Chill Out with Homemade Organic Blackberry Chocolate Frozen Yogurt

July 13, 2009 · Print This Article

In honor of both National Berry Month and National Ice Cream Month going on that July, Driscoll’s Berries sent me that awesome recipe for a healthy Blackberry Chocolate Frozen Yogurt. that is easy to manufacture, and less fatty than typical icy treats. Plus now Drscoll’s Berries offers organic berries via loads of stores, so that is plus pesticide free treat. Yay.

Here’s the yummy scoop…

2 (16-ounce) cartons vanilla low fat organic yogurt
2 ½ cups Driscoll’s Organic Blackberries
½ cup light-colored corn syrup
¼ cup organic sugar
½ cup coarsely chopped semisweet organic chocolate (3 ounces)

In a blender container or food processor bowl, combine half of the yogurt, ½ cup of the berries, half of the corn syrup and half of the sugar.Cover and blend or process until nearly smooth. Pour mixture into ice cream freezer container.Repeat.Freeze mixture in an electric ice cream freezer

according to manufacturer’s directions.Remove dasher from freezer.Add remaining 1½ cups berries and the chopped chocolate; stir to distribute.Ripen*.

*Note:To ripen frozen yogurt or ice cream, after stirring in berries and chocolate, cover top of freezer can with waxed paper or foil.Plug gap in lid and replace lid. Pack outer freezer bucket with sufficient ice and rock salt to cover top of freezer can, using about 4 cups ice and 1 cup salt.Ripen about 4 hours.

Nutritional data Per ½ Cup Serving:175 calories, 3g total fat (2g saturated fat), 5mg cholesterol, 70mg sodium, 32g carbohydrate, 3g dietary fiber, 4g protein.

Thanks to Driscoll’s Berries for the recipie and delicious images.

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