What is it about the simplicity of chocolate covered fruit that makes us all smile? With Valentine’s day around the corner I wanted to share one of the most popular treats – with a few of my little twists. I always use the best chocolate and I had tons of fun with the toppings as you can see. Treat yourself, your kids or your grown up Valentine to these small, delightful indulgences. After an overwhelming response to my Raspberry Cream Cheese Pan-Crepes, I thought that we should dive a bit further into Valentine’s goodies.
There is so much more than strawberries out there when it comes to dipping. Sure those are delicious, but so is citrus, blackberries, blueberries and raspberries, bananas, apples, etc. Come to think of it there is not much I don’t love dipped in chocolate. My friend Damaris just wrote a lovely post about family fondue night. It was a great inspiration to start melting blocks of our favorite treat.
OK, so these mandarins are not on sticks (they kept sliding off) but they sure were tasty anyway and easy to hold in your fingers when dipping. I added some stevia granules and dried orange rind to some and rock salt to others. The salt was way much – I would change that idea to coarse rock sugar next time.
Some of the chocolate I spiced up with ginger, cardamom and cinnamon for a playful flavor twist. You can use your favorite kind of chocolate. From dark to milk and even white, have it your way. I love unsweetened 99% that I sweeten myself with stevia. My kids enjoyed when I brought these treats to school at pick-up. They too love the dark, rich stuff like their mama!
You know what is the best part about chocolate dipped fruit? It takes just a few minutes to make & it tastes heavenly with virtually no effort at all.
My favorites were the blueberries. There was the perfect ratio of chocolate to fruit & they are so easy to pop in your mouth. If you use larger fruits such as bananas or apples, simply cut to bite sized pieces before you dip. Not rocket science and that makes it all the more fun.
What is your favorite fruit to dip ? Do you have any special flavors you add or special touches?
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Chocolate Dipped Fruit Recipe Links
- Citrus Chocolate Covered Strawberries Grin and Bake It
- Chocolate Dipped Clementines How Sweet It Is
- Chocolate Covered Strawberries Skinny Taste
- Chocolate Dipped Fruit The Urban Spork
- Family Fondue Night Kitchen Corners
- How to Make Chocolate Covered Strawberries Savory Sweet Life
- Tortured Strawberries Perry’s Plate
These are so cute! I love them đŸ™‚
LOVE these! So pretty and delicious! Gorgeous post and winning recipe girl! xoxo
Very cute! I’ll make these and take them to school for the kid’s Valentine’s party. They will flip!
beautiful kids, beautiful treat.
Gorgeousness!!! I love the idea and the execution… you totally rocked this girl! đŸ™‚
These are super fun and adorable! My kids will love these!
So fun. Thanks for sharing x
So easy and delicious! Love those photos of your kiddies! So cute!
Ah so cute!! I absolutely LOVE the sprinkles! Thanks for
the link too!
Those look so pretty! Perfect for children… A pity I’m
not a big fan of that combo. Cheers, Rosa
My favorite way to eat fruit! Even better on a
stick!
What a fun treat for Valentine’s Day!
So cute – we love chocolate dipped fruit! Never thought to
put sprinkles on it!
Just goes to prove that a terrific dessert doesn’t have to
be complicated!! Wonderful photos and a great idea!!
I will take a bouquet, please!!! My kids are very
particular about their fruit so when I want them to eat something
new I always include chocolate. Yet, never thought of the
non-perils! mmmmmm! x
Marla! You are NAUGHT-TEE!
This would actually be a nutritious snack with dark chocolate, sans sprinkles – but who would leave them out – they add the personality to each piece.
LUCKY DUCKY kiddies!
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valerie
I absolutely love this idea, Marla, and it’s such a fun way to enjoy two of my favorite things – chocolate and fruit! Super cute and creative. Thanks for sharing!
They look adorable and are just perfect for Valentine’s Day when you want to give your loved ones a healthy treat. Bananas are my absolute favorite fruit to dip chocolate in followed by Strawberries. The natural sweetness of the Bananas make it sweet enough to not have to add anything and I roll them in all kinds of nuts. My kids devour them and actually prefer them over candy.
Love these! A great sweet fun with fruit!
fun and delicious, everything is wonderful dipped in chocolate đŸ™‚
marla, those pics are so fantastic! Great idea and so colorful and fun, how could kids (big and small) resist?
Cathy: I think I will always be a kid – all this stuff excites me as much as it does them đŸ˜‰
Super cute idea and a great way to get your kids to eat
more fruit! Heck, I eat a lot of fruit already but it’d get me to
eat more too ;).
Xiaolu: My kids love fruit no matter what too. This is a treat – but yes, nice to have a healthy one that they love! Always playful & fun over here.
I love choco-dipped anything!
what beautiful pics, Marla!!
i am a camera/photo -observer junkie now. I have to purchase your lens.. I think it’s gonna happen đŸ™‚
Your kiddos are adorable, as always!
Averie: I love how you are exploring photography. It is so exciting to buzz around and see what everyone is up to. If you get the big lens I am sure you will love it. So nice not to change lenses all the time. Zoom + wide angle was a great invention. Thanks for your sweet compliments!
Oh I love these chocolate fruit lollipops! My niece
& nephew are coming over and I’m going to make these yummy
cutie for them! đŸ™‚
Your kids are adorable! Looks like they loved their
snack!
Fun, Fun, Fun! I just bought a large container of
Strawberries and Blackberries… nice timing!
Fruit dipped in chocolate is my favorite. These are delectable Marla!
Beautifully simple! Mmm…dark chocolate cherries would probably be my favorite, but blueberries would come in a close second! They’re so cute on the sticks!
Betty: Now How could have I forgotten about those cherries??!! Chocolate covered cherries are amazing. Perhaps so wonderful to have their own post sometime in the future!
wow Marla, ain’t those just adorable! You are so creative!
