Description
New Orleans Pecan Clusters are a sweet and nutty dessert made with toasted pecans and white chocolate.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 1/2 cups chopped pecans
- 1/4 teaspoon fine salt
- 1 lb white chocolate chips or chopped almond bark
- 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
Instructions
- Line 2 large sheet pans with parchment paper, set aside.
- In a sauce pan toast pecans until they become aromatic, about 2 to 4 minutes.
- Remove from heat, toss with salt, and set aside.
- In a heat-proof bowl set over a small pot of simmering water, melt white chocolate until all of the chips are melted. Whisk in cinnamon.
- Fold in pecans into the cinnamon-white chocolate mixture.
- Use a soup spoon to portion out round clusters onto the prepared pans.
- Refrigerate for 20 to 30 minutes until set.
Notes
- Store in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to one week.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cluster
- Calories: 120
- Sugar: 8g
- Sodium: 25mg
- Fat: 8g
- Saturated Fat: 3g
- Unsaturated Fat: 4g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 10g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 2g
- Cholesterol: 5mg