Fancy Fresh Fruit Dessert

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Dessert. It is what dreams are made of. Both the sweet ones and the sweat-inducing ones. You know the dream that you eat dessert until you turn into a giant eclair? Well, maybe I am the only one that has that dream {proof of my foodie status, and testament to my love of dessert.}

I decided to whip up something awesome, sweet and a nearly perfect treat using fresh fruit as my main ingredient. I had purchased a 10-pound box of beautiful Dole bananas for a steal at $2.45. I couldn't stand to see them go to waste!

This is the Ultimate Healthy Dessert. It offers just a touch of cream and a drizzle of chocolate, but not enough to blow a diet or induce guilt in your heart after noshing on something so fantastic.

Time: 5 minutes

Serves 2 to 4 depending.

Ingredients needed: 

1 navel orange

1 kiwi

1-2 Strawberries

2 -4 maraschino cherries

2- 4 banana

Chocolate that has been melted to drizzle {or cheat like I did and use Hersheys Syrup!}

cocoa powder or cinnamon

whipped cream (2- 4 dollops)

First step:

Decide how hungry you are! Are you going to eat 2 bananas?

Next, slice your oranges into 1-1/2 inch thick slices, leaving the peel on.

Slice your kiwi into one inch thick slices then gently cut the peel off.

Slice strawberries in half.

Peel bananas; you can slice in half if you wish

Place the bananas on the plates. Arrange your oranges and kiwi on the back side of the bananas.

Ghirardelli Chocolate over the fruit in a pleasing design.

 Add a dollop of whipped cream to each banana. 

Top with a cherry on the whipped cream, add a strawberry slice into the mix too!

The final step depends on your preferences. You can lightly sprinkle cocoa powder around the plate of the dessert or you can use cinnamon!

This really is the ultimate desert. It is based on fresh fruit, it offers just enough chocolate and cream to sweeten the deal, and as you can see it is gorgeous when completed.