Fresh Market Berries with Chocolate Sauce and Mint
Begin your day with a round of luscious berries! Great for smoothies, granola, yogurt or just by themselves, plain and simple. Have an abundance of berries? It’s cool to freeze your berries for longevity of freshness and always great to have them on hand for quick desserts…like this one.
Whip up a little Chocolate Sauce and add fresh mint to your berries and you will have yourself a wonderful impromptu dessert for you and anyone who wants to join the party! I may have this for breakfast too!
Fresh Berries with Chocolate Sauce and Mint
½ cup water
¼ cup evaporated cane sugar
½ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
¼ cup agave nectar
1 oz bittersweet or unsweetened baking chocolate, chopped
1 tsp pure vanilla extract
Fresh mint, chopped
Fresh blueberries, strawberries, raspberries and blackberries, combined 1 cup of each
Combine water and cane sugar in saucepan and heat on medium heat until sugar is dissolved. Whisk in cocoa powder and agave nectar and bring up to a boil and remove from heat. Add chopped chocolate and stir until melted and texture is smooth. Add in vanilla and stir. Let cool. Drizzle chocolate sauce over fresh or frozen berries and garnish with fresh chopped mint.
