Chocolate-Dipped Strawberries

These beautiful chocolate-covered strawberries are perfect for occasions ranging from Christmas parties to romantic Valentines, and are surprisingly easy. In fact, my 6-year-old was responsible for the chocolate drizzle on the strawberries pictured above and we didn’t even have to clean chocolate off the walls or floor as a result!

Ingredients

• 1 pint of fresh strawberries
• 1 ¼ cups of white chocolate melting wafers
• 1 ¼ cups of dark chocolate melting wafers

Directions

1. Lay parchment paper on a cookie sheet and spray lightly with cooking spray.
2. Wash strawberries and dry them thoroughly – if strawberries are damp, the chocolate won’t stick properly.
3. Pour all the dark chocolate wafers in one measuring cup or microwave-safe bowl, and all the white wafers in another. Melt them, one at a time, in the microwave using 60-second increments at 50% power. Be sure to stir well between each 60-second cycle.
4. Holding the strawberries by their leaves, dip one at a time in either the dark or the white chocolate, rolling to cover all sides. Let each drip above the chocolate bowl for a moment before placing them on the prepared cookie sheet. It looks especially nice if you do half your batch of strawberries in the dark chocolate and the other half in the white.
5. With a sweeping motion, swing or swirl the chocolate-dipped fork over strawberries that have been dipped in the alternate coloured chocolate. It’s a great way to use up your remaining chocolate, and makes the strawberries look especially beautiful.
6. Once you’re happy with your drizzled designs, place the cookie sheet somewhere cool for at least 20 minutes. Once the chocolate has set and the strawberries release easily from the parchment, you can plate and serve, or put in a container in the fridge for 2-3 days (if they last that long, which if you have a chocolate-loving family like mine, they most certainly will not!)