Healthy Chocolate Covered Pecans with Homemade Maple-Sweetened Chocolate
Pecans coated in an easy 3-ingredient homemade dark chocolate sweetened with maple syrup and tossed with cocoa powder for easy eating. Healthy and delicious!
Servings: 1 -1/2 cups
Calories: 295kcal
Equipment
- cookie sheet
- medium saucepan
- small fine strainer
Ingredients
- 1½ cups pecan halves (or walnut halves)
- 1/4 cup butter or coconut oil to keep it dairy free, but the flavor of butter really shines here
- 1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder + 2 tablespoons for dusting
- 1/4 cup maple syrup
- pinch of salt if using unsalted butter or coconut oil, use 1/8 tsp.
- 1 tablespoons maple sugar or coconut sugar, optional, but helps soften the dusting cocoa powder's bitterness
Instructions
- Heat oven to 350 degrees and line a medium sized cookie sheet with parchment paper. Spread the pecans on the parchment and toast in the heated oven for 5 minutes. Turn the oven off, remove cookie sheet and set aside.
- Meanwhile melt the butter in a medium saucepan over medium heat. Remove from heat and whisk in the 1/3 cup cocoa powder, maple syrup, and salt. It will thicken as you whisk fully.
- Toss the nuts into the pan and stir to coat well.
- Use a spoon to remove the nuts, one at a time to the parchment-lined cookie sheet you toasted the nuts on. Spoon any extra chocolate coating on any that look like they need more. Place cookie sheet in the freezer for 20-30 minutes.
- Place 2 tablespoons of cocoa powder in a small bowl and mix in 1 tablespoon of maple or coconut sugar, if desired.
- Add a few chocolate-covered nuts at a time to the cocoa powder mixture (they may be a bit sticky, a flat spatula helps scrape them off the parchment), stir until coated and then place on a clean parchment-lined tray. I find it helps to use a little strainer to remove the extra coating before setting on the tray.
- Place the tray in the refrigerator until serving, or package the chocolate covered nuts up as desired. Store in the refrigerator.
Notes
Storage: Keep in a sealed container in the refrigerator for up to 3 weeks.
Nutrition
Serving: 1/4 cup | Calories: 295kcal | Carbohydrates: 17g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 26g | Saturated Fat: 7g | Cholesterol: 20mg | Sodium: 70mg | Potassium: 211mg | Fiber: 4g | Sugar: 11g | Vitamin A: 250IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 43mg | Iron: 1mg
