Driscoll's Berry Giveaway - TODAY ONLY!!! - CLOSED

In Honor of National Berry Month, our friends at Driscoll's Berries have not only kindly provided this wonderful recipe, but they also have some coupons for free berries for two readers each Tuesday during the month of July (scroll down for giveaway info).

Driscoll’s Berries, the nation’s leading provider of fresh and organic berries, would like to help your family celebrate National Berry Month and National Ice Cream Month this July with a healthy helping of Blackberry Chocolate Frozen Yogurt. This easy to prepare, refreshing summer treat offers a healthy, low fat alternative to ice cream with the same great taste. Help your family beat the heat sans the calories – we promise your kids will be begging for more!

Blackberry - Chocolate Frozen Yogurt

Makes 1 Quart


2 (16-ounce) cartons vanilla low fat yogurt
2 ½ cups Driscoll’s Blackberries

½ cup light-colored corn syrup
¼ cup sugar
½ cup coarsely chopped semisweet chocolate (3 ounces)


In a blender container or food processor bowl, combine half of the yogurt, _ cup of the berries, half of the corn syrup and half of the sugar. Cover and blend or process until almost smooth. Pour mixture into ice cream freezer container. Repeat. Freeze mixture in an electric ice cream freezer according to manufacturer’s directions. Remove dasher from freezer. Add remaining 1_ cups berries and the chopped chocolate; stir to distribute. Ripen*.

*Note: To ripen frozen yogurt or ice cream, after stirring in berries and chocolate, cover top of freezer can with waxed paper or foil. Plug hole in lid and replace lid. Pack outer freezer bucket with enough ice and rock salt to cover top of freezer can, using about 4 cups ice and 1 cup salt. Ripen about 4 hours.


Nutritional Information Per _ Cup Serving: 175 calories, 3g total fat (2g saturated fat), 5mg cholesterol, 70mg sodium, 32g carbohydrate, 3g dietary fiber, 4g protein.

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- Liz

Posted by Liz of Pink Lemonade