Purim Chocolate-covered Nuts

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• 2 cups slivered almonds
• 1 cup sugar
• 1/3 cup water
• 12 ounces chocolate (can use chocolate chips)

Recipe

• 1 in a heavy sauce pan, boil almond slivers, sugar and water over low to medium heat until all the water is gone and the sugar crystallizes on the nuts.
• 2 pour almond slivers out onto a well-greased baking sheet.
• 3 separate clumps with a greased fork.
• 4 bake in a preheated 350 degree f oven about 15 minutes.
• 5 be careful not to burn.
• 6 melt chocolate over low heat with constant stirring.
• 7 when candied almonds have cooled, dip into melted chocolate.
• 8 place on foil to set.