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Salted Dark Chocolate Caramels

The most delicious salted dark chocolate caramel you will ever taste, the caramel is made out of dates and dipped in luxury! The perfect mix of sweet and salty all in one delightful little chocolate! These salted dark chocolate caramels and incredibly decadent, all while being made with wholesome ingredients!
Course Dessert
Keyword caramel, chocolate, dates
Servings 14 chocolates
Author eastongilowski

Ingredients

  • 2 cups pitted large medjool dates
  • 4 tbsp almond butter
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 1-2 tbsp warm water more if needed
  • ½ tsp sea salt
  • 1-2 cup melted dark chocolate chips extra for chocolate drizzle
  • 1 tbsp coconut oil
  • flakey sea salt for topping

Instructions

  • Place your pitted dates, vanilla, sea salt, and warm water in a food processor or blender and blend until a thick caramel like texture has formed! You might need to take breaks and scrap down the sides! Add small amounts of warm water at a time if yours is too thick and not blending! You don't want this runny!
  • Line a loaf pan or small baking sheet with parchment paper and place your caramel into this. You want them to be about 1" - ½" thick! and place this in the freezer to harden for about 1-2 hours
  • Melt your chocolate and coconut oil on really low heat, allow this to cool before dipping your caramels!
  • Once your caramels have hardened, cut them into even squares as shown above! You will want to use a large sharp knife and use your other hand to help pull apart the caramels as they will still be sticky and soft. Place them back in the freezer to harden again slightly before dipping in the chocolate (this makes it easier to coat them nicely)
  • Dip each caramel individually into the chocolate using two forks flipping them to get an even coating, allow the excess chocolate to drip off before placing it back down. I recommend using a wired cooking rack to let the chocolate drip off creating a beautiful coating! Drizzle with chocolate once they have hardened slighly, and top with flakey sea salt! & voila!