Kitchen Tips & Tricks: How to Make Chocolate Dipped Strawberries

My oh May, I can’t believe we’re almost halfway through the month and June will be here before we know it! The past few weeks have been a busy blur and I’m sorry to say that I’ve neglected posting a Monday content blog post twice now this year. Today I’m remedying that by sharing today’s post with you!

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How to Make Chocolate Dipped Strawberries

One of my favorite things to make and share for special occasions are chocolate dipped strawberries. They’re easy to make, easy to arrange beautifully, and they’re delicious!

Ingredients

1 lb Strawberries
1 8 oz package Dolci Frutta Hard Chocolate Shell
Optional: 1 8 oz package Dolci Frutta Rich & Creamy White Shell
Optional: sprinkles

Tools

Silicone spoon or mini spatula
Fruit wash spray
Fruit colander
Fruit scrub brush
Wax paper
Ziplock bag & scissor
Platter for serving
Reusable stretch to fit food covers

Directions

Bring strawberries to room temperature
Use a fruit brush to clean berries
Put the strawberries in a bowl of water with fruit spray, leave to soak about 5 minutes
Rinse in a colander
Completely dry berries
Follow directions on the chocolate dip: microwave for 30 seconds on half power. Stir. Repeat until smooth.
Dip berries in chocolate and place on wax paper on a flat surface. Repeat until all dipped.
Optional:
- Repeat chocolate melting for the white dip until smooth
- Pour white chocolate into ziplock bag and snip corner
- Drizzle white chocolate on all berries
- Add sprinkles
Leave on counter to dry

Tips & Tricks

Berries should be 100% dry before dipping.
- Water + Chocolate = ruined dip
- Never use water with chocolate!
Berries should be at room temperature before dipping
- Cold berries + Chocolate = berries that sweat condensation
Don’t overheat the chocolate, only heat 30 second increments at half power
- If you heat chocolate at full power it’ll burn
- Burnt chocolate gets chunky and gross
Dipped berries should be kept at room temperature
- Cold dipped berries = condensation
If the chocolate dip gets too thick you can use a bit of canola oil to thin it out.
Use plastic stretch to fit food covers for easy transporting

You can purchase ready made chocolate dipped berries in a store if you don’t want to spend the time making them but keep in mind that you save a ton of money by making them yourself and it’s always more fun to bring something that you’ve made rather than purchased when possible. Costco carries a pound of dipped berries (comes with about 8 or 9 berries) right now for $12.99 but some places charge upwards of $30 for a dozen. I purchased strawberries on sale at Sprouts for $0.99 and the chocolate dip was on sale at Ralph’s 2 for $5. It cost me $6 to make a dozen berries and I had some of the white leftover for the next time I make dipped berries.