Salted Mendiants
Ingredients
8 oz.
baking chocolate (such as Baker’s Baking Bars or Guittard Baking Wafers)
- roasted and shelled pistachios, roasted almonds, dried cranberries and raisins (about 16 of each)
- freshly ground Kowalski's Sea Salt, to taste
Directions
- Melt chocolate (see Tasty Tip below).
- Once chocolate is completely smooth and still very warm, scoop 1 tbsp. spoonfuls onto a sheet of parchment paper, gently swirling to create disc shapes approx. 2" in diameter and ¼" thick.
- Before chocolate cools, press 1 pistachio, 1 almond, 1 cranberry and 1 raisin into each disc.
- Sprinkle each disc with a tiny pinch of salt; allow candy to cool for several hrs.
- Store in a cool, dry place with parchment paper between layers of candy for up to 1 week.
Tasty Tips:
- To melt chocolate, microwave in a heat-safe dish on 50% power, stirring between 60 sec. intervals. As chocolate becomes more fluid, cut interval time to 30 sec., then 15 sec., stirring between bursts.
- Other dried fruits and nuts may be substituted.
