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Healthy Chocolate-Coated Nuts

December 11, 2012 · 54 Comments

Healthy Chocolate Coated Nuts

 

Chocolate and nuts are a match made in heaven.

Treat yourself and your loved ones this year with this yummy recipe – it’s really quick and easy to make.

I made these last year and distributed them as gifts as well as keeping some for ourselves. They don’t last long in my house. I have the current batch well hidden!

The recipe is originally from Super Healthy Kids, a really great American site featuring some fantastic ideas for fun kid’s food!

I have changed it a little to make it healthier and thermified it.

 

Healthy Chocolate Coated Nuts

Vital stats: Dairy-free, gluten-free, grain free, vegetarian

 

Okay, so this is what you need:

500g organic mixed, raw nuts (or nuts of your choice)

1 organic, free range egg white

1 vanilla pod, scraped or 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

2 tablespoons organic, raw cacao (not cocoa)

1/2 cup organic coconut sugar

 

Okay, so this is how you do it:

Preheat the oven to 120 degrees celsius.

Fling the egg white into your thermy with the butterfly and no MC. On temperature 50 and speed 4, whizz for about 3-5 minutes.

Chuck in the sugar, cacao and vanilla and whizz again. Speed 4, 10 seconds, scrape down and redo if you need to. Take out the butterfly.

Whack in the nuts to mix. Reverse, speed 1, 10 seconds. I am repeating reverse, because if you don’t hit reverse, you will have crushed nuts!! 😀

 

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Spread them out in a single layer onto a large baking paper-lined tray.

 

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Bung in the oven and slow roast, for about one hour. Stir every fifteen minutes.

Cool right down and store in an airtight jar.

If you would like the directions without the thermomix, go here.

 

Top Tips.

*Make a double batch – you are going to need them!

*Hide from the kids.

*Don’t package them in cellophane or plastic bags for gifts! Be eco-friendly and recycle a glass jar with a pretty ribbon. The op-shop usually has really pretty jars if you don’t have any.

*Last year when I made them, they kept for weeks in a sealed jar.

*They aren’t overly sweet or overly chocolatey but they are overly moreish.

 

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Okay, that’s it – super easy, super healthy and super yummy!

Would you give them a go?

 

 

 

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Comments

  1. Jen says

    December 11, 2012 at 6:21 pm

    This looks fabulous!!! Do you use natural or roasted mixed nuts?

    Reply
    • Natural New Age Mum says

      December 11, 2012 at 6:23 pm

      oh raw nuts – thanks Jen, I knew I forgot to tell you something… will fix that up !! the problem with ‘roasted’ in that often they deep fry them in some sort of dodgy vege oil so I avoid those! 🙂

      Reply
      • Jen says

        December 11, 2012 at 6:30 pm

        I thought so but best to check. I only have natural nuts so was hoping I wouldn’t need to get roasted to replicate this recipe. Thank you!!!

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  2. Sandra says

    December 11, 2012 at 7:56 pm

    Wow! They look amazing.

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    • Natural New Age Mum says

      December 11, 2012 at 7:57 pm

      they taste soooo good! 🙂

      Reply
  3. bbeingcool says

    December 11, 2012 at 8:18 pm

    YUM!!!!! Seriously – they look sooo good!

    Reply
  4. mamacino says

    December 11, 2012 at 8:28 pm

    Yum – my Pop would love these…I usually buy him choc coated almonds but maybe I should make my own!

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    • Natural New Age Mum says

      December 11, 2012 at 9:31 pm

      much healthier! 🙂

      Reply
  5. Kelly HTandT says

    December 11, 2012 at 8:32 pm

    I will definitely give them a go! I love chocolate nuts, or sugared nuts, or honey nuts, I just love nuts! Thanks for sharing, they sound delicious. (When typing this I accidentally hit the ‘b’ instead of the ‘n’, and almost told you how much I like sugared buts lol)

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    • Natural New Age Mum says

      December 11, 2012 at 9:31 pm

      ha ha Kelly – that made me laugh out loud! 🙂

      Reply
  6. Anne-Marie says

    December 11, 2012 at 8:51 pm

    Sorry to be dim but what do you mean by mc? I do have a thermomix but am a very new owner.

