Wednesday, July 27, 2011

"Healthified" Chocolate and Strawberry Dessert Nachos

I decided to make this recipe for dessert tonight. We had a few leftover flour tortillas and I wanted to use them before they go bad. Cheeseburger in Paradise has a dessert called Chocolate Nachos. I've never had them but I have seen others order them. My inspiration came from this dessert.

"Healthified" Chocolate and Strawberry Dessert Nachos
Serves 2

Ingredients:
*low carb flour tortillas - medium sized (we used low carb whole wheat tortillas, but I realize that most will think that is gross for a dessert)
*1/2 tablespoon melted light butter
*1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
*1 teaspoon sugar or sugar substitute - we used Splenda
*Diced fresh strawberries - about 1/2 cup per serving, so 1 cup for 2 servings
*Chocolate Syrup - we used Hershey's Sugar Free Chocolate Syrup
*Lite or Fat Free Whipped Cream

Directions:
-Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
-Take flour tortillas and brush some melted butter on them
-Sprinkle cinnamon and sugar on the tortillas
-Take a knife or pizza cutter and cut tortillas into small triangles
-Place triangles on non-stick baking sheet and bake for 8 to 10 minutes
-You will know they are done when the edges are crispy
-Once the tortilla triangles are finished in the oven, place a serving on a plate.
-Top the triangles with fresh diced strawberries
-Drizzle chocolate on top of the strawberries and triangles
-Top the entire dessert with some whipped cream

*Suggestions
-You can fry the triangles and then sprinkle cinnamon and sugar on them, but this is a "healthified" version and how we do it in our household.
-The tortillas we used were low carb/high fiber, which gave them a nutritional edge. A little fiber never hurts anyone. :)
-You could probably use all kinds of different fruits, but we chose to use strawberries.

Enjoy :)

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