that.

you are a genius! I haven't tried this yet, but I am so gonna do this. I'm so happy to find a way to make homemade sugar free chocolate covered almonds that won't cost an arm and a leg like the store brands do and won't give me gas like the maltitol sweetened diet candies give.

I wish I had seen this before Christmas. I have 10lb of almonds sitting here that I didn't make into candies cause it would take too much time and trouble. Ha More for ME now!

[customrobo]

Very very good! Are quick to do, but end in an instant! :)

[Darwinfish]

I made some of this with blueberries, raisins, and dried apricots. It was great. Thanks for posting!

[cosarara]

I make 1 kg of this... its adictive!

[surfon6]

 As my almonds are cooling in the fridge I was wondering what to do with all the wasted chocolate in the pot and plastic bag. The pot was easy as I happen to have a banana on hand -instant chocolate fondu. As much as I detest putting food in plastic, I hate wasting food even more so to "clean" out the chocolate from the bag, I warmed up some milk, poured it into the bag and made myself one wicked hot chocolate. :) A recipe isn't done till the chef is content ;)

[icebird]

I've long been curious how confectioners get chocolate-covered items to be smoothly, evenly coated without a "flat" side from sitting on a level surface while cooling. Thanks for sharing your ideas!

[jakobien]

Recently tried this, and had them covered in a cinnamon-brown sugar mix which was delicious!

[silviamira]

Delicious! Some of my relatives will surely get this for Christmas (okay, I know it's not christmas anymore... where I live we celebrate "The three kings" on the 6th of January) :)

[nana2one]

Thanks for this very simple recipe. I have a package of almonds and will try it soon. I need a little something for some neighbors and I'm sure they will love these.

[Nymph]

Mmm... these look great. I bet this would work with raisins too. I will have to try it. Thanks for this great idea!

[mikeasaurus]

Yum! So simple, and with such amazing results! Want to send some over?

[ChrysN]

They look delicious! I'd be happy if someone gave these to me as a gift!