Chocolate Frozen Yogurt Bites are cool and creamy bite size summer treats dipped in chocolate and decked out in sprinkles.
I finally caved in.
How can you so no to a pretty please, a pouty face and "I promise mom I will get my homework done on time"?
Bring on the Summertime Study Snacks
Dark chocolate covered frozen creamy smooth frozen yogurt topped with all of your favorite toppings is the perfect treat to help your kids study for those grueling end of the year exams. This time of the year can be very stressful. The kids have final exams, some have IB, AP, IGCSE or even SAT exams. Every group project, presentation and task is also due at the same time. Both kids and parents will be burning the midnight oil preparing. There is nothing like a cold sweet treat with a little 70 percent cocoa in it, to keep those little brain synapses firing.
Our family eats really healthy but sometime my teenage boys just need a little something special to get them through exam crunch time. My youngest son has been begging for an ice cream treat. One day he says I want an ice cream cake, then next day an ice cream sandwich, and then he says what about a huge ice cream block covered with chocolate.
The weather has been warming up in Hong Kong and it is super humid and rains most days. I have not seen the sun in over a month and this is the perfect time to make a cold sweet treat.
I did not want to make a huge ice cream cake or a huge block of ice cream that would go to waste, but wanted some little bites that they could nibble on while studying and that would be easy to store in my micro sized Hong Kong freezer. I turned on my aircon full blast in the kitchen to prepare.
I was off to Kitchen to test my ideas and let me tell you I had far more failures than successes. I really do not think ice cream is really ice cream when it is made in Hong Kong. I purchased an ice-cream made by Nestle here in Hong Kong. I began by scooping the cookies and cream ice-cream in spoonfuls and placing it on a lined baking sheet to freeze hard in the freezer. Even after 8 hours my ice-cream scoops were still soft and mushy.
I looked at the ingredients on the back of the ice-cream...sugar, artificial stabilizers, milk solids... etc.. It did not even have real milk or cream in it...Don't even get me started on this topic of food safety...Using ice cream was not an option for me but I am sure it would great if you could your hands on some Ben and Jerry's or some Häagen-Dazs ice-cream, not this fake stuff.
I tried to dip these semisoft Nestle Hong Kong ice-cream scoops first into melted cooled chocolate and then put them in the freezer to harden. The outside chocolate shell hardened and was perfect but the ice cream continues to melt and escape from the underside of the chocolate. It was a complete mess. The lesson learned here is to use a yogurt or ice cream with pure ingredients for your Chocolate Frozen Yogurt Bites.
Next, I tried placing one scoop of that Nestle Hong Kong ice-cream in between 2 digestive biscuits and then dipping it in chocolate and that when things started going terribly wrong or maybe terribly rights as someone has to eat all of those chocolate mistakes. Waste not want not!
Hmm now what? As I was fumbling through my micro-sized refrigerator I stumbled upon some yoplait Gogurts (fun sized yogurt in convenient tubes perfect for snacking and kids lunches) I always like to freeze them as the kids think they taste like ice cream. I looked on the back of the package and the first ingredient is milk... Hey now we are in business.
I chopped the yoplait gogurts into 1.5 inch segments, removed the plastic wrapper, dipped them into the cooled melted chocolate and decorated them all with different flavors and sprinkles before putting them in the freezer to fully harden. I decorated some with mini M and M's and colorful sprinkles for my teenagers and some lovely German Rosmarinkrokant for the adults. Rosmarinkrokant is a lovely herbed mixture made out of fresh rosemary and sugar and is just to die for on desserts such as chocolate, cheesecakes or even on the crackling for a pork dish.
Directly out of the freezer these little treats are a little too hard to bite into. However, after about 10 minutes of photo shots they were perfect with a nice crisp chocolate shell and a smooth creamy frozen center. Just for the kitchen experimentation, I also tried to use the Smuckers brand Shell magic chocolate that is supposed to harden on ice-cream but it did not give a good covering, the 70% melted chocolate worked the best.
Favorite toppings for Chocolate Frozen Yogurt Bites
I have also tried freezing yogurt in ice cube trays. I have also made little yogurt drops with a pastry bag and then freezing them and then dipping them into chocolate and this also works really well. If you wanted, you could add fruit or nuts inside the yogurt before freezing in the ice cube trays. Or maybe put some toasted nuts on top of the chocolate before it hardens. Maybe you prefer white chocolate to coat your frozen yogurt with sugared rose petals on top for a special gathering. I think you can see where I am going with this. You can add anything your little heart desires, just don't use that nasty Nestle Hong Kong brand ice cream. Use only yogurt or ice cream where the first ingredient is milk or cream.
