Looking for a healthier Valentine’s Day treat?
Try these awesome chocolate covered strawberries.
It's only four ingredients and super simple!
Chocolate is full of antioxidants.
But because of over-processing and toxic ingredients, chocolate bars, chips and other chocolaty treats from the store are usually no good.
Once sugar, soy lecithin and dairy are introduced the benefits are diminished and it becomes just crappy candy.
This treat, however, uses pure chocolate, or cacao, and is sweetened with maple syrup.
I can’t think of anything sweeter to give someone you love.
Especially, if that someone is you!
Chocolate Covered Strawberries
Ingredients:
1 lbs. organic strawberries rinsed and dried
½ cup coconut oil
½ cup of pure maple syrup
¾ cup + 1 Tbsp unsweetened cocoa powder
Directions:
1. Cover a cookie sheet with parchment paper.
2. Combine coconut oil and syrup in small saucepan over medium heat.
3. When it starts to bubble, bring heat low and stir in cocoa powder.
4. Rapidly stir mixture until you have a thick silky chocolate sauce. This should take about one minute. Make sure it is not bubbling, so as not to burn the chocolate.
5. Turn heat off and immediately start dipping the strawberries in the chocolate, placing them on parchment.
(If, as the silky chocolate cools, it starts to look clumpy, just heat it up for few seconds.)
6. Refrigerate 15 minutes and enjoy!
Keep refrigerated until ready to eat.