Quick & Easy Chocolate Covered Strawberries
Course: DessertCuisine: AmericanDifficulty: Easy
Servings
4
servingsPrep time
10
minutesCooking time
5
minutesPerfect dessert for a romantic evening at home or to take to any event. Depending on how they are decorated, they can even be served at a baby shower or Birthday party. This simple recipe takes 15-30 minutes from start to finish. I used the Wilton Candy Melt Heat & Dip container which can be found in the baking aisle but you can also just buy a bag of the candy melts (usually in the craft aisle at any store). The Candy Melts come in many colors, milk and dark chocolate. You can use any combination, I used the milk chocolate ones for this batch.
Ingredients
1 container of Wilton Candy Melt Heat & Dip or 1 Bag of Wilton Candy Melts in a microwave safe bowl
1 lb Fresh Strawberries with stems
Directions
- Clean and dry the strawberries, set aside.
- Place the candy melts in a microwave safe container. The one I purchased came in a microwave safe container. Microwave container at 50% power or defrost setting for one minute. Stir thoroughly in container. Return to microwave stirring at 30-second intervals until smooth and completely melted. Do not overheat and use caution when handing as the contents will be hot.
- You can either stick a toothpick in the top where the stem is and hold the stem back onto the toothpick or hold the strawberry by the stem and leaves. Place the strawberry in the melted chocolate, twirling it around to cover the entire strawberry. Pull it back out of the container and spin it to allow any extra chocolate to drip off back in the container.
- If you want to add sprinkles, hold the strawberry over a paper plate and spin the strawberry while evenly shaking the sprinkles onto the warm chocolate. Set strawberries on a silicone mat or parchment paper to cool. Once cooled you can drizzle another color of chocolate over the strawberries for extra decoration. Once cooled, can be stored in an air tight container in the refrigerator for a few days.