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Chocolate Frozen Yogurt Bites
Ingredients
- 4 sticks Yoplait Gogurts
or about 2 cups of your favorite type of yogurt - 500 grams chocolate 70% depending how thick you layer on the chocolate) You can substitute with white chocolate as well
- confetti sprinkles optional garnish (you can use chopped nuts, fruits, candies, sugared edible flowers or anything your heart fancies)
Instructions
- Freeze your Yoplait Gogurts overnight in freezer. Other alternatives are to scoop your favorite brand of yogurt into ice cube trays and freeze over night. If you want tiny little yogurt nibbles, you can put your yogurt in a pastry bag and squeeze small little dots on a parchment paper lined baking tray and freeze over night.
- Break up the chocolate into smaller pieces, put into a microwave safe dish. Put your microwave on the 600 watt lower setting. Melt chocolate in the microwave very slowly at 5 second intervals and stir every time. It took approximately 40 seconds for my chocolate to melt. Do not let it overcook as a matter of fact take it out of the microwave before it is completely melted and let the stirring and the heat generated from the dish melt the chocolate the rest of the way. Make sure you are working in a cool, non-humid atmosphere. Turn on the aircon. Do not get moisture anywhere near your chocolate or over heat it the microwave or your chocolate will seize up. (If your chocolate does seize up sometimes if you put in a little soft butter it will bring it back to life but not always.)
- Set your chocolate aside and allow to cool to room temperature. Gather your supplies: flat plate lined with parchment paper, spoons, toothpicks, sprinkles and garnishes that you desire.
- Take the frozen yogurt out of the freezer. If you are using the "Yoplait Gogurt" tubes, cut into 1.5 inch sections and remove the plastic. If using using the yogurt frozen dots very carefully remove them from the parchment paper. If using the ice cube tray method, very carefully remove the yogurt from ice cube trays. (Run a little warm water on the bottom of the tray just to get them loosened) Put the yogurt pieces back into the freezer.
- Use a toothpick to pick up a yogurt piece with your non dominant hand. Use your dominant hand to drizzle the melted chocolate on all sides of the yogurt so the it is completely covered. You will need to work quickly as the chocolate hardens quickly so immediately put on your sprinkles, candies, Rosmarinkrokant or whatever garnish your little heart desires as soon as possible. I only take out one yogurt piece out of the freezer at a time and once I am done covering it with chocolate and garnishing it I put it on a parchment covered flat plate and put it back in the freezer. Enlist your kids to help with the process as they will love their much needed 15 minute break from those horrid poem analysis projects, physic problems or powerpoint presentations.
- Allow these little chocolate yogurt bites to freeze at least 2 hours, if your kids can wait that long. Bring a few of the little treats out on a dish and leave them alone at room temperature for 5-10 minutes, just so that the inside yogurt is creamy and delicious.
- Enjoy these delightful frozen chocolate yogurt bites any time you need a little bite sized pick me up treat.
john@kitchenriffs says
Great food styling - love those little umbrellas! We can still get actual ice cream in our supermarkets (I mean in addition to the premium brands like Ben and Jerry's) but that's starting to change with some of the major brands. Bummer! I won't buy the stuff. Of course I said the same thing when everyone shrunk the size of tuna cans to 5 ounces, and caved - but at least I was still getting actual tuna, just less of it for the same money. I'd much rather pay more, and get what I want to buy. Anyway, really nice yogurt bites. Next time I have an exam I'm coming to Hong Kong to beg some of these from you!
Healthy World Cuisine says
Thank you John. You know one has to have all those cool little umbrellas when we make those fancy Kitchen Riff cocktails!!! I am with you all the way on quality ingredients. I think that is why we always cook from scratch. Now a days it is becoming more and more complicated to get wholesome products without all the nasty additives. I am going to buy an ice-cream maker this spring and then I will always know exactly what is going into it. Take care, BAM
wok with ray says
I love the colorful arrangement of this treats. My kids would definitely love these little bites and it will be gone in no time if they see these. Thank you, BAM and wish you a wonderful week! 🙂
nancyc says
Yum! Those sound like a great treat! 🙂
Nazneen|Coffee and Crumpets says
Love these frozen yoghurt bites! My children love Gogurts and then dipped in chocolates, well I'd love those! Food everywhere is a bit worrying Bam, it's amazing how much junk is in it. It takes forever in the grocery stores these days because you have to read every package.
I hope these little bites gave your kids a boost that they needed to get through school projects and exams!
Nazneen
Mich Piece of Cake says
These frozen yoghurt bites look delicious! Love the chocolate coating.
