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How To Make Healthy Chocolate Pudding

This is a recipe that I had heard about from a few different health food resources and after getting my newest issue of Whole Living in the mail and seeing it once again, I thought it was about time to give this a try. Plus, you can’t beat easy AND healthy, especially if it involves chocolate! Yum!

Here is all you need:

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You start by setting up your food processer and adding in 1 tsp. vanilla extract

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6 Tbsp. cocoa powder, 1/4 cup raw honey, and 3 small avocados (or 1 1/2 half large)

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And puree those yummies until it is smooth!

I know this picture doesn’t look all that smooth, but it was fine! Not clumpy and everything was blended well!

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To serve, just sprinkle a tiny bit of salt on top and voila! And YES, the salt does make a difference! Don’t ask me to explain how, but try with and without and you’ll see for yourself.

Surprisingly, this came out very light and fluffy with just the right amount of chocolate and sweetness! Delicious! I wasn’t sure about this recipe because off all the avocado, but it came out really well.

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I paired this with the Easy Healthy Strawberry Bars I had made 30 minutes before and it was the perfect combination. I even had it the following morning for breakfast! Yum!

*Today I am grateful for sweet berries, tasty chocolate, and having my own space to make my own lovely food!

Chocolate Covered Strawberries!

I was making these tasty treats Saturday night for Remie’s wedding shower Sunday afternoon!

Here’s a quick How To:

You start with a double boiler type setup. I just use 2 pots, one slightly bigger than the other, and fill the lower pot with boiling water (or rather regular water that you bring to a boil while on the stove). The purpose being to not burn the chocolate at the bottom of the pot.

In the smaller pot you put:

-one bag of semi-sweet chocolate morsels (I don’t use any particular brand)

-a pinch of salt

-and a splash of heavy whipping cream (a actually used soy milk for these because I didn’t have any cream in my house. They came out just as tasty! The only difference I noticed was the chocolate coating didn’t look like as shiny as it usually does. It was a bit milky looking, but it worked perfectly!)

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You stir this up on medium-low heat until the mixture is melted and smooth!

This is usually enough chocolate to dip 2 entire cartoons of strawberries (+ some left over, if you want to try dipping other things, like cookies or granola bars Winking smile).

*TIP: After washing your strawberries, dry them off with a paper towel! The chocolate sticks much better on a dry strawberry then on a wet one!

DIP! DUNK! POUR! LICK! AND TASTE TEST UNTIL YOUR HEARTS CONTENT!!

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And that’s basically it! You can eat them right then, with the warm gooey chocolate covering, or place them on trays in the fridge for at least an hour for the cool hard coating! Both are delish!!

I trayed these up and left them in my fridge over night! When it was about ready to head to the shower I pulled them off of the pans and placed each one in individual cupcake papers for a cute little decorating effect.

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I really think everyone enjoyed them! And it seems people were quite impressed when they found out I made them myself. Go me! Party smile

So, that’s it!! I suggest testing this out yourself, ASAP!!! Its so much fun! Especially with buddies!