Cocoa Coated Walnuts - Sugar Free

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 2
• 2 ounces walnuts (about 3/4 cup)
• 1 egg
• 1 pinch salt
• 1/8 teaspoon vanilla
• 1/4 cup splenda granular or 1/4 cup equivalent liquid splenda sugar substitute
• 2 teaspoons cocoa, sifted

Recipe

• 1 in a small bowl, whisk the egg with a fork until frothy. whisk in all but the nuts until as well blended as possible. add the nuts and stir to coat them with the egg mixture.
• 2 spread the nuts on a foil-lined baking sheet that's been sprayed with cooking spray. bake at 325º for 15-20 minutes until the coating has set and becomes crisp.
• 3 cool then break apart before eating. store in an airtight container at room temperature.
• 4 cocoa coated nuts variation:.
• 5 2 ounces pecans, about 3/4 cup *.
• 6 2 ounces almonds, about 3/4 cup *.
• 7 1 egg .
• 8 generous pinch salt.
• 9 1/8 teaspoon vanilla.
• 10 1/2 cup granular splenda or equivalent liquid splenda.
• 11 2 tablespoons cocoa, sifted.
• 12 in a small bowl, whisk the egg with a fork until frothy. whisk in all but the nuts until as well blended as possible. the mixture will be very thick and almost dry. add the nuts and stir with a rubber spatula until they are well coated. spread the nuts on a nonstick foil lined baking sheet. bake at 325º for 15-20 minutes until the coating has set and becomes crisp. cool then break apart before eating. store in an airtight container at room temperature.
• 13 makes 4 servings or about 4 1/2 ounces.
• 14 * you can use any kind of nuts for this but you'll have to adjust the counts. i used finely chopped pecans and sliced almonds because that's all i had on hand.