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Raw Caramel Apples & Chocolate Covered Almonds

Mouthwatering raw vegan caramel and raw vegan chocolate covered apples dipped crushed chocolate covered almonds.
Prep Time18 minutes
Cook Time2 minutes
Total Time20 minutes
Servings: 4

Ingredients

Caramel Sauce

  • 1/3 cup  coconut oil  liquid consistency by slightly heating
  • 2 tbsp brown rice syrup or honey
  • 5 dates soaked 1 hour or until soft
  • 1/4 cup water
  • 1 tsp  mesquite flour
  • 1 tsp ceylon cinnamon
  • pinch of sea salt

Chocolate Covered Almonds

  • 1 cup almonds
  • 1/4 cup  golden cacao butter
  • 2 tbsp  cacao powder
  • 1/8 tsp sea salt
  • 2 tbsp raw agave

Instructions

Caramel Apples

  • Blend dates and water
  • Add in the rest of the ingredients and blend until smooth.
  • Stick a skewer, chopstick, etc. into the core of the apple.
  • Smooth "caramel" onto apple with a small spatula or a knife.
  • Optional: Sprinkle chocolate covered almonds all over the caramel and lightly push them down.

Chocolate Sauce

  • Melt the golden cacao butter in a glass measuring cup by sticking it in the oven, on warm, for about 30 minutes -or- boil 2 cups water, take it off the heat and put the measuring cup in the hot water for about 1 minute or less. There will still be chunks left but the heat from the already melted butter will melt the rest; plus you don't want to cook it.
  • Add in the rest of the ingredients, except almonds, and stir until well blended.
  • Stir in almonds and freeze for about 5 minute or until hardened
  • Throw them in the food processor and pulse until they are in little pieces -or- chop them with a knife. If they start to melt thrown them back in the freezer for a little bit.

Chocolate Covered Apples

  • Double the chocolate sauce recipe and see notes below.

Notes

When I first made the chocolate sauce I tried dipping the apple like the picture. Unfortunately this chocolate sauce was too thin and eventually fell off the apple. So I put it in the freezer for about 1 minute. When I took it out the top and sides were hard but the inside was still very thin . I kept stirring and it became so thick that it eventually turned into a hard fudge.
Then came my next test. I melted the chocolate sauce again by putting the glass ramekin in a pot of warm water. I put it in the freezer for 30 seconds took it out and stirred it just a little until it became a little thicker. I dunked the apple in and success! Not wanting to melt the mixture again I just let it get to the fudgey frosting like consistency and smeared it on with a knife...this produced a much thicker fudge apple. No matter what consistency it's in, it's delicious.