Thursday, June 21, 2012

Chocolate Tunnel of Love

Yes! I did let my husband name this recipe. Of course for the most part it was his idea. After I made these Banana Chimis, John suggested I make a Chocolate Tunnel of Love for the next Improv Challenge. Well I decided to run with that idea and it is finally time for this month's Improv Challenge hosted by Kristen at Frugal Antics of a Harried Homemaker. This month's challenge was to make a new-to-your-blog recipe using cherries and almonds.  I changed the "tunnel" from a tortilla to pizza dough since it would be easier to fill and bake. It turned out super yummy - and super rich, a little goes a long way. With John's help this is what I came up with:

dough for one pizza crust
3 Tbsp butter, melted
1 cup nutella
10 oz jar maraschino cherries
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 Tbsp vanilla extract
1 1/2 Tsp cornstarch
slivered almonds


Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Divide pizza dough into 4 portions. Place 1/4 cup nutella down center of each portion. 
Press closed and brush with melted butter. Bake for  minutes, turn over, continue baking for an additional 5-6 minutes or till browned. 
Meanwhile, drain cherries, reserving juice. In sauce pan combine cherries, sugar and vanilla. Heat over medium heat until sugar is liquified. Mix cornstarch with 1/2 cup of the reserved juice from cherries. Slowly add to cherry-sugar mix. Continue stirring till mixture is thick and bubbly. Pour cherry sauce over chocolate pastries. 
Sprinkle with almond slivers. Serve and enjoy!

12 comments:

  1. LOL...love the name of this yummy treat! What a delicious and inventive dessert...yum!

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  2. Sweet! Nutella & dough = winning! Sounds tasty!

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  3. Nutella filling with a cherry sauce sounds fantabulous. What a fun treat! The name totally fits.

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  4. Oh what a fun dessert! Love the thought of cherries and nutella together! : )

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  5. Yum! Your dessert looks fantastic! What a great idea for the Improv Challenge!

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  6. How could you not love something called Chocolate Tunnel of Love? Thanks for Sharing!! Please come check me out! #32

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  7. Oh my goodness! I love the idea of chocolate and cherries together. Yum!

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  8. Anything chocolate has to be good, I just found a gluten free pizza dough I can purchase I may just have to try this.

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  9. Chocolate and cherries...got to be good.

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  10. What a great recipe. Chocolate and cherries are a match made in heaven. These are going on my "must make" list!

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