I stumbled upon a couple recipes that looked delicious, Frozen Chocolate Covered Bananas
and Coconut Butter and Almond Butter Cups.
Undecided on which recipe I would make, I decided to make a hybrid of both-
Chocolate Dipped Fruit with Almond or Coconut Butter and/or Medjool Dates.
Ingredients:
1 cup of Semi-Sweet or Dark Chocolate Chips (mine were Enjoy Life Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips, Gluten, Dairy, nut & Soy Free, Mini Chips, 10-Ounce Bags (Pack of 6)
4 tbls Trader Joe’s Organic Virgin Coconut Oil, 16 fl oz
2-3 Ripe Bananas cut into disks
7-8 Strawberries cut in half or in circles
Homemade Almond Butter or Justin’s Nut Butter Almond Butter, Classic, 16 Ounce
Bergin Nut Company Organic Medjool Dates, 14 Ounce Bag
, pitted and cut into half circles or circles
Cut Fruit and place on wax paper covered cookie sheet.
Pit and cut Medjool Dates
Arrange cut figs and almond/coconut butter on frozen fruit
Place in Freezer for a minimum of 2.5 hours.
When everything is frozen, prepare chocolate by melting chocolate and coconut oil slowly in the microwave or on stove.
I used the microwave, 50% for 1 min, stirred and then 100% for 20 seconds.
Drop frozen and decorated fruit into melted chocolate and turn with a spoon.
Place back on wax paper to cool. The chocolate will harden almost immediately and a hard chocolate shell will form.
Once hardened, place in a Ziploc bag and keep in freezer until ready to eat.
Perfect for an after run treat to cool you down!
ENJOY!
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~Chocolate Dipped Fruit with Almond or Coconut Butter and/or Medjool Dates~
Ingredients:
1 cup of Semi-Sweet or Dark Chocolate Chips (mine were Enjoy Life allergen friendly chocolate chips)
4 tbls Coconut Oil
2-3 Ripe Bananas cut into disks
7-8 Strawberries cut in half or in circles
Homemade Almond Butter or Justins Almond Butter or Coconut butter
Medjool Dates, pitted and cut into half circles or circles
Directions:
Cut Fruit and place on wax paper covered cookie sheet.
Pit and cut Medjool Dates
Arrange cut figs and almond/coconut butter on frozen fruit
Place in Freezer for a minimum of 2.5 hours.
When everything is frozen, prepare chocolate by melting chocolate and coconut oil slowly in the microwave or on stove. I used the microwave, 50% for 1 min, stirred and then 100% for 20 seconds.
Drop frozen and decorated fruit into melted chocolate and turn with a spoon.
Place back on wax paper to cool. The chocolate will harden almost immediately and a hard chocolate shell will form.
Once hardened, place in a Ziploc bag and keep in freezer until ready to eat.
Perfect for an after run treat to cool you down!
ENJOY!
Andréa
I Can Run, So I Will! 