Photo by Sreal Boruchin
This recipe is a luscious way to celebrate your love of chocolate in a way that loves you back.
It has just three ingredients, each lending its own sensuous element and remarkable health benefits. Rich, dark chocolate, with its intoxicating melt-in-your mouth quality; a generous helping of crunchy almonds; and chewy, sweet-tart dried cherries all bring a considerable dose of health-protective antioxidants along with their flavor. The almonds and cherries add essential nutrients and longer-lasting satisfaction, to boot. Making this candy is almost as easy as eating it: Just melt the chocolate, pour into a parchment-lined pan and scatter with the fruit and nuts. (You could swap in any nut and dried fruit you like or have on hand.) Let the candy set in the refrigerator for an hour, then break it into pieces.
3-Ingredient Chocolate Almond Bark with Cherries
Ingredients
1 cup whole, skin-on almonds
12 ounces dark chocolate (60-70 percent cocoa solids, or bittersweet), finely chopped
1/3 cup tart dried cherries
Directions
Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. Line the bottom of a 9 x 12 inch baking dish with parchment paper.
Place the almonds on baking sheet and toast in the oven until fragrant, 7-8 minutes. Set aside to cool.
Place about ¾ of the chocolate into a double boiler set over a pot of barely simmering water. Make sure the water is at least 2 inches away from the bottom of the double boiler. Heat, stirring, until the chocolate is melted. Take the double boiler off the pot of hot water and place it on a towel on the countertop. Add the remaining chocolate and stir until melted.
Pour the melted chocolate into the lined baking dish, spreading it out with a spatula so it is evenly distributed. Scatter the almonds and cherries over the top, then chill in the refrigerator for 1 hour to set. Once set, remove from the parchment and break up into 24 pieces. Store at room temperature in an airtight container.
Makes 24 pieces
Serving size: 1 piece
Per serving: Calories 120; Total Fat 8g (Sat Fat 3g); Cholesterol 0mg; Sodium 0mg; Total Carbohydrates 11g; Dietary Fiber 2g; Protein 2g
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