Getting my Valentine’s Day on with homemade chocolate-covered strawberries! This cost about $6 to make vs $24 for the pre-packaged ones from Von’s (seriously, wtf?).
And it only take about 15 mins. Oh yeaaaaahhhh
Protip: Sprinkle them with a little gray sel de fleur or other fine-grained sea salt while the chocolate sets. The salt will heighten the berry’s sweetness and the chocolate’s depth.
Healthy Strawberry, Date & Cocoa Smoothie
- 1 cup strawberries, cleaned and hulled
- 1/4 cup pitted dates
- 2-3 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/2 cup nonfat plain or vanilla frozen yogurt
- 1/2 cup - 3/4 cup milk, soymilk, rice milk or almond milk
Toss everything into a blender, starting with 1/2 cup of milk. Blend together, 30-60 seconds. Taste and adjust: thin it with more milk; make it sweeter with more dates, etc.
Make extra, because this tastes like a dark chocolate and strawberry truffle. Meaning, you’ll want to chug it.
Some anonymous office genius brought in a batch of homemade brownies with fucking peppermint patties in the middle. Total husband/wife material.
