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Jump to Recipe These Chocolate Covered Strawberries look fancy and elegant, but are actually quick and easy to make, with just 3 ingredients! Perfect for gift-giving or any time you want a special, easy treat. Easy Chocolate Dipped StrawberriesI just love it when restaurants give you a chocolate covered strawberry at the end of your meal. Our local Lake Elmo Inn is famous for this, and even the very casual chain Cafe Zupas does this. It always feels like such a treat! Well who knew those fancy looking Chocolate Covered Strawberries were so easy to make at home? With this quick & easy recipe, you can have fancy, delicious chocolate dipped strawberries any time you want! Make them for Valentine’s Day, Easter, or Mother’s Day – or for graduation and anniversary parties – or baby and bridal showers. This is one of our daughter Hatti’s favorite desserts – I’m sure she’d even welcome a platter of chocolate dipped strawberries as her “birthday cake”! Now that I know just how easy these chocolate strawberries are, you can bet we’ll be making some come summer. Each June, when the local u-pick strawberries are plentiful, this is gonna be one epic treat!! What You’ll NeedYou only need 3 ingredients to make really great chocolate dipped strawberries!
What’s The Best Chocolate to Use?For the best chocolate covered strawberries, I like to use a combination of chocolate bark and chocolate chips. The chocolate bark gives stability to the chocolate coating, so it hardens well and doesn’t melt easily. It’s also an easy trick that helps keep chocolate bloom (those little white spots that appear on melted chocolate) away. Note that chocolate bark is also called almond bark or chocolate candy coating. You can usually find it in the baking aisle near the chocolate chips. For the chocolate chips, be sure to use a quality brand, as this will give the best texture and flavor. My favorite chocolate chips are Guittard semisweet chocolate chips. We have them in our pantry at all times! As far as flavor, you can use this recipe to make any kind of chocolate-covered strawberries you desire, whether you prefer dark, milk, or white chocolate. Just note that if you use white chocolate chips, you’ll want to use white almond bark as well. How to Make Chocolate Covered StrawberriesThere are just 3 simple steps to making these homemade chocolate strawberries.
Chocolate Dipped Strawberry ToppingsIf you want to get creative and add some toppings to your strawberries, be sure to add them before the chocolate sets. Here are a few fun ideas of things to add:
You can also decorate the strawberries with a chocolate drizzle, like you see in these photos. Just be sure to add that after the base layer of chocolate has set. For these strawberries, I added some of the melted chocolate mixture to a small ziplock baggie and then snipped off a very small piece from the corner of the bag. Then I drizzled chocolate over the chocolate base coat on the strawberries. You can also change up the chocolate drizzle, using melted dark, milk, or white chocolate! Tips for SuccessIf this is your first time making chocolate dipped strawberries, here are a few helpful tips.
How Long Do Homemade Chocolate Strawberries Last?For the absolute best chocolate dipped strawberries experience, enjoy them on the same day you make them – or at the very least, within 24 hours. For short-term storage: If you’re planning to eat the chocolate strawberries within a few hours of dipping them, just place them in a cool location out of direct sunlight. (If your house is warm/hot/humid, just set them in the fridge!) For longer storage: Once they set on the parchment paper, you can transfer them to the fridge, uncovered, for up to 24 hours. If the strawberries are ripe and there’s not a lot of condensation, they can sometimes keep well for up to 48 hours. But they’ll certainly be at their best during that first day! Got condensation? If you store the dipped berries in the fridge, you might see small drops of water form on the chocolate shell. Just grab a paper towel and lightly dab the chocolate to absorb the condensation. Can I Freeze These?Unfortunately, freezing chocolate strawberries doesn’t work very well. As the berries thaw, they release moisture and ruin the chocolate coating. They are MUCH better enjoyed fresh! More Strawberry Recipes:
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NotesChocolate covered strawberries are best eaten on the day they are made. Nutrition Information: Yield: 12 Serving Size: 1 Nutrition information is automatically calculated by Nutritionix. I am not a nutritionist and cannot guarantee accuracy. If your health depends on nutrition information, please calculate again with your own favorite calculator. We participate in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites. See our disclosure policy for more info. What kind of chocolate do you use for dipping?The ideal chocolate for melting and dipping is called "couverture" chocolate. (Find it here and here.) Couverture chocolate has a higher ratio of cocoa butter to cocoa, which helps it melt more smoothly. If you can't find couverture, use the best quality chocolate that you can find.
What brand of chocolate is best for strawberries?What's the Best Chocolate for Dipping Strawberries?. Lindt Candy Bars (white, milk chocolate, or dark, just chop it up finely before melting). Callebaut dark (no. ... . Callebaut white (no. ... . Guittard Semi-Sweet wafers (my favorite because it tastes great and isn't very expensive). Is dark chocolate or milk chocolate better for chocolate covered strawberries?Chocolate Covered Strawberry Ingredients
Make sure the color is a vibrant deep red with less whites on top. These are signs they'll be more sweet and flavorful. Chocolate: Semi-sweet to dark chocolate pairs well with the sweetness from the strawberry. But milk chocolate and white chocolate also works too.
Can I make chocolate covered strawberries with Hershey bars?You can use your favorite candy bar.
Hershey's Special Dark worked just as well as the Lindt dark chocolate bar. Baker's White Chocolate Baking bar worked just as well as Ghirardelli and Hershey's milk chocolate bar worked just as well as Green & Black's organic milk chocolate.
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