I always crave for something sweet after every meal so I always have a standby of these chocolate covered roasted almonds stored in an airtight container.
Chocolate-Covered Roasted Almonds
I always crave for something sweet after every meal so I always have a standby of these chocolate covered roasted almonds stored in an airtight container.
Ingredients
- 2 cups almonds raw
- 4 oz. of chocolate milk or if you prefer, dark chopped
- 1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
Instructions
- Prepare the oven by preheating to 300° F.
- Roast the almonds for about 15 minutes, flipping them halfway through, in a parchment lined baking sheet.
- Put the chocolate in a microwavable bowl, and microwave in 30 second intervals, stirring, until the chocolate is melted.
- You can also melt the chocolate in a double broiler Add a little water in a pot.
- Place a glass bowl on top of the pot, making sure it doesn’t touch the water.
- Melt the chocolate, stirring occasionally.
- Add in the almonds in the melted chocolate.
- Mix well until every almond is chocolate coated.
- Pour the cocoa powder in a medium bowl.
- Add in, a handful of at a time, the chocolate covered almonds.
- Mix until all of the almonds are covered with cocoa powder.
- Shake the excess cocoa powder off, by picking up the chocolate and cocoa covered almonds and bouncing it from one hand to another.
- Place them back in the dish lined with parchment paper.
- Allow the almonds to be completely air dried.
- They can be stored up to a month, if they last that long.