Recipes for Chocolate Dipped Strawberries

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Recipes for Chocolate Dipped Strawberries

Easy and Elegant, Romantic and Healthy. Give as a gift or take on a picnic. Try all these delicious recipes for chocolate dipped strawberries

Preparation Tips

Try to buy fruit no more than a day before.

Use fresh plump strawberries and good quality chocolate.

Wash strawberries and dry well.

When you are melting chocolate for strawberries,be careful not to get any water into the chocolate - it will seize.

Chocolate strawberies can be set in refrigerator, but shouldn't be stored there.

STRAWBERRY BOX
STRAWBERRY BOX

These 12 Fancy Berries are dipped in white, milk or dark chocolate, then rolled in red an white colored sprinkles for Valentine's Day, or drizzled with red and pink colored chocolate coating or contrasting milk, white or dark chocolate. They are beautifully placed in a beautiful strawberry box with an open window

Basic Recipe

1 dozen fresh plump strawberries/p>

8 oz. good quality chocolate

Rinse strawberries and pat to dry thoroughly

Melt chocolate in double boiler or in bowl set in simmering water

Using the green stems with the leaves can be pretty, but you can also take them off and use toothpick to dip the berries.Swirl into the chocolate and let set on waxpaper lined pan (about ½ hour)or if you used toothpicks, you can set them in styrofoam to dry

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Ghirardelli 's

Use 8 oz Ghirardelli Chocolate and basic recipe

Finely chop 5 of the sections and reserve.

Break remaining sections into double boiler over 1" simmering water.Stir constantly until melted and smooth. Do not overheat. Remove pan of chocolate. Add reserved finely chopped chocolate, stirring until smooth. Melted chocolate should be thick enough to hold a shape when stirred.

Healthy Dark Chocolate

For an extra healthy boost, use good quality chocolate with 70% or 80% cocoa such as "Ghiradelli Chocolate Intense" or "Green and Black's Original Dark Chocolate"

Nuts About Berries

Prepare as in basic recipe, but roll dipped chocolate in crushed nuts to coat. Try hazelnuts,walnuts or even peanuts!

White Chocolate Macadamia Nut

Substitute white chocolate and roll to coat in macadamia nuts.

Tipsy Chocolate Strawberries

Use a syringe to inject each berry with Fragoli Wild Strawberry Liqueur or Grand Marnier.

Ebony and Ivory

Melt both dark chocolate and white chocolate in two separate pots. Dip half the berry into the dark and let cool and then dip the other half into the white chocolate.

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