Dark Chocolate Dipped Apples
Recipe from Heart-Healthy Living

These dessert apples are dipped in chocolate, dried cranberries and nuts, then are drizzled with white chocolate.


Dark Chocolate Dipped Apples

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Servings: 6 apples
Prep Time: 30 mins
Total Time: 1 hr
Related Categories: Apples, Chocolate Desserts, Christmas Appetizers and Snacks, Christmas Party, Cranberry, Desserts, Halloween Party, Halloween Snacks
 
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Ingredients
  • 6 
    medium apples such as Braeburn, Fuji, or Gala
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  • 6 
    wooden sticks
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  • 1/3  cup
    sliced almonds, chopped pistachios, and/or chopped walnuts, toasted
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  • 1/3  cup
    snipped dried cranberries
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  • 4  ounces
    bittersweet or dark chocolate, chopped,
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  • 4  ounces
    semisweet chocolate, chopped, or 1 cup semisweet chocolate chips
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  • 1/2  teaspoon
    ground cinnamon
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  • 1/4  teaspoon
    ground anise seed (optional)
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  • 2  ounces
    white chocolate, chopped (optional)
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Directions
1.
Wash and dry apples. Remove stems. Insert one wooden stick into the stem end of each apple. Set aside.* Place nuts and cranberries in a deep bowl; set aside.
2.
In a heavy small saucepan, melt bittersweet chocolate, semisweet chocolate, cinnamon, and, if desired, anise seed over low heat until melted, stirring constantly. Remove from heat.
3.
Dip the bottom half of each apple into the chocolate, using a spoon to spread the mixture evenly over apple, if necessary. Allow excess chocolate mixture to drip off. Immediately dip apples into almonds and dried cranberries. Place apples, nut side down, on waxed paper for 30 minutes or until set. Discard any remaining chocolate mixture.
4.
If desired, in a heavy small saucepan melt white chocolate over low heat until melted, stirring constantly. Transfer melted chocolate to a small plastic bag. Snip a small hole in one corner of the bag. Hold apples by sticks and drizzle white chocolate over the coated portion of apples. Return apples to waxed paper and let stand at room temperature for 30 minutes or in the refrigerator for 15 minutes, or until white chocolate is set.
Nutrition information
Calories 239, Total Fat 11 g, Saturated Fat 5 g, Monounsaturated Fat 4 g, Polyunsaturated Fat 1 g, Cholesterol 0 mg, Sodium 3 mg, Carbohydrate 40 g, Total Sugar 30 g, Fiber 6 g, Protein 3 g. Daily Values: Vitamin A 0%, Vitamin C 11%, Calcium 3%, Iron 9%. Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet
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