Homemade Chocolate Brazils: Coated in Caramel & Dark Chocolate
These homemade chocolate brazils are easier to make than you might expect. They’re a definite step up from traditional brazils and make an excellent homemade gift, especially at Christmas.
They may not be quite as healthy as the sugar-free We Should Cocoa challenge I have set for January may lead you to expect. But these chocolate caramel brazils are jolly delicious and contain only a small amount of sugar. They’re also suitable for vegans.
Brazil Nuts
Brazil nuts are high in selenium, a trace element we are short of in British soils. This is a shame as it’s reputed to be mood enhancing, immune system boosting and has anti-cancer properties. It’s also said to be good for the skin and circulatory systems. The chocolate coating I used was a dark 72%, so it can also said to be quite healthy, really.
I really like the flavour of brazil nuts, but I don’t eat them as often as I should. It’s a shame they’re so difficult to get out of their shells.
If you fancy eating a few more brazil nuts, this lentil and brazil nut roast is really good.
Homemade Chocolate Brazils
There was plenty of chocolate left over from making the rosemary chocolate truffles last month, so I thought I’d try experimenting with my own version of homemade chocolate Brazils. I envisaged a Brazil nut coated in crunchy caramel then enrobed in dark chocolate. I just needed to see if I could make it happen.
These homemade chocolate Brazils turned out exactly as I hoped they would and they were truly delicious. I was so tempted to save them all for myself, but I womanfully packaged them up into bags and boxes along with the truffles to be given as Christmas gifts.
CT did get a bag of them in his stocking and he generously shared, so I didn’t do too badly after all. My Christmas chocolates made a surprising nine boxes of chocolates plus one bag – not a bad total.
Other Homemade Chocolate Recipes You Might Like
- Chocolate hazelnut ladoo
- Chocolate peanut butter cups
- Goat’s cheese chocolate truffles
- Mint chocolates
- Passionfruit & rosemary caramels
- Raw chocolate with cashew cream
- Salted caramelised almond chocolates
- Whisky truffles with dark chocolate and fresh cream
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Choclette x
Homemade Chocolate Brazils. PIN IT.
Chocolate Covered Caramel Brazils
Ingredients
- 150 g golden caster sugar
- 200 g Brazil nuts
- 200 g dark vegan chocolate
Instructions
- Pour the sugar into a large pan and place over a low heat.150 g golden caster sugar
- When the sugar has liquified and turned a light caramel colour, add the Brazil nuts and stir to coat.200 g Brazil nuts
- Pour onto a wooden board and quickly separate out the Brazils with a couple of forks so they don't stick together. Leave for a few minutes to set.
- Melt the chocolate slowly in a bowl set over a pan of not quite simmering water, stirring once the chocolate has nearly melted.200 g dark vegan chocolate
- Dip the caramel coated Brazil nuts into the chocolate and place on some greaseproof paper to set.
- Place in pretty boxes or tie up in cellophane bags with a ribbon.
chocolate chocolate chocolate… lovely…
nice blog..
do you know? when i want to cut my chocolate intake, at that time i find your blog…
Yum! They look lovely. I love the look of the boxes too, I would have been very happy receiving one of them.
I’ve often combined chocolate and nuts in recipes and even coated nuts in chocolate but I’ve never used brazil nuts for inexplicable reasons. I must correct that. Happy New Year.
Would never dream of making these but they look SO GOOD, and its something I and my mother both love. X
Yum these look great…the purple brazil one with caramel was always my favourite in the quality streets!! 🙂
Look wonderful
These look just divine, especially with the praline. I didn’t make any foodie Christmas presents this year 9to my shame) – I would have bee delighted to get a box of these, although like Jen,, I’m not sure I’d have been able to give too many of them away if I’d actually made them!
I love chocolate brazil nuts and I like the sound of the caramel layer as well, not sure I would have been so good at letting them go though!
Chocolate brazils are my husband’s favourite and these sound even better with the caramel. Well done on managing to part with them too!
They sound delicious and I love how you used dark chocolate, great contrast to the sweet caramel. I love choc brazils but they must be dark chocolate in my opinion. Yum
Quite healthy too, all the better for munching on 🙂
Mmm… these are really yummy Choclette. I could not resist to Brazils… a good start of the year indeed.X
I used to love those boxes of chocolate covered brazils you used to get, with them all lined up neatly in rows… my grandma used to bring them to London when she came to stay… LOVED them!… yours look wonderfully rich too and I think they are quite healthy too!… no?
They sound wonderful! I used to get macadamia nuts given a similar treatment and they were so delicious!