Chocolate Dipped Strawberries

Total Time: 25 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 5 mins

Ingredients

• 24 -30 strawberries, green caps in tact
• 6 ounces chocolate, coarsely chopped (your favorite chocolate or what is on hand, can use sweet, semisweet, bittersweet or )
• toothpick

Recipe

• 1 rinse strawberries, drying them with paper towels.
• 2 melt chocolate in top of double boiler or in microwave (full power in 30 second intervals, until chocolate is melted, stirring often).
• 3 note 1: chocolate should not be too hot - if it gets too hot it will drip on the berries instead of adhering to the berries.
• 4 note 2: be careful--over heating chocolate may cause scorching and keep it from blending properly.
• 5 insert toothpick into stem end of strawberry and dip 3/4 of berry into chocolate, leaving green cap and some of the red berry showing.
• 6 spear free end of toothpick into a piece of styrofoam or grapefruit to allow strawberry to dry upside down (alternatively dry strawberries on waxed paper).
• 7 note 3: if chocolate becomes too thick to work with reheat chocolate gently.
• 8 note 4: after chocolate hardens dip tip of berry into contrasting melted chocolate.
• 9 after the chocolate hardens discard toothpicks.
• 10 these berries are best if eaten within 24 hours, for longer storage refrigerate but serve at room temperature.