Learn how to make homemade Chocolate Covered Strawberries that are beautiful and easy to make. Play around with toppings and create designs to make the ultimate Chocolate Covered Strawberries for your loves. Come on in and I’ll show you how with several chocolate tips to make it even easier…
Homemade Chocolate Covered Strawberries –
Making Chocolate Covered Strawberries is actually very easy to do.
What Kind of Chocolate Do You Use for Making Chocolate Covered Strawberries?
You can use Chocolate Melts – chocolate that is meant for melting and is usually found in the cake-baking aisle, or you can use chocolate chips
Should you put Chocolate Covered Strawberries in the freezer?
No. The freezer will damage the strawberries’ firm texture.
How Do I store my Chocolate Covered Strawberries?
You can place them in an airtight container with a blanket of wax paper directly over them and store them in the refrigerator for up to 3 days. Ideally, they will be eaten within the first 2 days as chocolate in the refrigerator becomes chalky and the strawberries themselves will expire soon after.
Adding stripes to your strawberries makes them look elegant.
You don’t have to stop there.
You can also add mini chocolate chips, crushed walnuts, or even sprinkles to liven up your strawberries.
You can have even more fun by turning the chocolate strawberries into fun creations, like…
Chocolate Covered Strawberry Ladybugs
Or, make this Chocolate Covered Whipped Cream to go with your strawberries. That would be amazing!
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Here’s a quick video to show you how I made these Strawberries for Valentine’s Day…
Here’s the printable for Chocolate Covered Strawberries Recipe…
PrintHow to Make {Beautiful & Easy} Chocolate Covered Strawberries | Kid Friendly Things To Do
Make beautiful and easy Chocolate Covered Strawberries for your loves…
Ingredients
Chocolate Melts – specifically brown and white for this recipe, but you can also add other colors
*I used Wilton Melts, but you can use chocolate bark or even chocolate chips to melt – check packaging directions for melting instructions
Strawberries
Extra Equipment Needed…
Microwave proof glass bowls
Silicone mixing spatula
wax paper
Candy squeeze tubes – one per color for decorating
Pot of hot water for warming chocolate (not boiling, just very hot)
Paper towel
Instructions
Pour the white and brown chocolate into 2 different bowls
Melt according to package directions
*I like to microwave the chocolate melts for about 1 minute, stir and then microwave for 30 more seconds
Rinse strawberries and then use a paper towel to dry them completely
Set out wax paper
Holding the stem…Dip the strawberries into the melted chocolate, and turn them around to coat them
Hold them over the chocolate for a few seconds to allow the excess chocolate to drip off
Place them onto wax paper to dry
Repeat until all of your strawberries are covered in white or brown chocolate – I like to keep it even, half brown and half white
Reserve some chocolate for decorating
Reheat the white chocolate for about 30 seconds and stir until smooth
Pour the smooth chocolate into a squeeze tube
Decorate the strawberries covered in brown chocolate by going back and forth in even lines over the strawberries with your white chocolate
*I like to start on the wax paper, just beside the strawberry, and loop the chocolate back and forth without ever lifting the squeeze bottle up until finished
Now, heat the brown chocolate and decorate the white strawberries with lines
Let them dry
That’s it!
Notes
For other candy or nut decorations…
sprinkle the chocolate covered strawberries with nuts or sprinkles immediately after dipping each one – while the chocolate is still in a liquid state
If you want to have your squeeze bottles prepared ahead of time…
As soon as you have heated your chocolates, pour a small amount for decorating into squeeze tubes
Place the squeeze tubes filled with chocolate into the hot water to keep the chocolate from drying
If necessary, take the lid off of your squeeze tube and microwave the lid and tube next to each other for about 10 seconds to melt chocolate again. Twist the lid back onto the squeeze tube and use while chocolate is hot and flowing smoothly.
*You can always pop chocolate back into the microwave for about 10-30 seconds to reheat it
*TIP
If chocolate will not smooth out when heated. If it stays thick and unusable…
*use a very small amount of shortening, or coconut oil (hardened form) to instantly smooth chocolate out (start with about 1/8 tsp. and add more if needed)
*add the shortening to the thick chocolate and stir – it should become smooth almost instantly
~Melissa – Kid Friendly Things To Do
