Dark Chocolate Covered Walnuts
Decadent dark chocolate covered walnuts made with dark chocolate, walnuts and flaky sea salt.
Servings: 12
Ingredients
- 3 cups walnuts halves and pieces, shelled
- 1.5 cups dark chocolate chips
- flaky sea salt to taste
Instructions
- First, roast the walnuts. Preheat your oven to 350 degrees. Note: You can also make these without roasting them, but roasted walnuts are a little crunchier and have a deeper nutty flavor.
- Line a sheet pan with parchment paper and arrange walnuts in a single layer.
- Roast for about 7-8 minutes until walnuts are fragrant. Allow to cool for 15-20 minutes and then transfer to a bowl. Save your sheet pan and parchment paper, you'll need both for next steps (add new parchment paper if needed).
- Add dark chocolate to a microwave-safe bowl. Microwave chocolate in 15-30 second increments until smooth and creamy, stirring with a spoon in between microwave sessions.
- In small batches, add walnuts to the bowl of melted chocolate and toss gently with a fork until the walnut is coated to your preference (you can coat each walnut completely, do them in clusters or leave them partially uncoated).
- Remove the walnuts from the bowl by lifting with the fork and allowing excess chocolate to drip off.
- Place chocolate coated walnuts on the parchment paper lined sheet pan in an even single layer.
- Finish by sprinkling with flaky sea salt. When finished, put the sheet pan in the freezer for 5 minutes to set the chocolate.
- Transfer to an airtight container and store in the fridge for up to 2 weeks.
Notes
Note: You may need to adjust the amount of chocolate chips based on how thickly or thinly coated you like your walnuts.
