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Chocolate Covered Strawberries
"Great when it's strawberry season!!"
photo by Ashley Cuoco
- Ready In:
- 30mins
- Ingredients:
- 3
- Yields:
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24 strawberries
ingredients
- 16 ounces milk chocolate chips
- 2 tablespoons shortening
- 1 lb fresh strawberry, with leaves
directions
- Insert toothpicks into the tops of the strawberries.
- In a double boiler, melt the chocolate and shortening, stirring occasionally until smooth.
- Holding them by the toothpicks, dip the strawberries into the chocolate mixture.
- Turn the strawberries upside down and insert the toothpick into styrofoam for the chocolate to cool.
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Reviews
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I had leftover chocolate chips from another Strawberry recipe listed here. They were more adult friendly with coffee liqueur in them. I decided to try this recipe so they had some strawberries to try. Instead of the adding the fat, I added 2 Tablespoon of strong brewed coffee like the other recipe I tried called for plus my children love the flavor of coffee. I liked the idea of using toothpicks to help hold the strawberries while you dipped them in the chocolate. I used a double boiler to melt the chocolate and then added the brewed coffee. I couldnit put the chocolate covered strawberries into the styrofoam without touching the tips. Instead, I placed them on wax paper to dry. -
I found this exact recipe in the current Readers Digest, and it's delicious. The only thing I did differently, was to melt the chocolate in the microwave ( I think it's easier ) You start out at about a min.- 1 1/2 min.(on high), stir, then continue to heat at 10 second intervals, stirring each time, until the chocolate is melted. Watch closely, because timing depends on the power of your microwave. Hope this helps. -
Excellant! It also worked well with bananas. I cut the bananas into 1 inch pieces and froze them for 1/2 hour before dipping. Proceed as above. Yummy! -
These are yummy! I used butter in place of the shortening. Too easy to eat too many! -
good, i tried the way audrey suggested with the coffee instead of using the shortening to reduce the calories. The mixture kinda was a funny pasty texture but it tasted good and was quick and easy.
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These were delicious! I did sub in butter instead of the shortening. They were also so easy. I will say, that I didn't realize that they couldn't be dipped the night before, so by the time it was time to eat them, the chocolate had gotten grainy (I think the strawberries were letting out juice). However, as easy as they are to make, the next time I serve these (and there will be a next time) I'll just make them right before serving. Thanks, BrendaM!
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So, I think I ate about 12 of these just now- need I say more? Perfectly smooth chocolate made it easy to cover the strawberries and after cooling, the chocolate had the perfect *snap* we were looking for upon biting into them. They took a little over an hour in the fridge to set and it was well worth the wait. Oh, and instead of using a double boiler, I just microwaved the chocolate and shortening together for a few minutes on 50% power, checking and stirring every 20 seconds. VERY easy and delicious! Thank you so much! -
These are yummy! I used butter in place of the shortening. Too easy to eat too many!
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
BrendaM
Canada
