Chocolate Covered Strawberries

Homemade chocolate-covered strawberries are easy to make and taste delicious. They’re an elegant dessert for your loved ones, and this one is always a huge hit! Anyone can make these easily!

Why this recipe works

1. These no-bake desserts need 3 basic ingredients – fresh strawberries, melted chocolate, and toppings of your choice.
2. It’s simple, easy to make, and makes a great addition to a dessert table.
3. Depending on the occasion and your mood decorate the strawberries. If you plan to make these during the holidays, decorate them with holiday sprinkles, and crushed pretzels.

Ingredients

Strawberries – Choose ripe large-sized strawberries. It makes it easy to dip in melted chocolate compared to tiny ones.

Melting Chocolate – Use melting chocolate wafers or premium melting chocolate bars. If using chocolate bars chop it into tiny bits and melt it in a microwave or on a stovetop (double boiler) with ⅛ teaspoon coconut oil. Coconut oil will help thin down melted chocolate making it easy to dip the strawberries.

Toppings – Chocolate-dipped strawberries are great on their own, to make it more fun and attractive use toppings of your choice.

1. Crushed nuts – pistachios, walnuts.
2. Melted chocolate drizzle.
3. Desiccated coconut.
4. Heart-shaped sprinkles chocolate sprinkles or holiday sprinkles.
5. Mini chocolate chips.

Step-by-step Instructions

Prep Strawberries

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 bigger strawberries. Large strawberries make it easy to dip in melted chocolate and give room for any decoration. Leave the green stem on top. It’s easy to work with strawberries with the green stem on it.

Do not use frozen strawberries.

Step 1: Don’t skip washing fresh strawberries in water.  

Step 2: Dry the strawberries using a paper towel. Make sure the green stem is dry as well.

Step 3: Using a microwave or double boiler melt chocolate until smooth and runny. Use a small and wide open bowl to easily dip the berries.

Step 4: Whisk well until the chocolate is melted fully. Do not overheat the chocolate, it will clump.

Step 5: 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.

Step 6: Add toppings while the chocolate coating is still wet. 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 it on the same day.

Storage

Best to make and serve it on 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 in a cool, dry place uncovered,  away from sunlight or heat.

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

Tips

1. Pick firm, ripe, and sweet red all-the-way-up strawberries.
2. Wash strawberries to get rid of the debris. Dry them well.
3. Use premium quality melting (baking) chocolate. Melting chocolate disks are best, then melt well. If you can’t get a melting chocolate wafer or disk, use melting chocolate bars.
4. Melt chocolate until 90% melted. Keep stirring to melt the rest of the chocolate chunks in the residue heat. Do not overheat 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.

Recipe FAQs

5 from 8 votes

Chocolate Covered Strawberries

Jyothi Rajesh

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!

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Prep Time 10 minutes mins

Cook Time 5 minutes mins

Total Time 15 minutes mins

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Servings 12 servings

Calories 52

Ingredients

  

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• ▢ 12 strawberries
• ▢ 6 ounce each dark chocolate and white chocolate melting/baking chocolates

For Toppings:

• ▢ Sprinkles
• ▢ Sprinkle sugar crystals
• ▢ Mini Chocolate chips
• ▢ Chocolate vermicelli

Instructions

 

• 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.

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Notes

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.

 

Nutritional Info – Please keep in mind that nutritional information provided is only a rough estimate and can vary greatly based on products used.

Nutrition

Calories: 52kcalCarbohydrates: 13gProtein: 1gFat: 1gSaturated Fat: 1gCholesterol: 1mgSodium: 1mgPotassium: 23mgFiber: 1gSugar: 12gVitamin C: 7mgCalcium: 4mgIron: 1mg

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