Chocolate Covered Strawberries

Homemade chocolate covered strawberries are easy to make and tastes absolutely delicious! An elegant dessert for your loved ones! This one is ALWAYS a huge hit! Anybody can make these, it’s that simple!

There is nothing more romantic than chocolate and strawberries. These no-bake desserts need 3 basic ingredients to get you started, fresh strawberries, melted chocolate and toppings of your choice. Choose single topping for all the berries coated in chocolate or use a variety of all your favorite toppings.

What’s special about chocolate covered strawberries recipe? It’s the SIMPLICITY! You can’t have a dessert made so fast and so simple and yet it is the MOST DELICIOUS treat. There is nothing much going on in this recipe. It’s just strawberries and chocolate. Fresh sweet strawberries dipped in melted chocolate and decorated with your favorite toppings which btw are completely optional. If you love strawberries and chocolate, then you must try this treat.

Valentine’s Day most common edible gift you can gift your loved ones would undoubtedly be this chocolate covered strawberries. Sweet red heart shaped strawberries and decadent chocolate combination is hard to beat. It’s always a huge hit among everyone. Aren’t these cute?

Depending on the occasion and your mood decorate the strawberries. If you plan to make these during holidays, decorate it with holiday sprinkles, crushed pretzels.

What Do I Need For Chocolate Covered Strawberries Recipe?

Strawberries – Pick fresh and ripe strawberries that you can find. Also if possible choose large size strawberries. It makes easy to dip in melted chocolate compared to tiny ones.

Melting Chocolate – You’ll also need chocolate that can be melted. Use melting chocolate wafers or premium melting chocolate bars. If using chocolate bars chop it into tiny bits and melt it in microwave or on stove top (double boiler) with little coconut oil. Coconut oil will help thin down melted chocolate making it easy to dip the strawberries.

Topping Of Your Choice – Strawberries dipped in melted chocolate is good enough to serve. Serve it as it is plain or coat it with your favorite toppings.

Toppings can be crushed nuts – pistachios, walnuts

Melted chocolate drizzle

Desiccated coconut

Heart shaped sprinkles

Mini chocolate chips

How To Make Chocolate Covered Strawberries?

There are two main things you need to keep in mind to make the perfect chocolate dipped strawberrys.

1. Strawberries should be clean and ultra dry before you dip in melted chocolate.
2. Melt your chocolate correctly. If it’s too runny, it won’t stick to the berries and if it’s too thick it will clump up on the berries instead of even coating.

Use best quality firm, ripe and sweet strawberries for the recipe. It’s better to choose large sized strawberries. Leave the green stem on it. It’s easier to work by holding the stem while dipping into melted chocolate.

Do not skip washing strawberries first. Strawberries usually have debris on it and it needs to be washed. Place all fresh firm strawberries in a bowl of room temperature water.

Rinse it well. Remove strawberries from water and dry it on paper towel. You need to ensure all the strawberries are completely dry, including the green stem on it. Using another paper towel, pat dry strawberries on all sides.

Using microwave or double boiler melt chocolate until smooth and runny. Use small and wide open bowl to easily dip the berries. Do not over heat chocolate, it will clump.

Dip completely dry strawberries in melted chocolate. Scrap off excess chocolate at the tip of the bowl.

If serving it plain, leave the strawberries to set on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper.

If adding toppings, while chocolate coating is still wet coat it with crushed nuts, sprinkles. To add chocolate drizzle decoration, allow the chocolate coating to set completely, then drizzle it with melted chocolate and allow it to set.

You can make white chocolate covered strawberries using white melted chocolate.

Best served the same day it’s made.

What Type Of Chocolate Should I Use For Chocolate Covered Strawberrys?

Like I always say, your dish is only as good as your ingredients. Using the best and high quality ingredients is very important. Use premium quality melting chocolate. Baking chocolate that can be melted is what you need for the recipe.

You can use both dark chocolate and white chocolate for this. If you are feeling fancy and in the mood for celebrations, go ahead and use the pink or red chocolate wafers that will be apt for Valentine’s Day celebration.

If using chocolate chips, choose the premium ones that can be used for melting purposes. Cheap ones don’t taste great and they don’t melt easily.

How To Prep The Strawberries Before Dipping It Into Melted Chocolate?

Do not use frozen strawberries. Freshest, best quality strawberries are what you need.

