Wow! I can hardly believe there are only 10 days left until Christmas! It seems like this month is going even faster than this year did. If you are anything like me you are likely in the middle of holiday party madness. School, friends, playgroups… every time I turn around I have another event.
To be honest, I don’t have time to say yes to most of these, but it’s the holidays so I feel like we should make our best effort. In an attempt to save myself some time this holiday season I decided to simplify our holiday baking and cookie making. This year we will be making 1-2 of our favorite holiday cookies, but everything else will be super easy recipes.
Luckily easy doesn’t mean you have to sacrifice taste! These White Chocolate Walnut Caramels are the perfect holiday gift for neighbors, hostess gifts, or even your cookie exchange! They taste amazing, and look like you put a lot of effort into them. No one has to know they are effortless, unless they read my blog and then you are busted. But they will likely have a mouth full of White Chocolate Walnut Caramel goodness and no one will care either way!
Ingredients
- 24 caramel squares, wrapped (I like these delicious vanilla caramel squares)
- 12 ounces white chocolate chips
- ½ cup crushed walnut topping
Supplies
- Parchment Paper
- Candy sticks or toothpicks
- Melting pot
Directions
- Get your baking sheet ready with parchment paper cut to the size of your baking sheet.
- If you have a melting pot, set it to medium high heat and add your white chocolate chips. Stir occasionally until every last chip is melted. Reduce the melting pot to warm so that the chocolate chips stay melted and doesn’t harden.
- If you do not have a melting pot you can melt the chips in a double boiler over the stove or in the microwave, 25 seconds at a time.
- Unwrap all of the caramel squares and push candy sticks into the centers. Toothpicks can also be used, but this is to make the chocolate dipping process less messy.
- Dip caramel squares into the melted white chocolate, making sure to cover tops and sides. Place caramel square on parchment paper and pull the candy sticks out of the caramel squares. Before chocolate begins drying top the white chocolate with walnut pieces.
- Allow the walnuts to harden into the chocolate, and once the chocolate is completely hardened peel them away from the parchment paper.
Walnut caramel squares can be stored in a sealed bag or tin for up to two weeks so whether you are gifting them or exchanging them at a cookie party, you know everyone will have plenty of time to enjoy these delicious White Chocolate Walnut Caramels! I always find the cutest holiday tins at the dollar store or you can use these!
Do you have an easy go to recipe for holiday sweets?
Check out my other Christmas Cookie recipes!
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Those look delicious! I love that you can use already made caramels and transform them into something even more spectacular.
I am so excited because these not only look so delicious but I could make them!! They look simple to make and I am sure everyone would LOVE them!
Those look AMAZING! And easy, my favorite.
that’s really not that difficult! I have made caramels before and that’s a huge chore!
These look awesome. My hubby was looking for something new to make for an upcoming food day at work. Thank you for sharing!
This is a great combo. I love caramels, the walnut and white chocolate on them would be incredible!
So easy and so yummy. This would be the perfect gift for neighbors and coworkers, thanks!
This looks delicious and simple – my kind of treat!
Oh! I amso surprised that these are made with ready made caramels, So easy!
These are so easy to make! They look so good. i love caramel
Oh how I wish I didn’t read this right before heading to bed. I want some so badly! But they look incredibly easy to make so guess what I’ll be doing this weekend.
These look DELICIOUS and SO easy! I am going to try these, but I’m going to change them up a bit!
YES!! I have all the ingredients in my pantry. These look soo good. I love chocolate dipping too.
ANYTHING is better dipped in white chocolate. My grandpa used to eat those caramels by the handful.
What a great combo! Those looks really tasty!
Such a quick, tasty combination. I’ll be making some of these soon for sure.
These look AMAZING. What a fun way to make some holiday treats. i bet my kids would enjoy making them too.
These look AMAZING. I am going to pin this recipe for later.
Yummm there look good and easy to make! Might make them for Christmas 🙂
I love that theses are so simple to make! Will be making some for christmas!
Will have to try these, looks good