Baked Chocolate Apples

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 2
• 2 apples (medium peeled and cored)
• 100 g chocolate (melts finely chopped)
• 1/3 cup dried apricot (chopped)
• 1/2 cup cream
• 2 tablespoons golden syrup
• 1 tablespoon brown sugar
• 2 scoops vanilla ice cream (to serve)

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 180c (160c fan forced).
• 2 tear 2 x 20cm squares of foil.
• 3 place foil on a large baking tray and place an apple upright at the centre of the foil and shape foil to make a basket around the apple and repeat with second apple.
• 4 combine chocolate and apricot in a small bowl and then fill apple cores with chocolate mixture.
• 5 combine cream, syrup and sugar in a small microwave safe jug and microwave on high (1005) in 30 second bursts until heated and combined.
• 6 carefully pour cream over apples and pinch foil to enclose apples and form a parcel.
• 7 bake for 15 to 20 minutes or until apples are tender.
• 8 transfer apples to serving bowls and drizzle with cooking liquid and serve with a scoop of ice-cream each.