Nutty Phyllo Ghosts
- 1 Granny Smith apple, peeled, cored, and roughly chopped
- 1/3 cup peanuts or other nuts, roughly chopped
- 1/3 cup plus 2 tablespoons semisweet chocolate chips
- 12 caramel cube candies, quartered
- 1 package thawed phyllo dough (about 1 pound) or 12 sheets
- 8 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted (1 stick)
- Confectioners' sugar for dusting
- Scrunch up pieces of aluminum foil to make twelve 1/2-inch by about 1-inch cone-like molds for forming the ghosts.
- Set aside.
- Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Mix the apple, nuts, 1/3 cup of the chocolate chips, and caramels together in a bowl.
- Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
- Remove phyllo from the package, unroll, and cover with a damp towel.
- (Take care to keep the phyllo covered while you form the ghosts.)
- Lay 1 sheet of phyllo on a clean work surface, brush lightly with the butter.
- Fold the sheet in half, brush the surface again with butter.
- Fold phyllo 1 more time to make a square.
- Place a heaping tablespoon of the apple filling in the center of the square.
- Gather the corners of the phyllo up around the filling, then pinch the dough around the filling.
- (It should look like a Halloween sheet ghost, with a small head and a drape of phyllo.)
- Place the foil cones inside the open part of the phyllo.
- Lay the ghost flat on the prepared pan, reshaping the phyllo if needed.
- Repeat with the remaining filling and phyllo.
- Bake until the phyllo is light brown and crisp, about 15 minutes.
- Cool.
- When ready to serve, melt the remaining 2 tablespoons chocolate chips in a small bowl in the microwave.
- Generously sift confectioners' sugar over the ghosts.
- To make the ghost eyes, lightly touch 2 spots on the head of each ghost with a moist finger to remove some of the sugar.
- Then dab or pipe the melted chocolate in the 2 spots to make eyes.
- Cool, remove the foil molds and serve standing on a platter.
apple, peanuts, chocolate chips, phyllo, unsalted butter, confectioners
Taken from www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/food-network-kitchens/nutty-phyllo-ghosts-recipe.html (may not work)