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Caramel and Chocolate-Dipped Holiday Pears Recipe

Caramel and Chocolate-Dipped Holiday Pears

Serves 2-4

Metropolitan Market Holiday Pears get the royal treatment with a delicious coating of caramel and chocolate. This effortlessly elegant dessert is the pear-fect ending to a meal, whether it's a weeknight family supper or an upscale holiday dinner.

Ingredients:

  • 2 Metropolitan Market Holiday Pears (stem-on, rinsed and dried)
  • 1 package (11 oz) soft caramel candies
  • 2 Tbsp water
  • 1 cup chopped, toasted pecans or other nuts
  • 8 oz bittersweet chocolate (preferably 70% cacao), chopped
  • Optional: flaky sea salt

Directions:

  1. Line a plate with parchment paper. Mist with nonstick cooking spray or brush with oil.
  2. Unwrap caramels and place in a medium saucepan over medium-low heat. Add water and heat, stirring often, until caramels melt to a smooth sauce.
  3. Holding stem of one pear, dip in warm caramel, coating almost to the top (spoon caramel around pear, if needed); remove pear to prepared plate, scraping ex-cess caramel from bottom. Repeat with second pear.
  4. Chill pears in refrigerator for 1 hour.
  5. Place chopped nuts in a bowl.
  6. Melt chocolate according to package directions, in a bain-marie (a double boil-er, a heat-proof bowl or small pot set over a pan of simmering water).
  7. Dip bottom half of each pear in warm chocolate, scraping excess from bottom, then dip in chopped nuts. Return to lined plate.
  8. Chill 1 hour or until serving time. If desired, sprinkle with flaky sea salt before serving.
  9. Cook's Tip:
  10. If you prefer to use a microwave, follow these instructions:
  11. For Step 2: Place the caramels in a microwave-safe bowl, add the water, and heat for 30 seconds, stir and continue heating in 15-second increments, stirring in between until the caramels melt completely. Continue with step 3 as directed in the recipe.
  12. For Step 6: Place the chocolate in a microwave-safe bowl for 30 seconds, stir and continue heating in 15-second increments, stirring in between, until it is completely melted. Continue with step 7.

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