Finding new recipes on Pinterest has been a daily occurrence in my life for over a year now. Whenever I need a homework break or have some spare time, I login to Pinterest to see what new tempting recipes are being re-pinned by thousands of food lovers all over the country. Recipes claiming to be ‘the best ever’ or ‘so easy’ fill up food boards everywhere. I have found many ideas for this blog on Pinterest. Some recipes end up being fabulous, and I copy them down for my own recipe books, while other recipes I end up throwing away. Many of the recipes on Pinterest seem too good to be true, and I think I found another recipe that did not live up to its expectations.
Last week I re-pinned yogurt covered strawberries and received notifications that many of my Pinterest followers also re-pinned it. Sensing the recipe’s popularity, I decided to give the yogurt-covered strawberries a try for my next blog. So while I was home for fall break, I gathered the ingredients and got to work. My mom already had plain Greek yogurt and strawberries in the fridge, and while the recipe calls for vanilla Greek yogurt, I figured plain would work just fine. The recipe itself is extremely easy and took me about 15 minutes total from start to finish. After the strawberries froze for about an hour I brought them out for my mom and I to test.
Both my mom and my reactions were less than enthusiastic. The Greek yogurt was bitter, and the strawberries were so cold they were almost painful to eat. These yogurt-covered strawberries were not the perfect, healthy afternoon snack that Pinterest had promised. I think the culprit of the bitterness was the plain instead of vanilla yogurt. I am tempted to try the recipe again using vanilla instead of plain and seeing if that makes a difference.
I found a couple bloggers who made yogurt-covered strawberries, and they loved them. Perhaps they just don’t suit my taste buds, but if any of you decide to try the recipe, let me know how it turns out for you! I am interested to see if I did something wrong or if the recipe is just flawed.
In case you are interested in trying out yogurt covered strawberries for yourself, here are the directions:
All you need is:
– Greek Yogurt
– Strawberries
1. Wash and cut of the tops of the strawberries.
2. Dip strawberries in yogurt and place on a parchment paper lined baking sheet.
3. Freeze in freezer for at least an hour. Let cool for a minute before eating.
*Photo credit: Pinterest