FUSION: Carob Clusters

Though carob comes from the Mediterranean, I don't know if they imagined eating it this way.

Angela, we ate these daily the month before my wedding. You always know how to cheer me up with food. We did have a hard time waiting from them to set. Sometimes we just had to put them in the freezer to speed up the process.

1 cup carob chips
1/3 cup peanut butter
½ cup chopped walnuts or pecans

1. Place carob chips and peanut butter in a small bowl and melt in microwave (or in a double boiler). Stir until evenly combined.
2. Stir in nuts and quickly drop by teaspoonfuls onto waxed paper.
3. Let set until hard. Store in refrigerator.

For a different taste, replace nuts with ½ cup raisins or ½ cup rice crispies.

From The Best of Silver Hills by Eileen and Debbie Brewer