Easy Chocolate Strawberry Shortcake Recipe

This easy strawberry shortcake recipe features a magic ingredient: chocolate! The chocolate shortcakes are lightly sweet and use Greek yogurt to stay moist.

This easy strawberry shortcake recipe is a new take on older recipe, one that reminds me of my mom. Growing up my mom used to make a chocolate shortcake that was dark chocolatey and lightly sweet. My sister and I called them “cowpies” because the dark, flattened mounds really did look a bit like manure (!). She’d serve cowpies with nectarines and this blended strawberry sauce that brought just enough sweetness into the dessert. Since the term cowpies is not so appetizing, Alex and I have created a new version in honor of Mother’s Day: this easy strawberry shortcake recipe with chocolate!

On being a mother

Speaking of moms and Mother’s Day, I suppose I should reflect on my second Mother’s Day as a mama. Becoming a mother, I had two main fears: one, that my kid would stress me out constantly, and that I’d use a lot of negative words to describe their parenting journey. And two, that I’d lose my sense of self. That I’d be that mom who becomes a totally different person, start wearing mom jeans and singing Barney songs.

The cool thing, which you probably already know, is that neither of these things have to happen when you have a kiddo. For one, mom jeans are now totally hot and Barney is pretty passé, right? But in all seriousness, I’ve been pleasantly surprised that I can be the kind of mom I want to be. And I want to be a mama who uses glowing adjectives to describe parenting. I can be, because I 1000% believe that parenting is the most fun and beautiful thing that I’ve ever done.

Maybe it’s because I am an older mama, or that I get to co-parent with an absolutely incredible dad, but hanging out with Larson is my greatest privilege. And he’s not always perfect, he can be whiny or get out of sorts, but I know that he’s just learning to be human. And I want to be the sort of mama who respects that–who encourages curiosity, and doesn’t expect a 1-year-old to have the entire world figured out. A mama who has the patience to let her baby grow and change and evolve and have good days and have bad days and discover what it means to be human. A mama who makes an easy strawberry shortcake recipe, once in a while.

Also, I want to be a mama who is strong in her sense of self. Yes, parenting changes you. But I know so many mamas who are rocking this incredible, amazing version of themselves, accomplishing their dreams, and guiding their littles at the same time. I want to be a mama who lives out her dreams and passions, has fulfilling relationships and embodies love in her community, so that my son can have a vision of what it means to be a healthy adult. I want to be able to share my passions with him, and for him to share his with me. So being a mom: it’s not what I expected. In all the very best ways.

Making this easy strawberry shortcake recipe

But really, you’re here for the recipe, right? This easy strawberry shortcake recipe is fantastic for Mother’s Day or any other summer day. It highlights the beauty of ripe strawberries. If you can find local strawberries, please seek them out. They are precisely 34986098% more delicious than strawberries in a plastic crate shipped across the country. These chocolate strawberry shortcakes are a riff on our favorite “vanilla” flavored shortcake, featuring turbinado sugar, which makes them sweet and crunchy, and Greek yogurt, which keeps them moist.

Just a note: this easy strawberry shortcake recipe is lightly sweet and not a sugar bomb! So don’t expect a rich chocolatey bite, but more of a tangy, chocolate scented one. If you’re a choco-holic, feel free to add a drizzle of chocolate syrup or some chocolate chips. We hope you enjoy these chocolate strawberry shortcakes–and Happy Mother’s Day.

Looking for more fruit desserts?

Outside of this easy strawberry shortcake recipe, here are our favorite fruit desserts on A Couple Cooks:

• Easy Bananas Foster Recipe
• Best Applesauce Cake
• Chocolate Banana Bread
• Granola Instant Pot Apple Crisp
• Orange & Fennel Upside Down Cornmeal Cake
• The Best Peach Pie
• Easy Poached Pears with Pecan Granola

Looking for strawberry recipes?

And, a few other favorite strawberry recipes:

• Strawberry Salad with Balsamic Vinaigrette
• Strawberry Muffins with Cream Cheese Swirl
• Classic Strawberry Shortcake
• Easy Blueberry Crisp
• All-Natural Strawberry Yogurt Pie
• Strawberry Crepe Recipe
• Strawberry Rhubarb Muffins
• Strawberry Cornbread Cake
• Creamy Strawberry Popsicles
• Strawberry Rhubarb Muffins
• Strawberry Margarita

This recipe is…

This easy strawberry shortcake recipe is vegetarian.

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