Healthier Valentine’s Day Treat: Chocolate Covered Apple Slices Recipe posted by Something Swanky Pin Share Tweet Email Jump to Recipe SomethingSwanky is reader-supported. When you buy through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission at no extra cost to you. A Valentine’s sweet you can feel good about! I’m super excited about today’s “recipe.” There are a bajillion reasons… ♥ Yay for everything heart shaped! ♥ Chocolate. Obviously. ♥ SPRINKLES!! (and pink sprinkles at that!) ♥ Only four ingredients (and that includes the optional white chocolate and sprinkles). ♥ Healthy!! Well… compared to your average box of Valentine’s day chocolates anyway. ♥ Sweet and crunchy on the outside, crisp and juicy in the middle. Remember me? The food texture freak? Oh, and guess what? They are SO easy!! Start by slicing a large apple like this. I only had Pink Lady apples in my fridge, but Granny Smiths would be so yummy too. I can get about 4 discs out of each apple. If you’re pretty handy with a knife, you may be able to get a slice or two more by going thinner. If I try to slice thinner, I start cutting diagonally and mess everything up. So I kept mine on the thicker side. Next: grab a cookie cutter. Most heart cookie cutters I’ve seen come in a nesting set with multiple sized cutters. Just pick the one that fits the apple slices you’re working with. I think mine was about 3 inches across at the widest point, and I was working with decently large apples. Once you’ve cut them out, be sure to remove the seeds. I just used a toothpick. Melt some chocolate melting wafers. I won’t bore you with another sermon on melting chocolate, but you know how I feel. You dip, I dip, we dip… So here’s the secret to making candy dipping (any candy dipping) a billion times easier: use a tooth pick for each piece you dip, and then LEAVE IT IN! Yep. Then after it cools and hardens, pull the toothpick out. Add a little drizzle and some sprinkles, and no one will ever suspect there’s a toothpick hole under there. If you need more of a visual, I made a slideshow video tutorial for using this method here. Ta-da! I think they’re even prettier than a box of chocolates ❤️. And since there’s an apple slice in there, it’s basically health food, yes? These would be so cute packaged up with a sweet little valentine’s day tag (made by someone who is much craftier than me!). Enjoy! Continue to Content Chocolate Covered Apple Slices Yield: 8 slices A Valentine's sweet you can feel good about! Print Ingredients 2 large apples, sliced as pictured 12 ounces milk chocolate melting wafers Optional: 1/4 cup white chocolate melting wafers sprinkles Instructions Slice the apples as pictured. Use a heart-shaped cookie cutter to cut the apple slices. Remove seeds with a toothpick. Melt the chocolate melting wafers according to package directions. Use a toothpick to dip the apple slices into the melted chocolate. Shake off excess chocolate before placing dipped slice on parchment paper or a silicone baking mat to cool and harden. Remove the toothpick. Place the white chocolate wafers in a ziptop bag. Microwave in 30 -second intervals to melt. Snip a tiny corner of the bag and drizzle the white chocolate over the apple slices. Add sprinkles. Notes WW: 7SP In to quasi-healthy treats? I happen to have a few good recipes up my sleeve! Check these out: Baked Pumpkin Donuts 3-2-1 Cake Skinny Funfetti Buttermilk Pancakes
