Chocolate Covered Strawberries

Valentines day is almost around the corner and you are confused with the question: ‘what should I buy for my loved ones?’ I would say chocolate covered strawberries is one of the best personalised gift, you can make it with different variations with different kinds of berries that you like.

Chocolate Covered Strawberries

Ingredients:

1. Strawberries
2. Dark chocolate
3. White chocolate
4. Chopped nuts
5. Toothpicks
6. Shortening or butter
7. polystyrene foam block or waxed paper

Method:

• Pick some nice strawberries with green stems, wash them well and pat dry.
• Then insert a toothpick in every single strawberry from the stem, it will give good grip to strawberry then you can drizzle white chocolate on it.
• Melt the dark chocolate and white chocolate on 2 separate double boilers with 1 tsp shortening or butter.
• When chocolates are melted and smooth, take it of off the flame.
• Then dip each strawberry holding by the toothpick and dip in melted dark chocolate and insert in polystyrene foam block or place on waxed paper or parchment paper.
• Then put them in the refrigerator for 20 minutes until they are completely cool.
• Then drizzle white chocolate on strawberries according to your choice.
• You can roll in chopped nut after dipping in dark chocolate for different variation.