Valentine Grazing Board with Adaptogen Chocolate Dips

It’s that time of year, when windows and aisles everywhere burst forth with dazzling displays of heart-shaped chocolate boxes and other sweet treats. Whether you’re all in for Valentine’s Day, love getting together with your Galentines, or can’t help but roll your eyes at the overt commercialism of it all, February is a great time to give gray days a cheerful lift. What better way to do so than sharing some love?

Of course, sweet gestures don’t have to be edible, but when they are there’s no need for artificial colors or heavy sugar loads. Creating a visually stunning Valentine grazing board is a beautiful way to express loving sentiments–even the preparation itself brings joy. A free-form design sparks creativity, comes together quickly, and accommodates all tastes and preferences. Include rich, delectable dips infused with our ORGANIC INDIA Ashwagandha and Shatavari, and you’ll surely gratify a chocolate fix, too.

Designing a Valentine Grazing Board

When designing a heartfelt, delectable grazing board, here are some points to consider: 

1. Texture. Aim to incorporate a variety of textures and flavors, even when generally the overall theme is sweet. 
2. Placement. Start by placing key or larger items, such as dipping sauces, at various points; then, arrange compatible pairings nearby and throughout the board. 
3. Filling Space. Use smaller or more flexibly maneuverable items, such as bunches of grapes, to fill in gaps. 
4. Vertical Space. Build in different heights and colors to create the most vibrant visual appeal.

Here, we’ve mixed our ORGANIC INDIA Ashwagandha into a simple, heavenly dark chocolate sauce and our ORGANIC INDIA Shatavari into a complementary white chocolate spread, naturally tinted pretty pink with a pinch of beetroot powder. Also known as Indian Ginseng, Ashwagandha is a remarkable, increasingly renowned adaptogenic herb that has been used for centuries for its powerful stress-relieving properties and as a source of vitality*; nourishing, gentle Shatavari is best known for its strength supporting healthy hormonal balance.*

There are truly no limits when it comes to playfully incorporating herbal wellness into a wholesomely indulgent dessert board like this one. In addition to dark and pink chocolate sauces, here we’ve added a delectable date caramel sauce, a berry chia jam, heart-shaped turmeric cutout cookies, and chocolate dipped date truffles/cake pop tops, all infused with our ORGANIC INDIA supplements. See below for dip recipes as well as links to other suggestions and create to your heart’s content!

Adaptogen-Infused Pink and Dark Chocolate Dips

Dark Chocolate Sauce with Ashwagandha

Yield: Slightly more than ½ Cup

Ingredients:

• ½ cup vegan dark chocolate chips
• ⅓ cup cacao powder
• ½ cup unsweetened plant milk of choice
• 1 teaspoon ORGANIC INDIA Ashwagandha
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Method:

1. Place chocolate, cacao powder, and milk in a small saucepan and gently melt on low, stirring often until smooth. 
2. Add additional plant milk as needed to reach your desired consistency, then remove from heat and whisk or stir in the Ashwagandha and vanilla.

Pink Chocolate Sauce with Shatavari

Yield: Approximately ⅔ Cup

Ingredients:

• ¾ cup vegan white chocolate chips
• ⅓ cup coconut milk (or rich plant milk of choice)
• 1-2 teaspoons beetroot powder, according to color preference
• 1 teaspoon ORGANIC INDIA Shatavari
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Method:

1. Place white chocolate chips and milk in a small saucepan and gently melt on low, stirring often until smooth. Add additional plant milk as needed to reach your desired consistency.
2. Whisk in beetroot powder, adding more as needed to reach your desired color. 
3. Remove from heat and whisk or stir in the Shatavari and vanilla.

Other Dessert Delights to Complete your Valentine Grazing Board

• Scrumptious Golden Milk Cookies cut into heart shapes bring more than just golden glow baked with our Turmeric Formula.
• Chyawanprash-Inspired Amla Jam offers a bright boost of antioxidant, sweetness, and warm, spicy notes with nutrient-rich Amla.
• Silky smooth Adaptogen Truffles feel extra luxurious with our Ashwagandha and Shatavari.
• Add a Valentine’s spin to deceptively decadent dark chocolate bark incorporating ORGANIC INDIA supplements by sprinkling with crushed freeze-dried strawberries or raspberries.
• The name says it all: Chia Berry Joy Jam adds berryliscious joy to any spread.
• Date Caramel infused with any of our Tulsi Chai teas and Ceylon Cinnamon are pure refined-sugar free delight.
• With or without the sticks, wholesome Herb-Infused Cake Pops are irresistible sweets for your sweet, without the sugar crash.
• Chocolate-dipped Moringa Pistachio Cookies bring scrumptious elegance with delicately sweet and nutty flavor.
• Assorted Energy Bites can be served as is or dipped in chocolate to transform into chocolatey mouthwatering truffles incorporating superfood supplements.