Jo says
What?!?! No ice cream in Hong Kong?! That should be some kind of international crime! Your chocolate covered yogurt bites, now those are fabulous! My daughter loves gogurt and we freeze them, too. I love that you added other goodies to make them pretty!
thecompletecookbook says
I like your tenacity Bam on not giving up until you got what you are looking for. It's scary what some products contain now days!
I love these and I love the idea of the rose petals. I know pete would love the idea of the nuts in the ice cream so think I shall print this idea for when summer shows its lovely face again.
Have a super week ahead.
😉 Mandy xo
Barb @Profiteroles & Ponytails says
Bam these frozen yogurt bites have the ponytails written all over them! I have been giving them frozen yogurt pops a lot lately to counterbalance the sweets that they have on weekends when I bake. They love them just as much as ice cream which makes me very happy. Way to persevere and find a way to make this work. I am curious to try your German sprinkles/ topping. Do you think it is available in Austria? I have a friend from there and she goes back a few times a year. Great post!
Healthy World Cuisine says
Hi there Barb! Your pony tails will love these little frozen yogurt bon bons. My boys inhaled them...lol.. like that was a shock!This week the whole exam prep and end of year assignment deadlines are all due at the same time and my boys need a little something to take the edge off from cramming. My dear friend Anja from Germany gave me Rosmarinkrokant as a gift the last time I visited her in Muenster. I am sure there is something similar out there in other countries or you could make your own with chopped fresh rosemary and ground golden rock sugar. Rosmarinkrokant is delicious and beautiful used in many dishes, especially a goat cheese cheesecake. Yum! Have a super week. BAM
Choc Chip Uru says
Mmmm I think I am dying for a bite... or five... oh god.... Ok I am in the kitchen now 😉
YUM!
Cheers
Choc Chip Uru
Kelly Shen says
Where can i buy Rosmarinkrokant in HK?
Healthy World Cuisine says
Hello Kelly, my friend from Muenster gave me Rosmarinkrokant as a lovely gift during my last culinary trip to Germany. I have not seen this exact brand in Hong Kong but you could make this easily yourself at home by pounding golden rock sugar into very small grounds, add fresh rosemary and a little pinch of salt and put in a tupperware and shake well. Your homemade rosemary sugar would keep well for a few weeks.
Angeliqueca Roux says
How devine!!!
Amy Tong says
These frozen yogurt bites are adorable and perfect as a little pick-me-up for exam crunch time! I can't believe the Nestle ice cream doesn't even freeze up. As you said, too many artificial ingredients in it. That's why, I make my own ice cream these day. You know exactly what's going into the mix and always fresh. It might be hard to do in HKG as I remember how small the freezer area is in the fridge. I've never tried the Rosmarinkrokant. But it sounds delicious. Let me go check out where I can get my hands on a jar. 🙂 Thanks for sharing.
Healthy World Cuisine says
Hi Amy, homemade ice cream would be perfect for this recipe. Your ice cream recipes rock!!! I love to be able to read the ingredients and know what they are. I would love to make my own ice cream and I would love to purchase an ice cream machine. I guess with summer on our door steps this would be the great time to purchase one.
Lisa says
BTW..that stinks about the poultry. Who would ever think you had to watch out for that in China? Chickens are plentiful and a cinch to..well..is breed the word when it comes to egg laying? lol
Healthy World Cuisine says
I am very concerned about this possible epidemic in China as they do not have a handle on this new flu. Food products and people travel from China to HK and from HK to China by the droves everyday. It is just a matter of time... please say a little prayer.... I think HK is much smarter after the SARS incident and have really put lots of preventative measures in place but HK is a little tiny country of 8 million people all living in very close proximity of one another. I have always purchased my meats, poultry and eggs from States or Australia but the wet markets here and the foods used in the restaurants are all local. China is really going through lots of stress right now with the recovery of the quake victims and this new flu epidemic. Please say a little prayer for them that it all gets sorted soon.
Lisa says
That's just awful. Will you be moving back to the states anytime soon?
Lisa says
I was rooting for you throughout this post to get something frozen and dippable (OK, I mae up a word lol). I knew you did from the first photo, but it was kind of suspenseful nonetheless! Too bad that ice cream in China isn't real ice cream. Then again, I can't think of many, if any, Chinese dishes that contains milk or cream! Help me out here! LOL In any event, I'm so glad the Gogurt sticks cut up worked out perfectly - they look delightful!
Anne ~ Uni Homemaker says
These reminds me of bonbons. But yours are homemade so they're better. I love the colors and the sprinkles they have --very festive and fun to eat! 🙂