Fruit and Nut Chocolate Chunks

Name: Fruit and Nut Chocolate Chunks
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 36
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 567 grams fine-quality bittersweet chocolate (not unsweetened), broken into small pieces; 158 milliliters dried cranberries; 85 grams 2/3 cup salted roasted shelled pistachios; 158 milliliters raisins; 85 grams 2/3 cup salted roasted cashews; 36 servings Vegetable oil for greasing pan

Fruit and Nut Chocolate Chunks might be just the hor d'oeuvre you are searching for. This recipe covers 4% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. Watching your figure? This gluten free and dairy free recipe has 254 calories, 2g of protein, and 22g of fat per serving. This recipe serves 36. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 45 minutes. If you have fine-quality bittersweet chocolate, cranberries, raisins, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it.

Instructions

Melt chocolate in top of a double boiler or metal bowl set over a saucepan of barely simmering water, stirring occasionally until smooth.

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Chocolate

Water

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Double Boiler

Sauce Pan

Bowl

While chocolate is melting, line bottom and sides of an 8-inch square baking pan with foil, leaving a 2-inch overhang, then lightly oil foil.

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Chocolate

Cooking Oil

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Baking Pan

Aluminum Foil

Remove chocolate from heat and stir in fruit and nuts, then spread evenly in baking pan. Freeze until firm, about 20 minutes. Lift candy in foil from pan using overhang and transfer to a cutting board. Peel off foil and cut candy with a long heavy knife into 36 pieces.

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Chocolate

Candy

Fruit

Nuts

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Cutting Board

Baking Pan

Knife

Aluminum Foil

• If you have more time, chill the candy in the refrigerator (instead of in the freezer) until firm, about 1 hour. • Candy keeps, wrapped well in foil and chilled, 2 weeks.

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Candy

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Aluminum Foil