This healthy Chocolate Fruit Dip is perfect for dipping fruit, cookies, crackers, pretzels and more. Made with avocados, cocoa powder, maple syrup, vanilla and sea salt. Vegan and paleo recipe.
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This recipe originally published June 2017. The photos and post have been updated with more instructions – same delicious recipe!
A Healthy Chocolate Dip
If you’re looking for an amazing chocolate dip that is made with real ingredients, easy to throw together and something everyone will love (yes, even kiddos!) then you must make this chocolate fruit dip recipe!
It’s a sneaky way to include some healthy fats into a dessert (thank you, avocados), and pairing this dip with fruit means you’re getting in some additional fiber, vitamins, minerals and antioxidants.
Ideas for Serving
This chocolate fruit dip is the perfect anchor to build a beautiful dessert charcuterie board. Whether you’re serving for friends and family, or want to do something fun with kids!
Fruits
When you think of chocolate dipped fruit you automatically think of strawberries, so they are a must here. I love how the look of this board came out so here are the fruits for dipping we suggest:
- Strawberries
- Blueberries
- Raspberries
- Banana slices
Crackers + Cookies
Graham crackers, crunchy cookies and pretzels (salty + sweet!) work well here too.
Making Fruit Dip for a Party?
If serving to guests, you can prep the avocado chocolate dip the morning of, wash and dry berries, slice any fruit and build a board with cookies, graham crackers and pretzels, then tightly wrap and chill until ready to serve.
Healthy Chocolate Dip Ingredients
- avocados – if you want to enjoy this fruit dip recipe sooner rather than later, make sure to grab ripe ones if you can. Or allow the avocados to ripen at room temperature.
- maple syrup – the liquid sweetener here keeps this recipe vegan friendly.
- cocoa powder – make sure to use unsweetened cocoa powder, or sub cacao powder.
- vanilla extract – helps add a little flavor.
- pinch of salt – balances the sweetness.
- non-dairy milk – if your dip is a little thick, you can add some non dairy milk to help achieve your desired consistency.
How to Make Chocolate Fruit Dip
It takes less than five minutes to throw together, which means it is the perfect healthy dessert to serve this summer with all of the fresh fruit!
So here’s the thing… literally ANYONE can make this recipe. It is so easy.
Everything gets put in the food processor – ripe avocados, cocoa powder, maple syrup, vanilla and sea salt – and then the ingredients get processed until smooth.
If your dip looks a little thick, add some plant milk to the bowl and process again until smooth and creamy.
TIP: You may have to scrape down the sides of the bowl of the food processor a couple of times to make sure everything gets evenly combined.
Storing Fruit Dip
Because we’re using avocados in this recipe, you want to make sure you store any leftover fruit dip in an airtight container.
Be sure to enjoy leftover chocolate dip within 2-3 days.
If you make this recipe, be sure to leave a comment and review letting us know! We love hearing from you and it helps others learn more about the recipe too.
PrintAvocado Chocolate Fruit Dip
This healthy Avocado Chocolate Fruit Dip is OUT OF THIS WORLD. Made with just five main ingredients: avocados, cocoa powder, maple syrup, vanilla plus a little sea salt. Vegan, gluten free and paleo. So much better and healthier than store bought chocolate fruit dip. This is a great one for kids, too!
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Total Time: 10 minutes
- Yield: 8 1x
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Food Processor
- Cuisine: American
- Diet: Vegan
Ingredients
Chocolate Dip
- 2 large ripe avocados, pitted and peeled
- 1/3 cup to 1/2 cup pure maple syrup*
- 2/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder (cacao may be subbed)
- 1/2 tablespoon vanilla extract
- pinch of salt
- 2 tablespoons plant milk, to thin as needed
Assorted Fruit
- strawberries
- blueberries
- raspberries
- sliced bananas
Crackers + Cookies
- pretzels
- graham crackers
- crunchy cookies
Instructions
- In a small food processor bowl or blender cup add avocado, maple syrup, cocoa powder, vanilla extract and salt.
