Espresso Cashew Clusters

• Vegetarian

• Baking & Spices

  • 8 oz Caramels, soft chewy
  • 1 Sea salt

• Nuts & Seeds

  • 1 cup Cashews, whole

• Snacks

  • 14 oz Melting chocolate wafers, dark

• Drinks

  • 1 1/2 tbsp Espresso, ground

Found on joyfulhealthyeats.com

Description

Ingredients

• 1 cup of whole cashews
• 8 oz. soft chewy caramels
• 14 oz. dark melting chocolate wafers
• 1½ tablespoon ground espresso
• sea salt to garnish

Directions

• Place parchment paper on a baking sheet.
• Form 20 stacks with of 5-7 cashews in each, piled up.
• Unwrap caramels and place in a microwave safe bowl. Place in microwave and melt in 30 second increments until melted and smooth. Stirring the entire time.
• Once the caramel is smooth. Add a scoop of caramel to each pile of cashews. Try to make sure that the caramel touches each of the cashews in the pile so it holds together.
• When finished with the caramel, put them in the refrigerator for 5-10 minutes so the caramel hardens.
• Add melting wafers to a medium sized microwave safe bowl. Melt chocolate in 30 seconds increments, stirring throughout. Once the chocolate is melted, add espresso to the chocolate and stir to combine.
• Add the cashew clusters to the bowl of chocolate and completely coat. (I used two spoons to do this).
• Place chocolate covered clusters back on parchment paper lined baking sheet.
• {Optional} sprinkle with sea salt
• Place in refrigerator to harden up.
• Devour!