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    • Natural New Age Mum says

      December 11, 2012 at 9:30 pm

      HI Anne-Marie – sorry I meant the measuring cup (or the little plastic thing that goes in the top of the lid). I just go by the recipe in the EDC for whipping up egg whites. Are you enjoying your thermy?

      Reply
  7. Annaleis says

    December 11, 2012 at 9:50 pm

    Another recipe for my thermo I’m getting at Christmas. Thanks

    Reply
    • Natural New Age Mum says

      December 11, 2012 at 9:52 pm

      Oh you are a lucky girl !!! Enjoy!!! 🙂

      Reply
  8. Rhianna (@aparentinglife) says

    December 11, 2012 at 10:40 pm

    Ah yes! I would totally give these a go, they sound just delicious. Of course I will have to go and check out the non theromix option.

    Fairy wishes and butterfly kisses #teamIBOT

    Reply
  9. Kai-lee says

    December 12, 2012 at 1:08 pm

    Where can I get coconut sugar from? Haven’t heard of it before. What else can it be substituted with (incase I have it in my cupboard & can make these now without going out in this heat!) thanks!

    Reply
    • Natural New Age Mum says

      December 12, 2012 at 4:13 pm

      Just the health food store or organicsonabudget.com.au . Rapadura or xylitol or sugar will work. 🙂

      Reply
  10. Louise Mackie says

    December 12, 2012 at 1:32 pm

    Do you reckon it would work without the egg white? Vegan version!?

    Reply
    • Natural New Age Mum says

      December 12, 2012 at 4:13 pm

      Hmm….. no idea….. but if anyone can make it work, you can! 🙂

      Reply
    • Toni Pope says

      March 5, 2014 at 9:12 pm

      So did you ever get an egg free version sorted? I am new to this egg free thing and wouldn’t even know where to start. would love to know if you did. 🙂

      Reply
  11. danielle says

    December 12, 2012 at 2:11 pm

    Sounds delicious! can you use rapadura?

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    • Natural New Age Mum says

      December 12, 2012 at 4:12 pm

      yes Danielle – rapadura works too, but I like the flavour of the coconut sugar better 🙂

      Reply
  12. The Scrumptious Pumpkin says

    December 13, 2012 at 3:42 am

    This look way too delicious to be healthy! 🙂 The perfect holiday gift too – I might need a triple batch! 🙂

    Reply
    • Natural New Age Mum says

      December 13, 2012 at 9:22 am

      yes, you do, you do! mine are nearly gone and I did a double batch 🙂

      Reply
  13. EssentiallyJess says

    December 13, 2012 at 1:26 pm

    Love fruit and nut chocolate so this seems like a match made in heaven!
    And it’s also made me really hungry…
    Thanks heaps for joining in 🙂

    Reply
    • Natural New Age Mum says

      December 13, 2012 at 5:52 pm

      thanks for hosting – it was great to be able to join in! 🙂

      Reply
  14. Carly R says

    December 13, 2012 at 5:11 pm

    Just made these and they are very yummy

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    • Natural New Age Mum says

      December 13, 2012 at 5:51 pm

      Hi Carly – thanks for the feedback!! I have none left now – the kids found my stash!! 🙂

      Reply
  15. Renae says

    December 13, 2012 at 10:30 pm

    I made several large batches of these last year for gifts, put them in mason jars with ribbon. I ate every single nut before they were received. THis year I am refusing to make these, they are too delicious and tempting!

