{"id":24794,"date":"2014-02-13T08:56:23","date_gmt":"2014-02-13T13:56:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/asweetlife.org\/?p=24794"},"modified":"2016-06-05T04:37:52","modified_gmt":"2016-06-05T08:37:52","slug":"dark-chocolate-dipped-strawberries-for-valentines-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/?p=24794","title":{"rendered":"Dark Chocolate Dipped Strawberries For Valentine&#8217;s Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"LTR\">You&#8217;ve probably heard that <a href=\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/a-sweet-life-staff\/featured\/the-health-benefits-of-dark-chocolate\/14405\/\" target=\"_blank\">dark chocolate has health benefits<\/a>.\u00a0 We think Valentine&#8217;s Day is a perfect time to take advantage of that fact.\u00a0 Almost everyone loves chocolate covered strawberries, and they&#8217;re so easy to prepare.\u00a0 They&#8217;re also low carb and gluten free.\u00a0 Does it get any better than that?\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"LTR\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div id=\"zlrecipe-container-256\" class=\"zlrecipe-container-border\" >\n<div id=\"zlrecipe-container\" class=\"serif zlrecipe\">\n  <div class=\"recipeRating\"><div id=\"post-ratings-24794\" class=\"post-ratings\" data-nonce=\"49b5932418\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"rating_24794_1\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-src=\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-postratings\/images\/asweetlife_stars\/rating_on.gif\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" onmouseover=\"current_rating(24794, 1, '');\" onmouseout=\"ratings_off(4.4, 5, 0);\" onclick=\"rate_post();\" onkeypress=\"rate_post();\" style=\"cursor: pointer; 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