Love the sprinkl-ies (the ies means “cuter” than regular sprinkles). Adorable. Especially the kids faces when they’re eating them!
You are seriously the cutest! I would have loved this as a kid. Simple, and so awesome at the same time. I love this!
Pretty, delicious and healthy..that’s you in a nutshell đŸ™‚
Shelly: OK, do I love you or what??!! Thanks so much for the words of sweetness. *smiles*
These are the PERFECT V-Day treats! Just a little bit sinful…but with some nutritious value as well! I am ALL OVER these.
What an adorable and healthy treat, and best of all, you
don’t even have to feel guilty about eating them. *kisses*
HH
These treats are just the cutest! They’d be a great treat
to take along for the superbowl as well.
Darling! They’d be so cute for Valentine’s Day!
Oh, lovely.
These are always winners & really dress up a table
for a fun celebration đŸ™‚
Gorgeous! I want one of each! Chocolate dipped fruit always
reminds me of Edible Arrangements and I LOVE those!
Thank you for finding me on TastyKitchen. I was about to
add your blog to Google Reader, but decided to just add it to my
“Favorites” instead because the site itself is pretty and I don’t
want to miss out! Looking foward to trying some of these recipes
out. We have recently made “the switch” and I’m a bit
lost!
Fresh fruit…quality chocolate and much fun…what more
can we ask for? Adorable post and how lucky are those kids of yours
;o)) Have a great week, Claudia
Absolutely love chocolate dipped fruits but yours look so much fancier, prettier and ah everything good đŸ™‚ I’m going to try prettying up mine next time.
PS – New to your blog and loving it!
Your pictures are so simple and so beautiful. I love them!
My favorite fruit to dip is slices of Asian pear, yum.
Damaris: Ooooo, Asian Pear sounds wonderful. Pears and chocolate are always a great combo. Thanks again for inspiring me with your fondue! I still need to get you that playlist so we can work off all this chocolate!
this is the supreme treat–a little bit healthy, a little bit rock ‘n roll. đŸ™‚
Grace: “a little bit rock ‘n roll” That’s why I love you girl, they sure are.
Yum! I love the sprinkles on the chocolate too! Perfect for Valentines day!
I’ve never thought to dip fresh berries other than
strawberries in chocolate before, but it makes perfect sense when
you think of all the chocolate covered dried berries that we always
see. I bet the blueberries would be divine with the dark chocolate!
I also like the combination of ginger and chocolate, so I might use
some chopped candied ginger to top them off.
Sylvie: I am so happy you stopped by. Candied Ginger and dark chocolate is one of my all time favorite combos. Last Valentine’s day I posted Dark Chocolate Truffles with Ginger & smoked paprika. Think I need to make those again soon!
These are so beautiful, Marla! So many endless
possibilities with different fruits and kinds of chocolate. And so
much fun for the kiddies too! Love it!
Adorable, and what a fabulous idea! And healthy to boot!
You’re amazing đŸ™‚
What a great treat! Bet kids enjoy making them too. These
would be wonderful for Valentine’s Day too!
This is seriously my kind of dessert. I love bananas dipped
in chocolate with chopped nuts. Oh oh oh….. your photos are
gorgeous and definitely tempting. I want a dipped
blackberry!!
Aggie: Bananas dipped in chocolate has got to be one of my most treasured foods on this planet. Yes indeed! Thanks for your sweet compliments đŸ™‚
Awesome and darn tasty!
I love this healthy version of treats-on-a-stick. What a
fun treat for Valentine’s Day! Plus, you spiced them up with my
kind of flavors – ginger, cardamom, cinnamon.
Dara: Glad you noticed the spices in the chocolate, they add a very fun flavor twist! Anything goes, creativity is always encouraged over here đŸ™‚
Love chocolate-dipped fruit, and the kids love it, too!
Perfect Valentine’s Day treat!
What a great idea! I can’t believe I never thought to do this. beautiful đŸ™‚
Those are so cute. I just love the sprinkles on them. đŸ™‚
I absolutely love chocolate covered fruit, or chocolate
covered anything for that matter. đŸ™‚ You children are too
cute!
wow these are so adorable and look fun to make with kids
I want one of them.
I’ll do them asap. They are simple, funny, gorgeous and surprising all together.
Hi Marla – I just wanted to let you know that I featured
these adorable little desserts in my Valentine’s Day Favorites post
today… Here’s the link:
http://www.thecomfortofcooking.com/2011/02/my-favorite-valentines-day-recipes.html.
Thanks for sharing them. Have a great weekend!
I want those yummy treats. I want those beautiful children. Scrumptious Marla!
Thanks Kelly! I am glad they are coming around again for this Valentine’s Day. I had a blast making these last year & will now need to make a batch this weekend!
This is perfect timing, because I was just thinking this morning that I wanted to make chocolate-dipped strawberries for my daughter’s pre-K Valentine’s Day party, but didn’t know whether to leave the greenery on or not. Never even though about putting them on a stick. Yay!
Hi Debbie, glad I helped you solve that problem đŸ™‚ These are fun to make & the kids can help too. Not to mention they are delicious to eat!
Love this idea…..must try it with the kids at Messy Church. Thanks.
I hope you get to do that Irene đŸ™‚
They look great and I am planning on adding them to my daughters b’day menu. Could they be made in advance or are they best eaten immediately?
Hi Susi, Not sure if I would make these too far in advance. How about the morning of the party??
How many days can these fruit chocolates be stored
I’m thinking overnight as they are fresh fruit ~ would not let ’em go too long….
It is funny that you mentioned the simplicity of chocolate covered fruit making us smile, because that is exactly what I did when I saw the first picture.