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    • Natural New Age Mum says

      December 13, 2012 at 10:35 pm

      ha ha!! I did have to hide them – they are soooooo moreish 🙂

      Reply
  16. mamagrace71 says

    December 14, 2012 at 8:28 pm

    They look absolutely delicious! I can see they would have that “more-ish” factor 🙂

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    • Natural New Age Mum says

      December 14, 2012 at 9:12 pm

      HI Grace, thanks for stopping by! 🙂

      Reply
  17. rabidlittlehippy says

    December 18, 2012 at 5:51 pm

    Oh my! I was feeling bored this arvo and thought I’d give these a try. I didn’t have vanilla so I added some cinnamon instead and they are delicious! I’m not generally a big fan of nuts but these I could eat. A LOT! 😀

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    • Natural New Age Mum says

      December 18, 2012 at 8:19 pm

      I know!! I can’t stop eating them when I make them…… so good – I will remember the cinnamon option. I tried to make a vanilla, cinnamon, maple version but they went too sticky!

      Reply
      • Jessie says

        November 21, 2013 at 5:26 pm

        I’ve just made these again this year and discovered to my chagrin that you can’t add more cocoa to make up the chocolateyness of cacao and do a double batch at the same time. They taste divine (almonds, macadamias, cashews, sunflower seeds and pecans) but they were mixed nut chocolate clusters going into the oven. Still, I guess it means you can get more in your mouth at a time easier. A tried and true Christmas favourite.

        Reply
  18. Kathryn Marsh says

    December 19, 2012 at 1:35 pm

    Hi, I made this with a mix of raw nuts I picked up from my local nut shop. What I found was that the mix didn’t stick as well to the brazil nuts as it did to the smaller nuts, and would recommend to others to use nuts of similar sizes, or the macro brand that you have used. I used rapadura, which I am finding a little overpowering, and would recommend people add a touch of cinnamon, or some extra cacao to mitigate this. Anyone making this in a hotmixpro, follow the recipe as is (though would encourage making a double mix so the egg white doesn’t cook on the sides of your bowl), and simply mix for 5 seconds on speed 1F once you have added the nuts.
    Unfortunately there were too many nuts for the jar I had, so I had to eat quite a few…..such a shame 😀

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    • Natural New Age Mum says

      December 19, 2012 at 5:15 pm

      Thanks for the advice Kathryn! I did use rapadura last year, but I find the coconut sugar is much nicer. My brazil nuts don’t coat as well either, but I leave them in because I love them so much!!!

      Reply
      • Kathryn says

        December 19, 2012 at 7:20 pm

        Ahhhh glad you had the same problem…..had to eat most of the brazil nuts, couldn’t give them away like that 😀

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        • Natural New Age Mum says

          December 19, 2012 at 7:30 pm

          hehe – my thoughts exactly 🙂

  19. Angela says

    August 30, 2013 at 4:54 pm

    In the oven now for Father’s Day… I wonder if they’ll last until Sunday!

    Reply
    • Natural New Age Mum says

      August 30, 2013 at 5:06 pm

      I hope you did a double batch!

      Reply
  20. sam says

    November 7, 2013 at 1:51 pm

    What if you do not have a thermomix? Could you make them?

    Reply
    • Natural New Age Mum says

      November 7, 2013 at 7:37 pm

      HI Sam, the non-thermomix instructions are on a link in the blog post 🙂 🙂

      Reply
  21. Sarah says

    November 7, 2013 at 8:33 pm

    Hi, Just wondering if anyone has managed to make this egg free? My 9 month old has anaphalaxis and i’m trying to get used to cooking egg free…. any ideas?
    TIA

    Reply
    • Natural New Age Mum says

      November 7, 2013 at 9:24 pm

      Hmmm…. I can’t think of what would work instead of the egg whites sorry Sarah

      Reply
  22. Janneke says

    March 5, 2014 at 9:10 pm

    Love the descriptions ‘fling’ ‘bung’ but I think you missed one? Maybe throw them on a tray instead of spread?

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    • Natural New Age Mum says

      March 6, 2014 at 12:49 pm

      He He 😀 well you sort of have to spread them out with a spatula rather than one big clump 🙂

      Reply
  23. Amanda Corlis says

    July 27, 2014 at 5:05 pm

    Yum!!! I will definitely be trying these, chocolate coated nuts are my weakness!

    Reply
    • Natural New Age Mum says

      July 27, 2014 at 7:27 pm

      Let me know what you think Amanda!

      Reply

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