Prep time - 10 minutes

Cook time - 10 minutes

Difficulty - Easy

Serves / makes - 5 chocolates

Ingredients

5 dried apricots (we used unsulphured brown apricots)

50g very dark vegan cooking chocolate

1 tablespoon pistachios (raw not salted)

¼ teaspoon ground cardamom (if you cannot get this use ground cinnamon or ginger instead)

5 brazil nuts

Equipment

Baking paper

Glass bowl

Sauce pan

Pestle and mortar

Method

1. Lay a piece of baking paper on a flat surface.

2. Cut a slit in the top of each apricot. Push a brazil nut into each apricot.

3. Grind the pistachios in a pestle and mortar, add the cardamom and mix well.

4. Melt the chocolate in a glass bowl in a pan of boiling water. Dip the brazil nut end of each apricot into the chocolate. Place on the parchment. Sprinkle on the ground nuts. Allow to cool until the chocolate is completely solid.