As veggie and chocolate lovin’ twins, registered dietitians and personal trainers, what’s a girl (or two 😉 ) to do when dessert is to be had?! We’ve made life simple for ourselves and for you! This may just become our go-to celebratory indulgent, waist-line friendly sweet! After all, it’s so easy to make, it’s pretty and who doesn’t like a sweet, delicious pile of antioxidants after overindulging? Nothing like a little burst of anti-inflammatories to help your body to kick some toxins that have entered to the neutralizing curb!
While we’re at it, here are a few more healthy, waist-line friendly desserts (and feel free to search this site for many more!):
Chocolate Peanut Butter Banana Ice Cream
5 Minute Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies
Pssst… in the photo below the dark chocolate balls are covering blueberries. #Perfect for our 4th of July celebrations –and for our craving to squeeze in a lil’ brain boosting power whenever we can from the anthocyanins in the blueberries! 😉
Best thing about this delicious sweet treat?
Other than it’s only got 65 calories per servings and tastes AMAZING?! 🙂
There’s no wrong way to make this! You don’t have to use the same ingredients that we did–and you can add your personal favorites instead. We used raspberries (use your fave berry!), slivered almonds (use any slivered or chopped nut!), dark chocolate covered blueberry balls (go for dark chocolate covered nuts, if you prefer!), and coconut flakes (you can omit these or use chocolate shavings!). Then just toss on a pretty plate and let the good times roll!
Berry Burst Bonus:
All berries, not just raspberries fight inflammation and they’re low in fat and calories and high in antioxidants. They have anti-inflammatory properties—likely thanks to their anthocyanins, the powerful chemicals that give them their vibrant color.
Go for all berries: Research has shown that blueberries can help protect against intestinal inflammation and ulcerative colitis; women who eat more strawberries have lower levels of CRP (a substance produced by the liver that increases in the presence of inflammation in the body) in their blood; and red raspberry extract has helped prevent animals from developing arthritis.
Try this: Berry Avocado Salad with Yogurt Cilantro Dressing
Berry Burst with Dark Chocolate, Almonds & Coconut
Serves 6
Ingredients:
3 cups fresh raspberries
1-1/2 tbsp slivered almonds
1/4 cup chocolate covered blueberries
1 tbsp coconut flakes
Dash of Cinnamon, optional
Directions:
Lay berries on plate. Top with chocolate blueberries, coconut flakes, almonds and cinnamon. Serve!
Nutrition Facts: 65 Calories, 2g fat, 1 g saturated fat, 12g carbohydrate, 1 g protein, 4 g fiber, 3 g sugar, 8 mg sodium
- Serves 6
- Ingredients:
- 3 cups fresh raspberries
- 1-1/2 tbsp slivered almonds
- ¼ cup chocolate covered blueberries
- 1 tbsp coconut flakes
- Dash of Cinnamon, optional
- Directions:
- Lay berries on plate. Top with chocolate blueberries, coconut flakes, almonds and cinnamon. Serve!
- Directions:
- Lay berries on plate. Top with chocolate blueberries, coconut flakes, almonds and cinnamon. Serve!