Christmas is just a few weeks away. 19 days to be exact if you are counting down like my children are. I just love this time year, the excitement and anticipation are high along with extreme gratitude to God sending His son.
I always like to make this time of year extra special. We are celebrating the birth of our Savior after all! We have a few traditions around our house and one of those traditions is baking Christmas treats. Or maybe I should just call it candy. 🤷♀️
Either way, a candy that is top of my list are Sticky Paws! Have you ever had them? They are a layered treat of almonds, caramel and chocolate. Williams Sonoma is one of the original makers of them. However, how quickly we tend to eat these treats we have moved into a more cost effective method…making them ourselves! I think they taste even better than the store bought ones.
I prefer to use almonds with sea salt, I think the salt adds an additional flavor depth that put them over the top delicious.
Sticky Paws {Caramel Almond Clusters}
Ingredients
- 1 11oz package of caramel squares, unwrapped
- 3 Tbs heavy cream
- whole almonds
- chocolate almond bark 5 rectangular blocks
Instructions
- In a pot on the stove over medium low heat, combine heavy cream and caramels squar3s. Stirring occasionally until mostly melted. Then begin to stir constantly until fully melted.
- Remove caramel from heat and allow to begin cooling
- Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Form almond clusters using 5-7 almonds for each cluster
- Using a spoon pour caramel over each cluster of almonds. Place the baking sheet in the freezer while you melt the chocolate almond bark.
- Melt chocolate almond bark according to package directions. Remove cluster from freezer and take turns dipping each cluster into the melted chocolate. Remove with a fork and tap fork on side of bowl to remove excess chocolate. return to baking sheet and repeat until all clusters dipped in chocolate.
- Once chocolate has hardened, place the clusters in a air tight container and keep in the fridge.
Other chocolate Christmas treats to try:
These are sooo amazing! You had me fooled – figures you bought them somewhere 😉