Dark Chocolate and Almond Covered Strawberries Recipe

These dark chocolate almond covered strawberries are the perfect Valentine dessert for you to surprise your wife or girlfriend with. They’re swoon worthy!

VALENTINE’S DAY WITH PPD

Yesterday, Eric made me cry.  We’ve never really been big on celebrating Valentine’s Day, but Eric asked what he could do to make this Valentine’s Day special for me. He said he knows how hard things have been lately, and that he really wanted to make sure I feel cherished and appreciated.

I immediately burst into tears, because I SO needed to hear that. Postpartum depression can definitely make you feel like nobody cares.

We’re keeping it simple, sushi for lunch, and a movie. Just knowing Eric is thinking of me and wants to spend time with me is all the special I need.

DARK CHOCOLATE ALMOND COVERED STRAWBERRIES

I am also whipping up a batch of these lovely dark chocolate almond covered strawberries to show my love for him. These strawberries are really beautiful, and a simple way to dress up the traditional chocolate covered strawberries that are so popular for Valentine’s Day.

They’re so easy to make, that I always recommend them to guy friends who are looking for a special dessert to surprise their wife with. These work EVERY time!

Make sure to use a good quality dark chocolate. I really like the 70% from Scarffen Berger.

I like to use leftover almond meal from making homemade almond milk, but you can also just chop some almonds with a knife or in a food processor. Make sure that if you go the food processor route, only pulse the nuts a few times. Too long and you’ll end up with almond butter!

My littlest Valentine is getting strawberries too, but his are plain, and cut into little hearts.

Oh, he just melts my heart!

I made another adorable variety of chocolate dipped strawberries for SheKnows. Check out my Strawberry and Tomato Love Bugs for a fun sweet or savory Valentine’s snack for your kiddos.

If you’re looking for breakfast options for Valentine’s Day, I’ve got some cute healthy heart shaped cranberry muffins, and these gorgeous pink strawberry waffles!

Hope you and your family have a lovely Valentine’s Day. Hug someone you love!

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Dark Chocolate and Almond Covered Strawberries Recipe

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Fresh strawberries are dipped in dark chocolate and chopped almonds for an easy gourmet Valentine's dessert.

Prep Time 30 minutes

Cook Time 2 minutes

Total Time 32 minutes

Ingredients

• 12 strawberries
• 2 ounces dark chocolate, I used 70%
• 1/4 cup finely chopped almonds
• pinch of kosher salt

Instructions

1. Rinse the strawberries and carefully pat them dry.
2. Rough chop the chocolate and place in a microwave safe bowl. Microwave on high in 30 second intervals, stirring between each interval, until melted. It took 90 seconds total for me.
3. Place the almonds in a small bowl and mix in the salt.
4. Place a skewer or toothpick into the stem end of each strawberry. Dip the strawberry into the chocolate, and then the almonds.
5. Stand strawberries up by poking the other end of the toothpick into something (I used a piece of styrofoam). You can also lay them on a parchment lined plate.
6. Let sit at least 20 minutes to harden.

Notes

Approximate cost/serving: Strawberries, including organic, are almost always on sale the week of Valentine's Day. I got my pint for $2.50 which had about 15 berries in it. Using almond meal leftover from making almond milk also reduced the cost. This ended up costing me about $3 total so $.75/serving.
Vegetarian/Gluten Free: Yes to both and vegan too. Just make sure you're using dark chocolate and not milk chocolate to keep it dairy free and vegan.

Nutrition Information:

Yield:

4

Serving Size:

4 Servings
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 126Saturated Fat: 3.54gSodium: 1.63mgCarbohydrates: 16.86gFiber: 1.79gSugar: 12.13gProtein: 1.25g

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