February is the month of love.
And…Valentine’s Day is around the corner! I have a great treat you can make for your favorite FODMAPer….even if that is YOU!
As a dietitian, I love a treat that includes a little fruit with it. These adorable pops are made with strawberries dipped in melted semi-sweet chocolate morsels and sprinkles! You can purchase mini bamboo skewers or lollipop sticks at your local craft store.
These are so easy and fun. Especially with an assortment of sprinkles. No joke…I have about 25 different kinds of sprinkles….kinda obsessed!
Yum!
Ready to dive in?
Ingredients
- Serving size: 2 pops
- 8 medium to large strawberries, washed and dried
- 8 lollipop sticks or short 5 inch bamboo skewers
- 1/2 cup semi-sweet chocolate morsels
- 1 teaspoon vegetable oil
- assorted sprinkles
- 2-3 medium size glasses or coffee mugs
Instructions
- Gently place a lollipop stick/bamboo skewer in each strawberry.
- Place chocolate chips and oil in microwave safe dish. Heat in microwave for 30 seconds, stir chocolate and heat again for another 20 seconds. (note: microwaves may vary in cooking time; be carful not to burn chocolate!).
- Dip strawberries halfway in melted chocolate and then add a few sprinkles to wet chocolate.
- Place strawberry pop upright in cup or mug.
- Continue with the rest of the strawberries; place about 3-4 pops in each glass/mug.
- Carefully place strawberries in the refrigerator to let chocolate set.
- Enjoy!
Debbie Miles
These look amazing! But why is semi-sweet chocolate OK on a low FODMAP diet? And why is brown sugar OK too? I see it in all of your recipes. Isn’t brown sugar just white sugar mixed with molasses? Thank you for this blog. My daughter has ulcerative colitis and being ill and losing 10 pounds was recently diagnosed with SIBO. This is such a struggle and we appreciate your blog!
katescarlata
Hi Debbie,
I appreciate your confusion…the low FODMAP diet is confusing! The Monash Team tested both dark chocolate (semi-sweet is considered dark) and brown sugar and they measured low FODMAP. Do you have a smart phone? If so, I would encourage you to download the Monash University low FODMAP diet app. By all means, none of us should be downing copious amounts of sugar and treats….but for special occasions and in limited amounts–using brown sugar and semi-sweet chocolate morsels is a nice treat and low FODMAP. 🙂
Debbie Miles
Well, it looks like we will be making chocolate dipped strawberries this week! Thank you!! I just downloaded the Monash University low FODMAP app…I look forward to checking out later and the assistance it will give us to help my daughter 🙂
katescarlata
Great…you will find the app to be a great resource–and up to date! Best to you and your daughter!
Tarenn
Hello
Is there a way to access this monosh information app on all the rated foods if I don’t have a phone?? Do they offer the program on the home based desk top computer? If not, why not?! This is so frustration 🙁
katescarlata
Tarenn, the Monash team has a low FODMAP booklet for purchase that contains the app info. Check out info here: http://www.med.monash.edu/cecs/gastro/fodmap/
Joyce @ The Hungry Caterpillar
Oh my goodness! I literally had no idea that there was a booklet. All this time I’ve been relying on Google, since my phone is a relic of 2005 or something like that. Thank you so much, Kate! Your blog keeps me sane!