Name: Calavera Pears in Chocolate Coffee Sauce
Prep time: 15 s
Cook time: 30 s
Total time: 45 s
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Mexican
Ingredients: 4 pearspeeledcut in half and cored; 1/2 cup water; 1/2 cup NESTLÉ® CARNATION® Evaporated Lowfat 2% Milk; 2 large tablets or 5 small disks NESTLÉ ABUELITA Authentic Mexican Hot Chocolate Drink; 2 teaspoons NESCAFÉ Café de Olla Instant Coffee Beverage Granules; 16 NESTLÉ® TOLL HOUSE® Semi-Sweet Chocolate Morsels; 8 star anise pods; 8 raw pepitas (pumpkin seeds); 1 tablespoon colorful candy sprinkles

MAKE IT

Step 1

Preheat oven to 400° F.

Step 2

Place pear halves cut-side-down in 13 x 9-inch baking dish. Pour water over pears. Cover dish with foil.

Step 3

Bake pears for 30 minutes or until tender. Uncover so the pears can cool.

Step 4

Combine evaporated milk and Abuelita chocolate in a small saucepan over medium-low heat. Stir until chocolate is completely melted. Add café de olla; stir until dissolved.

Step 5

Spoon about 2 tablespoons Abuelita-coffee sauce on a plate; place one pear half cut-side-down in sauce. Repeat with remaining pear halves and sauce.

Step 6

Decorate faces of pear like a skull (calavera). Place an anise star at the top of each pear, and then add two chocolate morsels for the eyes. Use the pepita as a nose and candy sprinkles as the teeth. Serve immediately.