This weekend my in laws were in town for my niece's high school graduation. Since they are a bit crunchy like me, I figured this would be a great opportunity to showcase my mad cooking (and plagerizing) skills. I say plagerizing because these two sweet dips that I made both came from my amazing friend over at theresahippieinmykitchen.blogspot (if you aren't following her you are totally missing out. She's an amazing cook and one of my best friends). This first dip is going to blow your mind. It's raw, easy (3 ingredients people), and will fool everyone you know. I give you chocolate fondue dip...
Chocolate Fondue Dip:
2 ripe avocados
3/4 cup of maple syrup (less if you don't like it as sweet)
1/4 cup of unsweetened cocoa powder.
Directions:
Skin and take out the seed of your avocados and put them in a high speed blender (I recommend a vitamix). Add maple syrup and the cocoa powder and blend until there is no green left. Put out in a dish and serve with strawberries or bananas for dipping. This recipe fooled my kids. They wouldn't touch an avocado with a 50 foot pole, but you better believe they chowed down on this!!!
Next is chocolate chip cookie dough dip. A few years back there were a lot of really unhealthy recipes floating around for chocolate chip cookie dough dip. Not being one to let my family go down the path of eating junk but not wanting them to live a life of broccoli and kale only, I was so excited to find this recipe! The base of the recipe is made from potatoes. I know it's sounds crazy, but this is so amazing it's a must try!
Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Dip (taken from ohsheglows.com)
Ingredients:
1 1/3 yellow-skinned cooked potatoes, peeled
6-7 tbsp pure maple syrup, or to taste
3 tbsp cashew nut butter
1/2 tbsp pure vanilla extract
1/2 tsp fine grain sea salt, or to taste
1/4-1/3 cups dark chocolate chips
1. Peel and roughly chop the potatoes. Cook the potatoes in a pot of water on the stove-top until tender, about 20 minutes. Drain.
2. In a food processor, immediately add the cooked potatoes (still hot), nut butter, vanilla, and maple syrup. Do not use cold potatoes or the texture will be like mashed potatoes instead of a silky dip. Process until smooth for at least a couple minutes. Make sure no clumps remain. You want it super smooth. Adjust sweetness if necessary and add salt to taste.
3. Place mixture in the fridge for a minimum of 30 minutes (preferably an hour) to chill and then stir in the chocolate chips just before serving. Serve the dip with fresh fruit. Again, strawberries are an excellent vehicle for this dip.
I would recommend not trying to change this particular recipe up very much. I tried using peanut butter, but found that peanut butter comepletely over takes the taste of this recipe, and this recipe is so amazing as is!!
Both of these dips are great for parties or just curbing a sweet tooth. So go and enjoy somewhat guilt free! You are doing better for your body than a lot of the alternatives out there!!!