It’s so important to choose the BEST strawberries. Pick ripe but firm strawberries that are sweet to taste. It’s also crucial to select strawberries that are bigger. Large sized strawberries make it easy to dip in melted chocolate and gives room for any type of decoration on top. Leave the green stem on top. It’s easy to work with strawberries with the green stem on it.

Don’t skip washing fresh strawberries in water.  Once washed, dry strawberries VERY WELL using paper towel. Make sure the green stem is wiped dry well.  Before dipping strawberries in melted chocolate ensure all the berries are ULTRA DRY.

How To Melt Chocolate For Chocolate Covered Strawberries?

Using Microwave:

Easiest and convenient way to melt chocolate for dipping purposes is in a microwave.  If using melting chocolate bars, chop the bar into little chunks. Add the chunks into a microwave safe bowl.

Set your microwave at half power and melt chocolate at 30 seconds interval and keep stirring until melted.

Add about a teaspoon of coconut oil to the bowl and melt. I found adding coconut oil at the start of melting helps melt the chocolate nice, smooth and thin that’s perfect for dipping. You can add the oil at the end once 90% of the chocolate is completely melted.

Using Double Boiler:

Fill a sauce pan ¼ full with water and bring it to low gentle boil on medium low heat.  If using chocolate bars chop into little chunks. Add chunks of chocolate to large shallow heat proof bowl.

Reduce heat to low, place the bowl of chocolate on top of the sauce pan. Ensure the water level in the sauce pan does not touch the bowl on top. There should be few inches gap between the boiling water and bowl.

Stirring constantly melt the chocolate until smooth.

Do not over heat chocolate, it will turn into clump. Once 90% of the chocolate is melted, remove bowl from heat and keep stirring. Residue heat of the bowl will melt chocolate any chocolate chunks left over.

Can I Use Chocolate Chips To Melt and Dip Strawberries?

Use premium quality chocolate chips. Ghirardelli baking chips is best brand.

How To Store Chocolate Covered Strawberries?

Best to make and serve it the same day. Leave it on a baking tray lined with parchment paper. These will stay good at room temperature for as long as 10 -12 hours. Just leave them on cool, dry place uncovered,  away from sunlight or heat.

If you want to make ahead and store it, coat strawberries in melted chocolate and leave it in fridge for 1 to 2 days. Technically these stays good as long as the berries are fresh.  Do not freeze strawberries dipped in chocolate.

How Long Do Chocolate Covered Strawberries Last?

Store chocolate dipped strawberries in air tight containers with a piece of parchment paper between each layer for not more than a day. But remember cold temperature may cause chocolate on the strawberries to sweat.  This is always best the same day it’s made.

How To Keep Chocolate Dipped Strawberries From Sweating?

If you make it a day in advance, store it with care in refrigerator. Choose air tight container with tight lid. Lay a paper towel at the bottom and sprinkle some baking soda on top. Lay another paper towel on top to absorb extra moisture. Place the strawberries on top of the paper towel and cover the container.

Topping Ideas For Chocolate Dipped Strawberries

You can decorate chocolate dipped strawberries with almost anything. The most popular toppings that can be added to the berries are –

• Crushed/chopped nuts – walnuts, pistachios are best
• Sprinkles – for Valentine’s day use heart shaped red and pink sprinkles.
• Chocolate vermicelli’s
• Crushed chocolate pieces
• Crushed OREO
• Mini chocolate chips
• Peanut butter drizzle
• Melted chocolate drizzle
• Color sprinkling sugar

Tips To Make The Best Chocolate Covered Strawberries

1. Pick best quality firm, ripe and sweet red all the way up strawberries.
2. Wash strawberries to get rid of the debris. Dry them really well.
3. Use premium quality melting (baking) chocolate. Melting chocolate disks are best, then melt well. If you can’t get melting chocolate wafer or disk, use melting chocolate bars.
4. Melt chocolate until 90% melted. Keep stirring to melt rest of the chocolate chunks in the residue heat. Do not over heat chocolate.
5. If melted chocolate is too thick, thin it down by adding about ½ teaspoon of coconut oil. You want smooth, thin consistency melted chocolate for dipping.
6. If you are rolling the berries with nuts or sprinkles, do it when the chocolate coating is still wet. If you are drizzling with melted chocolate decoration, allow coated chocolate to set completely then drizzle.

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