Chocolate Fruit Crumble

PaulaG's Note:

This is a wonderful rich dessert with not one but two fruits--apricot and apple. Serve this warm with vanilla ice cream or yogurt. You can leave the peel on the apples or if your prefer you can peel them. I use old fashioned oats just because I like the texture.

• Total Time: 1 hrs
• Prep Time: 15 mins
• Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 6

• 1 (14 ounce) can apricots , in natural juice
• 1 lb cooking apple , cored and thickly sliced
• ¾ cup all-purpose flour
• 1⁄3; cup butter
• 2⁄3; cup oats
• 4 tablespoons sugar
• 1⁄3; cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
• 1⁄3; cup white chocolate chips
• 1⁄3; cup raisins
• ¼ cup finely chopped pecans or ¼ cup walnuts

Directions:

1. Spray an ovenproof dish with non-stick cooking spray and set aside.
2. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
3. Drain the canned apricots, reserving 4 tablespoon of the juice.
4. Pour the apricots in prepared pan and add sliced apples, toss with reserved juice and sprinkle with raisins.
5. In a medium sized mixing bowl, cut the butter into the flour until fine and crumbly.
6. Stir in the oats, sugar, chocolate chips and nuts.
7. Sprinkle the flour mixture over the fruit; do not press into the fruit.
8. Bake in preheated oven for 40 to 45 minutes, or until topping lightly brown.
9. Can be served hot or cold.

Reviews

[katew]

I was making apple crumble the other night and at the same time was skyping with my DD in UK and she suggested I do a variation and looked up this recipe for me and dictated it to me as I cooked !!! The wonders of modern technology !! Hence my crumble was all apple but the extra additions especially the chocolate of course certainly added a wow factor - it was just delicious and I served it with fig and ginger ice cream !! I used almonds as my nuts and dark chocolate pus regular course oats. just YUM !!

[UmmBinat]

I used canned peaches in light syrup instead of the apricots in natural juice because that is what I had in the pantry. I used granny smith apples, a gluten free rice flour mix (tapioca starch + white rice flour). I used regular oats as I like the texture a lot more as well. I used a dark brown sugar and only white chocolate chips out of preference, dark raisins & the walnut option. Made for Veggies and Fruits Tag Game.

[anme]

WOW!!! This was great! I never had chocolate crisp before, but I have a feeling I will have it much much more often now! This dessert was half gone by the time I could snap a pic! I made them into little ramkins and it turned out great. Made for ZWT 3!