Want a quick and easy bit sized chocolate dessert? My delicious Chestnuts Double Dipped in Chocolate hits the spot! I still remember winter time and especially Christmas when we used to have plentiful of chestnuts in the house. Chestnuts are so versatile and with so many different ways of enjoying them. You can boil them, roast them in an oven or open fire, fireplace or even in a pan. You can add chestnuts in a main dish or dessert.
My mother used to make this easy and quick recipe from left over boiled chestnuts and I still make it to this day.
If you don’t have time or don’t want to boil the chestnuts do not worry, you can still make this recipe with ready made chestnuts. Grab a can of ready cooked, peeled and packed chestnuts from your local supermarket and you’re ready to go.
If you would like to use your own raw chestnuts, it’s super simple to prepare them yourself. Start by washing the chestnuts under running water. Score them on one side and add them in a pot and boil them for approximately 45 minutes. Bear in mind that cooking time will depend on the size of the chestnuts, the larger the chestnuts, the longer they require to cook!
Once cooked, drain the chestnuts and place them in an airing rack to cool down. The trickiest part is to remove the outer shell. To make your life easy, remove the outer shell when the chestnuts have not cooled down completely!
