Adorable Chocolate Acorn Kisses Recipe Is Delicious Fall Family Fun (3 Ingredients, 30 Minutes) by Donna John

Isn't it fun to make Thanksgiving treats for the family? The day my daughter and I made candy turkeys we also made these adorable chocolate and peanut butter acorns. These chocolate acorns are a fun, sweet treat and also added a festive touch to the Thanksgiving table or any fall-inspired table setting.

You could also decorate a cake with these peanut butter and chocolate candies. How cute would that be? Maybe add some candy turkeys? Adorable.

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To make this fall chocolate acorn candy recipe you will need just three simple ingredients. Here's your shopping list for this sweet fall chocolate treat: Nutter Butter Bites, Hershey's Kisses and mini chocolate chips. You can have a whole mess of acorns ready to eat in about 30 minutes.

This fall and Thanksgiving candy recipe would be a fun activity for the family and a sweet food gift for friends and family. 

Facts About Acorn

Acorns, which are the fruits or seeds of oak trees, are not all created equal. According to Penn State, "The nuts are species-specific and vary in size, shape, color, cupule (cap) and nutrients. For instance, in the United States, the red oak and black oak have hybridized so extensively that experts argue the two species cannot be identified by their leaves, but their acorn sets them apart. In the black oak acorn, the 0.5 to 1.0-inch body is covered by half or more of the acorn’s cupule. The red oak’s 0.75 to 1.25-inch fruit has a cap that sits like a beret on top and covers only a quarter of the acorn."

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Acorns are nutritious. "Each acorn is one seed (rarely two) protected by a hard outer shell and cupule. The fruit has a high nutrient content with large amounts of protein, carbohydrates, and fats and critical dietary minerals such as calcium, phosphorus, potassium and niacin. Acorns also contain bitter, toxic tannins which vary by species."

So don't just pop an acorn into your mouth! "To make them palatable, Native Americans gathered acorns and leached the bitter tannins from the nuts. Sometimes the ripe acorns were first ground into flour using a mortar and pestle and then leached. Some tribes roasted the seeds to kill the acorn weevil larva that often metamorphosizes inside the nuts. Each tribe had their species preference and depended on the variety of acorns available in their environment. Even though they are generally smaller, acorns from the white oak group were often preferred because they are less bitter than fruit from the red oak group."

These chocolate and peanut butter acorns are more fun to eat!

Cuisine: American
Prep Time: 25 minutes
Cook Time: 5 minutes
Total Time: 30 minutes
Servings: varies

Ingredients

• Nutter Butter Bites
• Hershey's Kisses
• mini chocolate chips

Here's how to make it:

1. Melt about 1/8 cup of the chocolate chips to serve as "glue."
2. To assemble the acorns, dip the bottom of a Hershey's Kiss into the melted chocolate. Attach it to a cookie.
3. Dip a chocolate chip into the melted chocolate and attach as a stem. Allow to dry. ( I put my assembled acorns on a baking sheet covered with aluminum foil for easy cleanup. You could also use parchment paper.) Store the acorns in an airtight container.

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