Making Chocolate Covered Strawberries

Creating your own chocolate strawberry is a fun family event and a romantic event, but it is also a simple fancy center that will definitely impress at the dinner. People often ask how to make a chocolate-coated strawberry after trying to do it alone and making the project completely wrong. The reality is that there are some tricks to create chocolate-covered strawberries with less stress!

The first step in making a good chocolate strawberry is to collect your ingredients. You will need to:

Fresh Strawberries - The ideal place to find fat and perfect strawberries is the Whole Foods market, Fresh Market or your local farmers market. Always try to choose a brighter strawberry because the touch is firmer and there are no soft or deep red spots, which will make them better cover the chocolate and make them more enjoyable.

Two tablespoons of shortening or butter - this mixes with chocolate to make it thinner and forms a softer chocolate coating after the chocolate solidifies.

A box of toothpicks - These toothpicks will be placed in the berries as a "handle" for the impregnation and provide a means of drying and cooling the berries without leaving a flat patch on them.

A piece of Styrofoam - This will be used to put the ends of the toothpicks and "hang" the strawberries while they dry to prevent a flat chocolate coating. You can buy Styrofoam for a few dollars from the local craft store.

12 ounces of premium semi-sweet or dark chocolate - Avoid using milk chocolate/candy bars. It is better to use chocolate chips or chocolate plates because they melt evenly and make the chocolate coating smoother.

Step 1 - Carefully rinse and carefully dry each berry. One popular method of washing is to wet the paper towel, then place each end of the towel on the slurry and gently wipe the dirt off the wet towel one at a time. Strawberry skins are particularly sensitive, so make sure they are carefully dried, which can be done in the same way as above using a dry paper towel. Whether you want to leave leaves and stems on your berries depends on you. Usually the professional berries leave the stems and leaves intact. Be sure to throw away the scarred berries.

Step 2 - Carefully slide the toothpick into the top of each berry and do not pierce the bottom of the fruit.

Step 3 - Put the chocolate and shortening or butter in a double boiler. Occasionally stir the mixture slowly to make sure you have a smooth and consistent chocolate soak.

Step 4 - Turn off the boiler because the chocolate is easy to burn, but it works very fast, because when the chocolate cools, it starts to harden. If your chocolate starts to harden, you can use a double boiler to heat it slowly.

Step 5 - Hold the berries with a toothpick and immerse the berries in a warm melted chocolate mixture. When the strawberries are immersed in the chocolate, wring the strawberries to ensure that the chocolate is soaked in the seed pits on the berries.

Step 6 - Remove the strawberries from the chocolate and slowly wring them out to avoid excess chocolate and prevent excessive dripping.

Step 7 - If you want to add other extras to your berries, such as watering, coconut, etc., you can do this now by dipping the strawberries in the toppings or sprinkling the tops of the berries on your hands. If you want to add white chocolate drizzle, you have to wait for the original chocolate shell to harden and then add any extra chocolate to the berries.

Step 8 - Stick the end of the toothpick in Styrofoam to dry the berries.

Step 9 - Allow the chocolate shell to cool on the Styrofoam until the berries reach room temperature.

Step 10 - If you want to add extra drizzle to the berries, now is the time.

Step 11 - Cover the room temperature with plastic and gently put it in the refrigerator. The cling film on the berries helps to reduce the sweating that is easy to occur when the strawberries are cooled in the refrigerator.

Step 12 - Your berries are ready!

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