My children love to eat fruit: apples, mangoes, strawberries, bananas, kiwis, pineapple, grapes, you name it! Once in a while for a treat we’ll make this fruit dip to go along with our afternoon snack.
It is delicious, smooth, not too sweet, and even healthy! I had to include this to continue on with the theme lately of adding everyday ingredients in unexpected places.(Tangy Meatballs, Tomato Spice Cake)
Chocolate Fruit Dip
adapted from Chocolate Fondue in Deceptively Delicious
1 Tbsp. margarine or butter
1/2 cup avocado pureed smooth
1/4 cup carrot (cooked and pureed smooth, we actually use some of our frozen homemade baby food!)
1/2 cup confectioners’ sugar (powdered sugar)
1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1 tsp. vanilla extract
Melt butter over low heat in a medium saucepan. Add the remaining ingredients and whisk well until smooth. Serve warm or cold with fruit.
Make sure you puree the avocado and carrots really well. Little green chunks somehow don’t make the dip as appealing. 😀
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I actually have that book and have never made a thing from it! I didnt see this one. I’ll have to try as avocados are in season here. I think I was just too fail at making the puree’s. My last baby went pretty much straight to solids as I breastfed so long, so I skipped the mush food stage 🙂 I do have a lot of sweet potato from a market run too 🙂
Our special christmas and easter breakfast dip is a melted toblerone folded into whipped cream. IT tastes devine with pineapple, mangoes and cherries especially!
That looks so good. I guessed that it had avocado in it when you said it was healthy because I have a mousse recipe that has avocado in it that I have in my to-try file. I really want to try this!
YUM! I might give this a go this weekend. There’s not much fresh ripe fruit around in the winter, so this would make the less than perfect strawberries taste a bit better.
A friend just made this & it was wonderful! It has a rich taste but is light in texture. I highly revommend this!!!!