Chocolate-Dipped Strawberries
This chocolate-shop treat is much easier to make than you'd think. Fresh strawberries and good chocolate are all you need.
Prep
15 mins
Total
15 mins
Instructions
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Make sure your strawberries are washed, dried, and at room temperature. Using berries with fresh green leaves (rather than bedraggled, brownish leaves) is a better choice.
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Ready a piece of parchment paper, foil, or waxed paper large enough to hold the berries in a single layer. Place the paper on a baking sheet.
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Put the chocolate in a microwave-safe bowl, and heat it for about 1 minute, just till it looks soft and shiny.
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Use a spoon to stir the chocolate till it's melted and smooth.
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Grasp a strawberry by its stem, and swirl it in the chocolate to coat all sides. Place on the paper or foil.
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Repeat with the remaining berries, spacing them so they don't touch.
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Refrigerate the berries for 20 minutes; this will set the chocolate. Remove them from the refrigerator, and let them harden completely at room temperature.
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Serve the same day, if possible.
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Yield: 1 quart chocolate-dipped strawberries.
Tips from our Bakers
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This amount of chocolate will cover about 18 fairly large berries. If your berries are very small, you might want to increase the amount of chocolate.
