Dark Chocolate Strawberry VALENTINE Pops!

Just in time for Valentine's Day -- a healthy treat! 


Dark Chocolate Strawberry VALENTINE Pops
Note about amounts – 3 (16 oz.) pkgs. of strawberries yielded 75 pieces of fruit; it took 2 (12 oz.) pkgs. of dark chocolate chips & most of a 28 oz. box of granola with nuts to coat the strawberries

Large fresh strawberries  
Thin flat popsicle sticks
Dark chocolate chips
Granola with nuts – place in a plastic bag and crush large clumps if needed
Wax paper (on hand)
Valentine-themed cupcake liners 
  1. Remove greenery from strawberry top; insert popsicle stick in pointed end of strawberry.

  2. Temper chocolate (Stove-top Method: Place ¾ of the chocolate chips in a double boiler. Heat on low until about melted. Remove from heat and stir in additional chips. Microwave Method: Place ¾  the chocolate in a 4-quart glass bowl. Microwave on high for 30 seconds, and then stir with a clean spatula. Repeat 2 more times. Microwave on high for 15 seconds, and then stir in additional chips.)
  3. Dip about ½ to 1” of the wide end of strawberry in tempered chocolate and then in a bowl of granola; place on wax paper and allow to set.
  4. Transfer each Fresh Strawberry Pops to a Valentine-theme cupcake liner.
Recipe without the photos . . .
Dark Chocolate Strawberry VALENTINE Pops 
Note about amounts – 3 (16 oz.) pkgs. of strawberries yielded 75 pieces of fruit; it took 2 (12 oz.) pkgs. of dark chocolate chips & most of a 28 oz. box of granola with nuts to coat the strawberries

Large fresh strawberries  
Thin flat popsicle sticks 
Dark chocolate chips 
Granola with nuts – place in a plastic bag and crush large clumps if needed
Wax paper (on hand)
Valentine-themed cupcake liners 
  1. Remove greenery from strawberry top; insert popsicle stick in pointed end of strawberry.
  2. Temper chocolate (Stove-top Method: Place ¾ of the chocolate chips in a double boiler. Heat on low until about melted. Remove from heat and stir in additional chips. Microwave Method: Place ¾  the chocolate in a 4-quart glass bowl. Microwave on high for 30 seconds, and then stir with a clean spatula. Repeat 2 more times. Microwave on high for 15 seconds, and then stir in additional chips.)
  3. Dip about ½ to 1” of the wide end of strawberry in tempered chocolate and then in a bowl of granola; place on wax paper and allow to set.
  4. Transfer each Fresh Strawberry Pops to a Valentine-theme cupcake liner.

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