- Blend ingredients until smooth – you may need to scrape down the sides of the bowl or cup a couple of times with a spatula.
- If you’d like to thin out the fruit dip, add milk 1 tablespoon at a time, to thin to desired consistency. I used 2 tablespoons.
- Transfer Avocado Chocolate Dip to small serving bowl. Serve with assorted fruit plate, graham crackers, pretzels, crunchy cookies… Enjoy!
Notes
May need to adjust sweetness to liking. Feel free to add another tablespoon or so of maple syrup for your desired sweetness.
Servings based on about 1/4 cup of dip per serving.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1/8th
- Calories: 131
- Sugar: 13g
- Sodium: 26mg
- Fat: 6g
- Saturated Fat: 1g
- Unsaturated Fat: 5g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 21g
- Fiber: 5g
- Protein: 2g
- Cholesterol: 0mg
Keywords: healthy fruit dip, fruit dip recipe, chocolate fruit dip
Erin @ The Almond Eater says
THAT GIF!! I love it. I also know for a fact that I’d love this dip! I mean, how can you not?
Ashley says
Haha thanks! Gifs are always fun… especially when one doesn’t have videos yet 😉 But yes, you would LOVE this dip. So simple, so amazing.
Emily says
Strawberries have been amazing lately. I bet they taste delicious dipped into this. And thank you for the reminder to appreciate and drink in the beauty of summer. I’m too guilty of complaining about heat instead of thanking God for the warm summer sun and heat. Your reminder was good for me this morning.
Ashley says
Glad you enjoyed the post Emily! Your comments are always the sweetest <3 It is nice to change your perspective on the weather because you can't do anything about it! Just have to appreciate it for what it is 🙂
Emily says
Yum!! Too bad I can’t take a bath in this stuff… or can I?!?! KIDDING lol
Ashley says
😀 A chocolate avocado bath sounds mighty fun!
Tiffany says
I’ve made this before, with less maple syrup (even agave), but always ate it alone as a chocolate mousse :). It’s super delicious!
Ashley says
Yes it really is great as a mousse/pudding as well!
Tash says
I ended up adding a banana and heaps more and sugar to get rid of the maple syrup taste!
I would say use half, if not less.
Way too sweet and maple syrupy.
Ashley says
Hi Tash – thanks so much for your comment and feedback on the recipe 🙂 Maple syrup can definitely have a strong taste if you’re not a fan of it, so thank you for sharing your subs!
Asha says
Have you ever made this with honey or agave instead of maple syrup? Obviously it’s not vegan, but just curious 🙂
Ashley says
Hi Asha, I have not made it that way myself but I am sure it would turn out just fine! The only thing about honey is that is is not quite as sweet as the maple syrup. Agave is a little more similar to maple syrup. But you can adjust the amount of honey for more or less sweet to your liking. Hope that helps!
Tina says
This was so so good! We actually used it as an icing for some paleo brownies and it was the bomb diggity!
Ashley says
Oh amazing idea!! So glad you liked it 🙂
Kim says
How long will this keep?
Ashley says
I believe mine stayed fairly fresh for about 3-4 days – tightly covered. I would put plastic wrap down or something similar and then cover with lid.
Marci says
This looks really good! How long does it keep? I want to make it a day ahead, do you think that would be alright? Thanks!
Ashley says
You should be OK to make it a day in advance, I know I’ve kept it in the fridge for at least 3 to 4 days. Hope you enjoy!
Sarah says
Trying to avoid all sugar. Including honey, agave, and maple syrup. Do you think you could use stevia for sweetness and adjust the liquid? Looks like a great recipe to get my two year old to eat avacado and more fruit.
Ashley says
You probably could, just make sure you taste test as you go – stevia can be a little strong and I am not sure it would taste as good if you subbed completely for maple syrup.