Chocolate Covered Pixie Tangerine With Sea Salt Recipe

Chocolate covered pixie tangerines? Yes, please!

What’s not to love about this dessert? It’s chocolate and tangerines with a touch of sea salt. They are super easy to make! Melissa’s Produce provided their Ojai Pixie Tangerines (hurry, they go out of season soon!) and I thought I’d surprised my daughter with a Friday afterschool treat. After a quick taste-test, pixie tangerines quickly became one of her favorites, so this was a perfect fruit for this delectable treat.

Did I say they are super easy to make? I picked up a bag of semisweet chocolates and a bag of dark chocolate chips. My daughter’s favorite is dark chocolate, but I prefer milk or semisweet. I added 1/2 tablespoon of coconut oil to thin out the chocolate and give it a creamy texture. I melted the chocolate on the stove stop (microwave works well), peeled the tangerines and removed most of the pith. I dipped half of the tangerine into the melted chocolate and placed the slice on a parchment sheet. Be careful not to over sea salt. It can be too-salty so I recommend one or two crystals just drop them over the chocolate before it hardens. Colored sprinkles would be fun instead of sea salt or just forgo a topping.

Here’s the recipe for Chocolate Covered Pixie tangerine recipe. It’s oh-so-sweet, and you get a good dose of vitamin C, Vitamin A, folate and potassium. Enjoy!

Ingredients:

• 5 pixie tangerines
• 1 cup of chocolate chips of your choice
• 1/2 tablespoon coconut oil
• Course Sea Salt (optional)

1. Peel the clementines, remove the pith (it’s prettier), wash and dry the clementines.
2. Place the clementine slices on a parchment paper-lined baking sheet.
3. Melt chocolate and add the coconut to a double boiler (*This can also be done in a microwave). Stir until melted.
4. Dip half the clementine in the chocolate then lightly sprinkle with sea salt.
5. Let the chocolate set or to speed up the process and refrigerate for 10 minutes before serving. Viola!!

Need tips on how to make a double broiler?

•    Add 1” of water to a medium saucepan or pot and bring to a very gentle simmer.
•    Place a heat-safe bowl on top of the pot so that the bottom of the bowl is not touching the water.
•    Add the chopped chocolate to the bowl and occasionally stir with a spatula until smooth and melted.
•    Remove the bowl from the heat and use.

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