Chocolate Covered Strawberries
Melted rich and sweet chocolate sauce covering fresh, juicy, and delicious strawberries. Perfect for sharing with a special someone or just a healthy yet heavenly snack to treat yourself with.
Total Time30 mins
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: French
Keyword: Cacao Chips, Delicious, Medjool Dates, Plant-based, Strawberries
Servings: 2 people
Cost: $3.00
Equipment
- Small Blender
- Small Bowl
- Plate
- Pot
- Parchment Paper
Ingredients
- 1 lb Fresh Strawberries A healthy, low calorie source of micronutrients and phytochemicals with a sweet taste.
Chocolate Sauce
- ½ Cup 100% Cacao Chips A rich chocolatey addition with a good amount of iron, potassium, and vitamin D.
- 3 Whole Medjool Dates A sweetener to the chocolate sauce. Add 1 more or use less medjool dates depending on how sweet or bitter you'd like your chocolate. Also, a great source of fiber.
- 1 Cup Plant Milk A great addition in order to blend together the cacao chips and medjool gates. Also a source of various micronutrients depending on the product used.
Instructions
Chocolate Sauce
- In a small blender, add the cacao chips, medjool dates, and plant milk, then blend until mixed thoroughly.
- Transfer the mixture to a pot on low heat.
- Heat the mixture on low heat until it is evenly melted then transfer to a small bowl. (If the mixture starts to stick to the bottom of the pot, then you can add small amounts of plant milk at a time and stir).
Chocolate Covered Strawberries
- Remove the top leafy greens off of the strawberries. (Compost if able to).
- Dip the strawberries into the small bowl of chocolate sauce and make sure to evenly cover the surface of the strawberries.
- Place the chocolate covered strawberries onto a piece of parchment paper that is on a plate.
- Put the plate into the fridge or freezer and cool the chocolate covered strawberries until their surface has hardened.