Easiest & Quick Chocolate Covered Cashews To Make This Holiday Season
When it comes to chocolate treats, then my restraint is as strong as that of a toddler’s. Yes, you guessed right, I get putty when chocolate and, heck, even nuts are involved. So here I am sharing my favorite chocolate covered cashews that take a few minutes to come up but are ravishing. You can dive deeper into these blissful treats and won’t get tired.
Whenever holidays rolled around and we visited our aunt’s home, she always used to make these delicious nut-based chocolate treats, and we all would gobble down these goodies within minutes.
If you’ve ever seen me aimlessly wandering in a mart’s aisle or my pantry, it’s always I’m looking for a chocolate treat to stave off my cravings.
So, to cater to my craving, I made these chocolate covered cashews inspired by my aunt’s recipe, which is pretty simple. Just melt the chocolate, toss up cashews, and bam your healthiest yet delicious snack is ready to be devoured.
Just add a little bit of flaky salt to get the perfect balance of sweetness and saltiness to tantalize your taste buds. You just can never go wrong with this snack whenever your guests, friends, and family crashes at your place as everyone will love it, and it’s not dietary restricted.
Hang on with me to get your hands on this quickest and easiest recipe of chocolate covered cashews and how it can be served and stored.
Ingredients In Chocolate Covered Cashews
Ingredients matter the most while making recipes, and that’s what brings all the thrill. What do you need while making chocolate-covered cashews?
Cashews: Well, the hero of our recipe, although any nut can be used in such a manner, but cashews taste ravishing. I’ll recommend you use salted and roasted cashews for better flavor, but if you have raw ones that aren’t roasted and salted, they also work well.
Semi-sweetened Chocolate: It’s your choice which chocolate you wanna use and each type comes out different in taste. You can choose semi-sweet, dark, or milk chocolate, whichever you like. If you like a deviant taste, then even white chocolate tastes perfect. You can buy chocolate discs, bars, or even chips as they can be melted with the double boiling method.
Sea Salt: A little bit of salt never hurts, and I won’t even consider it optional. It tastes perfect when you add this flaky salt over the top.
Butter: I’ll be using unsalted butter for melting chocolate and slow-cooking it with cashews; you can even use coconut oil.
For the add-ons, you can use festive sprinkles or even sprinkle crushed cashews over the top.
Serving Suggestions
There is no hard and fast rule to serve chocolate covered cashews; you can do it in any manner that suits you best. However, serve it chilled as the flavor gets enhanced.
- It can even be served at room temperature with some freshly cut strawberries, kiwis, and other fruits.
- It makes a perfect holiday cookie treat; you can bring it along with chocolate chip cookies and even crookie.
- The chocolate covered cashews can be consumed with my favorite Starbucks vanilla latte for a wholesome snack.
Storage Tips for Chocolate Covered Cashews
Well, regardless of your adoration, you still can’t gobble down these chocolate covered cashews at once, so you might need to store them.
- You can store it effectively in an airtight container for a week at room temperature.
- But if you want to prolong the storage time, keep it in the refrigerator, and it will go fine for weeks.
- Again, if you prefer to store this snack for months even, keep it in the freezer, and it will last 3 months.
- When you want to consume, there is no need to resort to any thawing technique that involves heat; just keep it at room temperature for a few hours, and you are good to go.
FAQs on Chocolate Covered Cashews
Is it OK to eat a lot of cashews?
Excess is bad, so the dietitians recommend you to intake only 20 cashews every day, which makes up to your RDA and is healthy to consume.
Chocolate Covered Cashews Recipe
Easiest & Quick Chocolate Covered Cashews To Make This Holiday Season
Course: DessertCuisine: AmericanDifficulty: Easy24
servings10
minutes79.4
kcal10
minutesIngredients
2 cups roasted cashews
1/2 teaspoon unsalted butter
1 1/2 cups semi-sweetened chocolate
Flaky sea salt (for sprinkling)
Directions
- Take a small pot and slowly melt chocolate and butter on low flame by stirring frequently.
- Now line a baking sheet and put a parchment paper over it.
- Dump all the cashews into melted chocolate and stir it well.
- Put the chocolate-covered cashews into the pan by using a spatula and scrape the chocolate clean from the chocolate pot by dripping it all over the cashews.
- Top these chocolate cashews with flaky sea salt.
- Put it in the refrigerator for at least an hour so the chocolate firms up.
- When it has firmed up, it’s ready to be served along with any of your favorite add-ons.
Notes
- The chocolate-covered cashews freeze perfectly when you wrap them individually in plastic.
- Top up with salt when these cashews are fully thawed if you plan to store them in the freezer.
- Finishing off with sea salt gives a nice sweet and salty flavor, so don’t skip on it.
Nutrition Facts
24 servings per container
Serving Size1g
- Amount Per ServingCalories79.4
- % Daily Value *
- Total Fat
6.6g
11%
- Saturated Fat 2.8g 14%
- Sodium 43.8mg 2%
- Potassium 32.3mg 1%
- Total Carbohydrate
5.8g
2%
- Dietary Fiber -1g -4%
- Sugars -8g
- Protein 1g 2%
- Iron 6%
* The % Daily Value tells you how much a nutrient in a serving of food contributes to a daily diet. 2,000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice.