The chocolate and nuts crunch is a super delicious and quick no-bake Christmas dessert. Everyone has surely eaten and/or prepared the classic almond crunch (or with other nuts), I make it every Christmas and this year, I wanted to create a much simpler but equally good version, perhaps even better. The chocolate crunch is a true delight, made with only 3 ingredients (nuts, chocolate, and oil, which is just to make the crunch less hard, a little trick) and it’s perfect for gifting, it’s a Christmas gift idea that everyone will love, it keeps for a long time and is also perfect to put in the Epiphany stocking. I used white chocolate and dark chocolate, but milk chocolate is also fine, you can obviously choose the nuts you prefer (even just one type, I used peeled and unpeeled almonds, hazelnuts, pistachios, and walnuts), it will literally disappear!
- Difficulty: Easy
- Cost: Cheap
- Rest time: 30 Minutes
- Preparation time: 10 Minutes
- Cooking methods: No-bake
- Cuisine: Italian
- Seasonality: Winter
Ingredients
- 2 1/2 cups nuts of choice
- 7 oz chocolate
- 2 teaspoons vegetable oil
Steps
The chocolate and nuts crunch is super easy and fast to prepare, for this recipe you can use the nuts and chocolate you prefer, I used peeled and unpeeled almonds, hazelnuts, pistachios, and walnuts and used half white chocolate and half dark chocolate to create two flavors of crunch.
Melt the chocolate in the microwave or in a bain-marie (if you use more types, melt them separately) and add the vegetable oil, mix the two ingredients well, if you use two chocolates, put one teaspoon for each.
Add the nuts (if you use two chocolates, put half and half) and mix everything well.
Transfer the mixture into a mold lined with plastic wrap (I used two molds, each 4×6 inches), level it well, and let the chocolate and nuts crunch solidify completely, it will take about 30 minutes, depending on the temperature you have at home, I recommend not putting it in the fridge to avoid it getting moist, leave it at room temperature.
Once it has solidified, unmold the chocolate and nuts crunch and cut it into pieces with a sharp knife.
Notes:
The chocolate and nuts crunch keeps for up to a month. As already mentioned, you can use the nuts and chocolate you prefer.
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