Chocolate-Covered Strawberries, the Real-Food Way

Everybody loves chocolate-covered strawberries. The problem is the chocolate. Most of it is loaded with refined sugar, dairy fillers, and waxes your body has no idea what to do with. It tastes good for a second and then it just sits on you.

Here is the thing: your body actually craves chocolate, the real kind. Raw organic cacao is a whole food. It comes loaded with antioxidants, magnesium, iron, and a natural mood lift (that is the feel-good part you notice). When you eat it in its true form, your body recognizes it and puts it to work. It is the artificial sugar and the junk that it fights, not the cacao.

So let's make the treat the way it was meant to be made. One bowl, five minutes, and real ingredients you can pronounce.

How to use it day to day: This same sauce works on more than strawberries. Drizzle it over banana slices, organic apple wedges, or a bowl of berries. Pour it on top of oatmeal or a smoothie bowl in the morning. Freeze the dipped fruit for an after-dinner bite that beats ice cream.

Raw Organic Chocolate Sauce (for dipping)

Ingredients:

• 1/2 cup raw organic cacao powder
• 1/3 cup pure organic maple syrup (or raw honey)
• 1/4 cup organic virgin coconut oil, gently melted
• 1 tsp pure organic vanilla extract
• a pinch of unrefined sea salt
• 1 lb fresh organic strawberries, washed and fully dried
• optional: raw organic cacao nibs, for a little crunch

Steps:

1. Melt the coconut oil on low heat until just liquid, then take it off the heat.
2. Whisk in the cacao powder, maple syrup, vanilla, and sea salt until it is smooth and glossy.
3. Hold each strawberry by the stem and dip. Set them on a parchment-lined tray.
4. Sprinkle with cacao nibs while the sauce is still wet if you want the crunch.
5. Chill in the fridge for 10 to 15 minutes. The coconut oil firms the chocolate into a real shell.

That is it. No refined sugar, no dairy, no additives. Just fruit and real cacao, the way your body wants it.

Ready to make the switch? Grab our raw organic cacao powder at www.PureNaturalMiracles.com and return to the source.