Chocolate Coated Strawberries

Post by Swatti

Strawberries are the most beautiful fruit that I have known. They are so picture perfect that it’s hard to believe that they actually grow on plants. The luscious color and beautiful heart shape not only appeal to the eye but also to the lips too. Add chocolate to the pretty fruit and you can do wonders with both taste and looks of your preparation. Chocolate coated strawberries is one way of doing that without adding too many calories. It's quick, fresh, beautiful and delectable!

All you need is some white chocolate chips and some dark chocolate chips and of course a box of fresh strawberries. The only trick is in doing a neat job with the coating of the strawberries.

 

For the coating you will need a small Styrofoam board or a couple of foam paper plates, toothpicks and a piping bag or a plastic resealable bag.

First, pick out strawberries of a similar size, wash and dry them. While they dry, use two small glass bowls and melt some white and dark chocolate in each of them in a microwave. Add some shortening (Margarine, Butter or Oil) to make the chocolate smooth. Meanwhile, insert toothpicks on the leafy end of all the strawberries. Now you’re all set.

Dip each strawberry 3/4^th of the way into any one color of chocolate. Now use an alternate chocolate color and put it in a piping bag and pipe the chocolate across making horizontal lines.  Once done, use the back end of the toothpick and insert them on the Styrofoam board and let it dry. Place the board in the fridge and let the chocolate harden up. Once done, remove them from the toothpicks and decorate them in a serving plate. Voila! 
  

You can also serve these with lightly sweetened whipped cream or some  good vanilla ice cream on the side.

* While melting the chocolate, keep stirring the chocolate every minute or two. Do not keep the chocolate in the microwave for very long (more than 2 minutes) or else it might burn.