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These OUTSHINE® Frozen Fruit Bars are drizzled with chocolate and sprinkled with your favorite toppings making them the perfect frozen snack to cool off with this summer!
“If life could be all beginnings, we would live in paradise,” as the cliché goes. Think of the first days of a new romance, or even the first few days of school, before either turns to drudgery and routine. The start of summer is not so different. At the start of the summer, the weather is ‘pleasantly warm,’ and you’re looking ahead to months filled with the possibility of outdoor entertaining, garden fresh tomatoes and herbs, cookouts, and clear blue skies – as an ‘idea’ it’s positively blissful.
Yet, as a priest once reminded me “The best part of any vacation is planning it.” For myself, I admit that with the summer I often have a bit of a ‘where to begin’ crisis, since as with most things in life it takes some ‘doing’ to get to the good part. Fresh tomatoes and herbs mean the garden needs tending. Outdoor entertaining means that my porch will ‘eventually’ need a thorough going over. Then, of course, being who and what I am, any ‘cookouts’ are going to need a fresh batch of seasonal recipes for me to impress with. It’s no wonder that summer’s beauty is sometimes grudgingly enjoyed on the air-conditioned side of my bay window.
However, those are things that I have resolved to take on some other day. For right now, however, I wanted to start the summer off right with something that came with as little fuss as was deliciously possible, something festive, light and yet refreshing. In other words, I wanted all of the flavors and textures of summer without all of the aforementioned fuss.
Naturally, that is of course where today’s recipe makes its entrance – Dried Fruit & Nut Dipped Frozen Fruit and Yogurt Bars - a perfect frozen snack to cool off with this season. These fuss-free bars are my go-to snack in between my summer planning, work overload, or when I'm just craving something cool at the end of the day to sit out on the back porch with.
For this particular recipe, I prefer to use OUTSHINE® Frozen Fruit Bars and OUTSHINE® Simply Yogurt Bars, which are available at any Ahold store in the ice cream aisle.
I prefer these since the OUTSHINE Strawberry Frozen Fruit Bars, OUTSHINE Mango Frozen Fruit Bars, and OUTSHINE Creamy Coconut Frozen Fruit Bars are gluten free. Similarly, the OUTSHINE Strawberry Simply Yogurt Frozen Bars are made with 100% yogurt, contains live active cultures, no gmo ingredients and are gluten-free.
To start, we begin by dicing up some dried mangos, chop up some nuts, you can use any that catch your fancy, I’m using walnuts, and set out some shredded coconut. After that, melt some chocolate, this will help all those crunchy toppings adhere to your bars. From there, simply spoon, dip, or drizzle the chocolate over the bars as shown below, and then speckle the bars with your preferred combination of toppings, and serve immediately.
Chocolate Drizzled Fruit Bars
- Total Time: 12 minutes
Ingredients
- OUTSHINE® Mango Frozen Fruit Bars
- OUTSHINE® Strawberry Frozen Fruit Bars
- OUTSHINE® Creamy Coconut Frozen Fruit Bars
- OUTSHINE® Strawberry Simply Yogurt Bars
- 1/4 cup white chocolate chips
- 1/2 cup milk chocolate chips
- 1/4 cup cream
For the Toppings:
- 1/3 cup coconut flakes
- 1/3 cup dried mango, finely chopped
- 1/3 cup chopped walnuts, (you can use pecans or almonds as well)
- 1/3 cup chopped dried strawberries or frozen berries
Instructions
- Divide the chocolate chips into separate bowls and set aside.
- In a small saucepan, heat cream until hot to the touch but not scolding.
- Pour the cream over the chips and stir until each has melted until smooth.
- Dip or drizzle your fruit and yogurt bars into the melted chocolate and then dip into your desired toppings. Drizzle extra chocolate over each and sprinkle with additional toppings of your choice.
- To keep your pops from melting in the process, be sure to keep them on a chilled platter or metal baking sheet.
- Serve immediately and enjoy!
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 2 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 4-6
And just like that, you’ve got a perfect frozen snack with deliciously little hassle with which to kick off the summer. Don’t forget, you can save $1 when you buy any 2 OUTSHINE, Skinny Cow Ice Cream, or Drumstick from 5/27/18 to 6/16/18 at your local Stop & Shop today!
Enojy with Love!
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Angie@Angie's Recipes says
Wish I could grab one now! So yummy with all extra toppings.
Big Daddy Dave says
Catherine, We definitely won't be sharing these with the grandsons! Maybe their parents will make some for them... Yum! Take Care, Big Daddy Dave
Liz says
These are no ordinary pops! Love your terrific, tasty garnishes---who could resist???!!
Claudia says
Now these are pops gone wild for sure ! how creative you got with them and I love them to begin with!
Adriana Lopez Martin says
May I say yummy? What a great way to dress the popsicles for an upscale experience. Each of the toppings makes so much sense and I bet each option is delicious need an ice pop now =)
Wajeeha says
What a clever idea to dress up these bars...looks super yummy!!
Gloria says
YUM...these look delicious. We will be having the grandkids 2 days a week all summer long. I think they would LOVE these!!
Veena Azmanov says
I love the fun element you added to these fruit bars. I like giving kids fruit bars over regular ice cream too! Just so much better. I can't wait to try this.
Karyn Ryan says
Gosh I wish I had one of these now!! lol We are actually getting some hot weather for a change and these would defo put the local ice cream-man out of business.. They look amazing
swathi says
You made fruit bar looks extra ordinary with chocolate, berries, and coconut.
Stephanie Simmons says
This looks like such a refreshing summer treat! I can't wait to try these!
Natalie says
Wow this is such a fun.. to make and to eat. What great flavors in such a simple treat. We love ice popsicles in my family. I can't wait to make these.