Happy Valentine’s Day friends 🙂
I hope you get to enjoy some time with your loved ones tonight!
I made you a little dessert. A fun spin on the traditional calorie-laden caramel apple. You know, like the ones from Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory?
Last week, my friends at Stonyfield sent me a fun little valentine’s day package! *Free sample. All opinions are my own.
That’s right…caramel and chocolate flavored Greek Yogurt!
Whenever I think of caramel, I think of caramel apples, even though I don’t really ever eat them. To be honest, I’m not the biggest caramel fan….so I wasn’t actually sure that I was going to like this little dessert I whipped up for myself! But I kept an open mind, and it turns out I loved it!
Here’s how it went down:
One of my favorite go-to “desserts”, (especially right after I graduated from college-I made these all.the.time) is sauteed cinnamon apples. All I do is slice an apple up into really thin slices, put them in a saucepan with a little bit of water and some cinnamon and saute them until they’re nice and soft.
I usually top the slices with a little bit of vanilla ice cream or yogurt, but last night I got the brilliant idea to add the caramel yogurt!!
Let me just say….YUM! I liked this yogurt way better than I thought I would. The caramel flavor wasn’t too strong, but was still definitely present and it paired perfectly with the apples! Add a few chocolate chips and you’ve got yourself a pretty tasty little treat – that won’t undo all your hard work at the gym!
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Speaking of the gym, don’t forget to hop on over to Lindsay’s blog and check out today’s Tuesday Trainer! Today’s theme is partner moves!
Today’s workout: Put together a workout that involved a lot of burpees! A challenge for me because I hate burpees: 
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I was definitely ready to be done by the 4th round!
Enjoy!
–Lindsay–
This sounds so delicious! I”ve been having a similar dessert a lot recently and it really hits the spot: stewed apples with lots of cinnamon, topped with plain Greek yogurt, vanilla Sunwarrior and peanut butter! Call me crazy but it really tastes like cookie dough!
Those yogurts sound amazing! I love Oikos, but usually buy Chobani because it’s cheaper at my store. 🙂
i don’t usually buy oikos either but it was fun to try these dessert flavors!
I LOVE caramel – I used to buy those yogurts all the time for dessert – but they were a pricey dessert. Now just a once in a while treat!
I used to dip apples in the caramel one!
I LOVE caramel…I’m going to attempt to make a vegan version soon. [Just one more thing on the list, right? ;)]
Happy Valentine’s Day, love!
oooh can’t wait to see the vegan version!
sounds yummy! need to go get some yogurt!
What a great idea for Greek yogurt. I love being able to have a bit of a treat and have it be good for me too!
me too! isn’t that the best?!
i’ve never tried stoneyfield yogurt, but i do have a coupon for some that i’ve been saving! i will see if i can find that caramel flavor – your caramel apple combo sounds pretty tasty.
it was surprisingly good. next up is strawberries dipped in the chocolate kind!
Brilliance to combine that yogurt with the apples!
ah what a great idea for lightened up caramel apples! I am not really the biggest caramel fan either, but I would definitely eat these 😉
Adding caramel to yogourt is genius!!!! I’ve had Oikos before but I’ve never seen these flavours – fingers crossed that I can find them in Canada 🙂 We’re heading to Orlando in May and my list of groceries to get (stuff we can’t get at home) is sooo long already LOL!
haha you’re not going to have time to do anything but eat!
I have been eyeing that chocolate yogurt for soooo long. Really, what isn’t better with chocolate? 🙂
Happy Valentine’s Day!
i still need to try the chocolate. honestly? i’m saving it til i find some strawberries 🙂
Love it! Those new flavors of yogurt sound AMAZING!
it was fun to try dessert yogurt!
This looks great! I would love it if you linked up this recipe to my blog hop for a chance to win a cookbook prize package: http://bit.ly/wJSl1h
Um yum! I love caramel so I am drooling over this light twist. Thanks for sharing. I pinned it!
awww yay!!! thanks girl!
I actually didn’t care for those yogurts! The container was like one bite!
i agree…very small containers. i wouldn’t choose these flavors as a snack…but they were perfect for this dessert!
This sounds so tasty! I’m not a big caramel fan either but I could definitely get down with that.
just a hint of caramel goes great with the apples!
I need to try the caramel, I have only tried the blueberry flavor! I voted for your card, it is very creative!
thank you so much!
Oh my goodness 😀 My Mommy would love this
yay!!! share with her 🙂
YUMMMMM. Im trying that ASAP!
let me know what you think!
Those caramel apples bring back the happiest childhood memories. My grandparents used to take me to Estes Park every summer. I would always get the caramel apple covered in M&M’s. We always had to cut it off the stick though because it hurt my teeth too much to eat. lol. Sounds like a great, healthier alternative! Hope you had a happy valentine’s day! 🙂
so fun!!! i love estes park 🙂
Why do you always make me DROOL? Those apples look insanely delicious. 🙂
YUM!! I love caramel apples … I am going to have to be on the lookout for both the caramel and chocolate flavors!! Can’t wait to try them 🙂
Hi Lindsay! I was wanting to do this workout but cannot find what negative jumps are, can you help me? Thanks doll:)
that’s where you start on one box, jump down to the ground and then immediately jump up onto a higher box!
I don’t really like caramel, but I think I could use the same recipe and substitute the caramel yogurt with vanilla or apple pie flavor…yum.
absolutely! enjoy!