Best Chocolate Nut Crunch Recipes

CHOCOLATE RAISIN NUT CRUNCH BARS

Steps:

• Cream butter and sugar. Beat egg slightly and add. Stir in milk and vanilla.
• Crush raisin bran cereal and blend with flour. Combine with other ingredients.
• Spread mixture into a 9 x 9 inch greased pan. Sprinkle with chocolate chips and pecans. (May add extra raisins.).
• Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes. When cool cut into small squares.

CHOCOLATE-NUT CRUNCH DESSERT

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375°F. In medium bowl, mix nut crunch ingredients. With pastry blender (or pulling 2 table knives through ingredients in opposite directions), cut in butter until crumbly. Stir in walnuts. Spread in ungreased 13x9-inch pan. Bake about 20 minutes or until golden brown. Cool completely, about 30 minutes.
• Meanwhile, in 3-quart saucepan, heat chocolate chips, marshmallows and milk over low heat, stirring constantly, just until chocolate and marshmallows are melted and mixture is smooth. Refrigerate about 30 minutes, stirring every 10 minutes, until mixture mounds slightly when dropped from a spoon.
• In chilled large bowl, beat whipping cream with electric mixer on high speed until stiff. Fold chocolate mixture into whipped cream. Fold 2 cups of the nut crunch into chocolate-cream mixture.
• In ungreased 13x9-inch pan, spread 1 cup of the nut crunch. Carefully spread chocolate-cream mixture over crunch. Sprinkle with remaining crunch (about 1 cup). Cover; refrigerate until set, at least 8 hours but no longer than 24 hours.

CHOCOLATE NUT CRUNCH CLUSTER

Steps:

• melt butterscotch chips and semi-sweet chocolate chips with the paraffin wax in a medium saucepan until smooth.
• remove from heat and stir in peanuts and chow mein noodles until covered.
• Drop by the spoonful into 3inch cups or drop onto wax paper. Let the clusters set and cool before eating.
• Enjoy!

CHOCOLATE NUT CRUNCH

Steps:

• Grease a 15" X 10" cookie sheet and set aside.
• Place sugar, butter, salt and water in heavy saucepan. Cook over medium heat, stirring, until mixture reaches soft-ball stage (234F-240F on candy thermometer).
• Stir in 1/2 cup nuts and pour onto prepared cookie sheet. Spread with greased spatula to about 1/4" thickness and set aside until cool.
• Place chocolate in heavy saucepan and cook over low heat until melted. Spread melted chocolate over cooled nut mixture. Sprinkle with remaining 1/2 cup nuts.
• Set aside until chocolate is firmly set.
• Break into pieces as you would peanut brittle.
• Store in airtight container.
• NOTE: You may even want to drizzle some melted white chocolate or sprinkle red or green sprinkles for serving during the holidays.

CHOCOLATE-NUT CRUNCH DESSERT

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375°F. In medium bowl, mix nut crunch ingredients. With pastry blender (or pulling 2 table knives through ingredients in opposite directions), cut in butter until crumbly. Stir in walnuts. Spread in ungreased 13x9-inch pan. Bake about 20 minutes or until golden brown. Cool completely, about 30 minutes.
• Meanwhile, in 3-quart saucepan, heat chocolate chips, marshmallows and milk over low heat, stirring constantly, just until chocolate and marshmallows are melted and mixture is smooth. Refrigerate about 30 minutes, stirring every 10 minutes, until mixture mounds slightly when dropped from a spoon.
• In chilled large bowl, beat whipping cream with electric mixer on high speed until stiff. Fold chocolate mixture into whipped cream. Fold 2 cups of the nut crunch into chocolate-cream mixture.
• In ungreased 13x9-inch pan, spread 1 cup of the nut crunch. Carefully spread chocolate-cream mixture over crunch. Sprinkle with remaining crunch (about 1 cup). Cover; refrigerate until set, at least 8 hours but no longer than 24 hours.

CHOCOLATE, NUT, AND RAISIN CRUNCH

Steps:

• Line a baking sheet with nonstick aluminum foil. Set aside.Place the chocolate in a heavy small saucepan over low heat. Cover and cook, stirring occasionally, for 12 to 15 minutes, or until the chocolate has melted. Add the peanuts and raisins and blend well.Using a metal spatula, spread the chocolate mixture into a rectangle, approximately 6 x 5 inches (the mixture will be about 1/2 inch thick), on the prepared baking sheet. Freeze the chocolate mixture for 15 minutes. Remove the baking sheet from the freezer and transfer the chocolate mixture to a heavy resealable bag seal the bag (make sure to get the air out of the bag). Using a mallet or blunt object, gently pound the mixture within the sealed bag until it is broken into small pieces. The Chocolate, Nut, and Raisin Crunch can be kept in an airtight container in the freezer for up to a month.From SINFUL SMOOTHIES: more than 130 dessert smoothies & other indulgences. Copyright © 2004 Donna Pliner Rodnitzky. All Rights Reserved.