Hey girl. Treat Yo Self is a series (inspired by my beloved Parks and Rec) that focuses on inexpensive indulgences that make you feel good without feeling guilty. Because when momma’s not happy, nobody is happy.

Most of the day I try really hard to fuel myself with healthy, clean foods. Yes, there are the occasional stress-induced dives into a bag of chocolate chips. Yes there is fro yo. A lot of fro yo. Still, most of the time I make good choices.

That said, when the sun sets, the girls are in bed and my husband and I are collapsed on the couch binge-watching TV shows, Momma wants some chocolate. Momma needs some chocolate.

Dark chocolate squares carried me through the winter but the other day I tried something new that has totally captured my heart. Even more impressive, it captured my husband’s heart too.

My husband turns up his nose, but bear with me here.

It’s sweet. It’s salty. It’s creamy and crunchy. How can you really go wrong?

Better yet, a serving of the ice cream is only 3.5 grams of fat so as long as you are well behaved in the portion control part of your little dessert, it’s a guiltless indulgence.

I use sugar free syrup because I’m hypoglycemic and syrup makes me have a major sugar crash later on. But there’s no reason why you can’t use the infinitely more delicious pure maple syrup if you don’t have any sugar issues (again though, portion control!)

As a chocolate lover I didn’t think I’d love this concoction as much as I do. It totally hit the spot on this steamy evening!

Yum.