To infuse nutritional value into your chocolate bars, adding dried fruit will bring a delightful variance to both their taste ...

Freeze-dried fruit snacks can be such a great buy. They tend to be easy to store, discreet, healthy, and oh-so-delicious. What's more is that freeze-dried fruits are usually very nutrient-dense ...

Both are delicious and should be treated like a slightly more acidic dried vine fruit. Use both sweet and sour dried cherries in home-made muesli mixes, muffins and rolled oat ‘energy’ bars.

If making bread or sweet buns, soak your chosen dried fruit in water, tea, fruit juice or alcohol for an hour or two before baking to prevent it from absorbing the moisture from the dough.