Cream Cheese Brownie Skewers

Fun, delicious, and easy – the ideal attributes of a party appetizer. When you add fruit, these dessert kabobs have the additional benefit of being “healthy.”

Add a pop of color to your party snack table with a plate of dessert skewers filled with marshmallows, fruit, candied nuts, and, of course, Fairytale Brownies. And when all that sweet is completed with a spicy Sriracha caramel dip that you made yourself, even better.

We recommend Cream Cheese Brownies, but Raspberry Swirl or White Chocolate would work well on your brownie-fruit dessert kabobs, too. Or, get all three and mix it up for each skewer!

Ingredients:

For the Sriracha caramel dip:

2 cups granulated sugar
1 cup water
1 cup heavy cream
1 tsp orange zest
Juice of 1 orange
2 Tbsp Sriracha sauce

For the candied nuts:

1 cup assorted salted nuts, coarsely chopped
Water, as needed
1/4 cup granulated sugar
1 tsp coarse sea salt

For the dessert skewers:

4 Cream Cheese Fairytale Brownies, cut into 6 pieces each, (24 total)
12 wooden skewers, 12" long
1 fresh pineapple, peeled, cored, and cut into large chunks
24 large strawberries
1 large banana cut into large chunks, tossed with lemon juice
12 blackberries
2 naval oranges, peele,d and segmented

Directions:

For the Sriracha caramel dip:

In a medium sauce pan, combine the sugar and water. Make sure the sugar is completely moistened.
Place pan on medium-high heat. Cook without stirring until the mixture takes on an amber color. Continue to cook until it becomes slightly darker or registers 320F on a candy thermometer. At this point, remove pan from heat.
Carefully and slowly, add heavy cream, stirring carefully as the caramel will bubble up and possibly splatter.
Once the bubbling subsides, add add the orange zest, juice, and Sriracha. Stir to combine. Allow caramel to cool for at least one hour before serving.

For the candied nuts:

Preheat oven to 325F. Line a sheet pan with parchment and spray it with vegetable oil.
In a bowl, toss nuts with just enough water to coat them. Drain off any excess water. Toss the nuts with the sugar and the salt.
Spread the nuts in an even layer on the prepared sheet pan and bake in preheated oven for about 15 minutes, or until fragrant and dry on the surface. Stir the nuts midway through baking.
Cool to room temperature before serving. Store unused nuts in an airtight container at room temperature.

For the dessert skewers:

Arrange brownie chunks and fruit onto skewers. Transfer finished dessert skewers to a platter.
Cover and store in refrigerator until ready to serve.
To serve, place dessert skewers on small plates. Drizzle caramel sauce on top and sprinkle with candied nuts.