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Say ‘I love you’ with beautifully delicious chocolate-covered strawberries – for Valentine’s Day and beyond!  In today’s FUELED Wellness + Nutrition, we’re sharing three simple ways to savor the flavor of strawberry-meets-chocolate year-round, each with zero added sugar.

Heart-Shaped Strawberry-Filled PB + Chocolate Cups

We took our Salted Dark Chocolate Peanut Butter Cups (featured in Molly’s Eat Fit Cookbook; also find the recipe on digital-stage.wgno.com) and replaced half of the filling (we use almond butter in place of peanut butter) with no-sugar-added strawberry preserves. Pour into little heart-shaped molds and – voila – a zero-sugar, low carb and vegan treat to savor for Valentine’s Day and beyond.

Makes 24 servings. 120 calories, 8.5 grams carbohydrate (3 grams net carbs), 0 added sugar.

DIY Chocolate-Dipped Strawberries

There’s two ways to do this, both entirely zero-sugar and low-glycemic: One is a homemade ‘Magic Shell’ chocolate coating (recipe here), or – that same Salted Dark Chocolate PB Cup recipe, above, comes in handy here, too. Simply use the outer chocolate layer for dipping fresh, juicy strawberries.

Smoothie King| build your own ‘Chocolate-Covered Strawberry’ blend

Sip a protein-rich version of a chocolate-covered strawberry with the Slim & Trim Chocolate with an added scoop (or two) of no-sugar-added strawberries.

Per 20-ounce: 250 calories, 44 grams carbs, 6 grams fiber, 0 added sugar, 20 grams protein

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Molly Kimball, RD, CSSD is a registered dietitian + nutrition journalist in New Orleans, and founder of Ochsner Eat Fit nonprofit restaurant initiative. Tune in to her podcast, FUELED | Wellness + Nutrition and follow her on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter at @MollyKimballRD. 

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