Chocolate cashew clusters are easy to make with only 3 ingredients. Chocolate covered cashews are delicious, sweet & salty no-bake treat!

When it comes to candy, I am about as plane-Jane as they come. You’ll usually find me reaching for pure dark chocolate, or some sort of nut covered in dark chocolate – like these chocolate covered cashews.

One of my all-time favorites are sea salt dark chocolate covered cashews from a store in Chicago. Since we no longer live in Illinois, I created a homemade version of my favorite treats.

Made with only three ingredients, they’re the perfect combination of sweet and salty. They’re a delicious holiday treat for anyone on your guest list because they’re easily made to comply with almost every dietary need.

Chocolate Covered Cashews: Ingredients & Substitutions

• Semisweet Chocolate. Choose your favorite chocolate, semisweet, milk, and dark all work great. Even white chocolate is delicious. You can use chips, bars, discs, etc. because they are being melted it doesn’t matter.
• Cashews. Any nut can be used in this recipe. The two I recommend most highly are cashews and almonds. I prefer roasted and salted nuts, but raw or unsalted nuts work well too.
• Sea salt. I really don’t think this ingredient is optional. I use this flaky sea salt and love it. You can also add crushed cashews or festive sprinkles to the top.

How to Make Chocolate Covered Cashews

This recipe only has three ingredients, so it’s fairly simple, but here are a few tips to get them just right! I like to make chocolate cashew clusters instead of individually covered each nut for the sake of time and sanity.

Begin by tempering the chocolate. Here is a simple method for tempering chocolate in the microwave:

1. Warm the chocolate in the microwave (in a glass, microwave safe bowl) for 1 minute.
2. Then, stir and warm the chocolate for an additional 1 minute until almost all of it is melted.
3. Then stir the chocolate until it’s completely smooth.
4. Next, let the chocolate cool until it reaches 90 degrees Fahrenheit before using it in the recipe. This method has resulted in the most beautifully shiny chocolate with the best texture. If shiny chocolate isn’t important to you, simply melt the chocolate and proceed with the recipe.

Next, add the cashews to the tempered chocolate and stir until they are all coated.

Next, drop the cashew/chocolate mixture by in ½ Tablespoon portions (about 3-4 cashews per scoop) on to the prepared baking sheet

Then, sprinkles the cashew clusters with sea salt and let stand at room temperature until hardened. Or, you can put them in the fridge or freezer to speed up the hardening process.

Serve

Serve the chocolate covered cashews slightly chilled or at room temperature. We love to make them to include on our holiday cookie trays.

Store/Freeze

Once the chocolate covered cashews are hardened, store them in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 1 week, in the refrigerator for up to 2 weeks, or in the freezer for up to 2 months. Serve room temperature or slightly chilled.

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