Pistachio Chocolate Apples

The next time your heart is indifferent toward sin, think for a moment of what sin cost your Savior on the cross. Think about His lacerated back ripped open to the bone from the Roman scourge. Think how He suffered for a breath of air as He extended His bloody body up the vertical beam of the rugged cross. Think about the splinters that dug deeper into His freshly cut wounds with every movement. Think about the large spikes that pierced His hands and His feet penetrating deeply into nerve endings. Think of the slow suffocation as Jesus hung there in the nude, mocked by the onlookers. Jesus didn't die for His own sin; He died for ours. '[He was] pierced through for our transgressions… [He was] crushed for our iniquities' (Isa. 53:5). Does the love of Christ compel you to turn from that which brought Him unspeakable anguish?

Randy Smith

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
		Dessert	6	Serves

INGREDIENTS

1/2

Cup semisweet

INSTRUCTIONS

chocolate chips  :          * 6 flat wooden Popsicle  :          sticks
:          * 1 1 oz square  :          unsweetened chocolate  :        
* 1 1.4 oz bar chocolate -  :          covered  :          toffee
candy, chopped  :          coarsely  :          * 6 medium - size red
:          eating apples  :          such as Gala, Empire, or  :      
Red  :          Delicious  :          * 3 tablespoons chopped  :      
pistachios  Prep time: 0 mins   Cook time: 0 mins   Difficulty: *  In
heavy 1 qt saucepan over low heat or microwave - safe bowl in
microwave oven, melt chocolate, stirring until smooth. Set aside.
Place apples on a tray or plate. Remove stems if present and insert a
stick into each through stem end. With teaspoon, spoon melted
chocolate over each apple around the stick, letting excess drip down
the apple. Sprinkle chocolate with toffee candy and pistachios.
Refrigerate apples until chocolate is set. Serves: 6  Nutrition
information per apple - protein: 2 grams; fat: 12 grams;  carbohydrate:
35 grams; fiber: 5 grams; sodium: 32 milligrams;  cholesterol: 3  
milligrams; calories: 235.

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Nutrition (calculated from recipe ingredients) ---------------------------------------------- Calories: 91 Calories From Fat: 45 Total Fat: 5.7g Sodium: 2.1mg Carbohydrates: 12g Fiber: 1.1g Protein: <1g