Recipes

I was never a fan of orange flavored chocolates, and I normally draw the line at marmalade or perhaps baked goods with orange zest in them.  But it seems that there is a huge calling for the stuff, as I experienced from my days of working briefly for Godiva Chocolatier.  People from other countries outside of the U.S. often came in during that Christmas season I was there, asking for orange chocolates.  Apparently there had been a Godiva favorite that had since been retired, much to customers' dismay.  It wasn't anything I'd thought about until I recently had an orange I didn't feel like eating plain, and therefore I wanted to look at some Pinterest ideas on how to dress it up without doing anything fancy. 

Now - there is something to be said for coming across a recipe when you have a taste for something specific.  In my case, it was chocolate, and for some crazy reason, I thought, "You know what?  Maybe I'll give this recipe a try."  Yes, that's right, I decided I would take one for the team (or in this case, all of you, my readers) and see if doing something new and outside of my realm of taste buds would change my mind.  That, and I was really wanting to eat something sweet that didn't negate my fitness progress.  And so, with the ingredients staring me in the face, I set out to make chocolate-dipped orange slices (I can't even tell you what type of orange I had - it was orange in color, though *smile*).  And since I had leftover chocolate and knew that my child wouldn't want to sample any but still wanted dessert of her own, I dipped crackers in chocolate, too.  Oh and there were two orange slices which were unfortunate victims of accidental drowning, as you can see from the blobs in the above pic.  But even they didn't go to waste! 

What I didn't expect was that I would LOVE how the recipe turned out!  I don't know if it was the sweetness of the orange, the contrast with the semi-sweet chocolate morsels, or the addition of Himalayan Pink Sea Salt that blew my mind, but whatever the combination or ingredient, I couldn't get enough.  I honestly thought I'd just eat a few slices, if any, and save the rest for another time.  But before long, I gave in and ate the entire orange.  And boy, was it filling!  I'm told it makes for a great mid-afternoon snack or light dessert that's healthy, and I can believe it.  You can make more than just one orange's worth of slices at a time if you want, but keep in mind it should be consumed within a short time frame (no more than a couple of days). 

So nom-nom, eat 'em up!  Make this recipe and share your thoughts on whether or not you like them, too!