Chocolate Frozen Yogurt Bites

Looking for a cool and creamy healthy snack? Try our original 2013 Chocolate Frozen Yogurt Bites recipe! This easy, five-ingredient dessert is guilt-free and fun to make. Simply chop strawberries or fruit of your choice, mix with yogurt, freeze, dip in a homemade dark chocolate magic shell, and enjoy.

The first bite of the crispy chocolate shell and creamy strawberry swirled Greek yogurt will have you swooning for seconds. These melt-in-your-mouth treats are now a viral TikTok sensation, but they began right here at Healthy World Cuisine. After extensive recipe testing in Hong Kong and 12 years of family enjoyment, we’re excited to share our best tips, tricks, and substitutions.

We have updated this recipe in March 2025 to include a video, step by step photos and more recipe helpful hints. Ready to make these delightful bites? Let’s get started!

Ingredients and Substitutions

Yogurt – Greek yogurt by far has the best creamy texture. However, we have also had good success with lactose free Greek yogurt and plant-based or dairy free yogurts. If you use plain yogurt, you may want to naturally sweeten it. More on that later.

Fruit – We used strawberries because we had a few leftover from our strawberry banana pancake breakfast. However, you can really use any fruit your little heart desires. We have made chocolate frozen yogurt bites with peeled and finely chopped pineapple, kiwi, oranges, cherries, banana, blueberries, frozen berries and many more.

Unsweetened Cocoa Powder – Gives the frozen yogurt bites that deep rich chocolate flavor. We have also used Earth Echo’s Cacao Bliss with successful results and it’s delicious on chocolate covered frozen fruit.

Melted Coconut Oil – This ingredient has 2 very important roles. First, it gives the chocolate shell that silky luxurious texture that we all crave.  Secondly and most importantly it makes the chocolate sauce harden on contact with the frozen yogurt. We used a virgin coconut oil for this batch. If you dislike the flavor or coconut oil, try a refined coconut oil.

Honey or Maple Syrup – Not only do they sweeten the magic shell, but they act as emulsifiers by blending the fat (coconut oil) and chocolate together smoothly. Use Maple syrup, if you want to keep this recipe vegan. As a bonus, these options are not refined sugar.

How to Make Yogurt Melts

Yogurt Clusters

• Mix yogurt and chopped strawberries (or fruit or choice) together.
• Spoon onto a parchment lined baking sheet and freeze.

Magic Chocolate Shell

• Add melted coconut oil, honey or maple syrup and unsweetened cocoa powder to a medium bowl.
• Stir well to mix.

Dipping Yogurt Clusters in Chocolate

• Remove frozen strawberry yogurt clusters from the freezer.
• Carefully, dip the yogurt disks into the magic chocolate shell and turn over to coat both side.
• Place back on the parchment lined baking tray. Refreeze for 5 to 10 minutes to enjoy or to store for later.  

How to Naturally Sweeten Plain Greek Yogurt?

If you want to sweeten plain Greek yogurt naturally, consider adding one or two of these items to ½ cup of yogurt.

• ¼ mashed ripe banana.
•  2 tablespoons unsweetened applesauce
• ¼ tablespoon date paste
• ¼ teaspoon of cinnamon
• ¼ teaspoon of vanilla, almond, lemon, orange, pandan or other extracts
• ½ tablespoon of coffee sauce
• Peanut butter or pumpkin seed butter
• 1 teaspoons of maple syrup or honey with ½ teaspoon of vanilla extract

Additions

We kept our cool treats very simple. However, you can have a little fun by adding some of these additions along with the yogurt and fruit mixture.

• toasted nuts or seeds
• shredded coconut
• chopped almond and date bars
• granola
• chopped candied honeyed lemons

Toppings

The homemade chocolate magic shell dries super-fast.  You will need to be speedy with adding these toppings as soon as you finish dipping them.

Try topping these easy yogurt treats with some of our favorites.

• toasted chopped nuts or seeds.
• dried rose tea petals
• desiccated coconut
• dehydrated fruit powder or freeze-dried strawberries.
• Rosmarinkrokant (German Rosemary Brittle) - it's so unique.
• flaky sea salt if you like that whole sweet and salty thing.
• or keep them plain like we did.

Veganize the Dessert

To keep these chocolate covered frozen yogurt bites vegan, use maple syrup or one of the natural sweeteners listed above and a plant-based yogurt.

Recipe Tips

• Assess the size of your freezer to determine the size of plate, baking tray or platter that can fit inside your freezer before you start the recipe.
• Line your plate, baking tray or platter (that can fit inside your freezer) with parchment paper so that the frozen yogurt bites don’t stick.
• Use an ice cream scooper or large spoon to make equal sized yogurt treats.
• Make sure the yogurt clusters are not touching each other to allow for even freezing.
• Yogurt bites generally take 2 to 4 hours to freeze solid. If they are still soft to the touch, keep them in the freezer for an hour more or until frozen solid. We freeze ours overnight.
• The frozen yogurt bites will stick to the plate when you first take them out of the freezer. Allow them to sit at room temperature for 5 minutes while you mix the chocolate magic shell. Then, they will lift easily.
• The chocolate magic shell may start to get grainy if the coconut oil starts to harden. Microwave the sauce for 5 to 10 seconds to get it back to a liquid state.  
• Add any toppings quickly after you dip the yogurt bites. The magic shell dries fast!
• Directly out of the freezer these little treats are a little too hard to bite into. However, after about 10 minutes at room temperature they were perfect with a nice crisp chocolate shell and a smooth creamy frozen center.

Sweet Cold Treat Recipe Evolution

Recipe testing began in April 2013, aimed at creating a quick and easy sweet treat for students in Hong Kong during exam season. They craved ice cream, but it had to be portable and convenient.

Recipe Test 1:

We tried freezing individual scoops of Nestle ice cream. Epic failure! The ingredients lacked milk, and the scoops never froze solid.

Recipe Test 2:

We froze Go-GURT (sugar-laden kid’s yogurt tubes), cut them into 1.5-inch (3.8 cm) segments, removed the plastic wrapper and dipped them in 70% dark chocolate. While closer, they still weren't healthy enough.

Recipe Test 3:

We froze vanilla Greek yogurt and covered it with semi-sweet chocolate chips. However, the chocolate layer was too thick and contained refined sugar.

Final Success:

We perfected the recipe with naturally sweetened strawberry frozen yogurt bites and dipped them in a refined sugar-free crispy magic chocolate shell. Enjoy the decadence of dessert without the refined sugar!

Lessons Learned

Creating a thin, crispy chocolate shell with unsweetened cocoa powder is much easier than using melted chocolate chips or candy melts. Melted chocolate often results in a thick coating or it can seize up – making it unusable.

• Coconut Oil vs. Others: While we tested olive oil and butter, coconut oil hardens better, providing the ideal texture.
• Cocoa Powder vs. Chocolate Chips: Using 4 tablespoons of cocoa powder is a budget-friendly alternative to melting about 1 cup of chocolate chips. Melted chocolate tends to be too thick, wasting precious product. In contrast, a thin magic shell allows for easier coating of yogurt clusters and ensures no sauce goes to waste!
• Keep the House Cool! If you live in a warm and humid environment, like Hong Kong, it is best to keep the air conditioner on or work fast so that the yogurt clusters do not melt.