Luscious Dark / White Chocolate Covered Strawberries*

September 27, 2006 01:27 PM EDT

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18 lg. strawberries with stems (if possible)

Dark Chocolate Coating

1/2 c. semisweet chocolate chips (Nestle)

1 t. vegetable oil or crisco

Wash strawberries: gently pat dry. Line a tray with waxed paper. In small sauce pan over low heat, melt chocolate chips and oil until melted, stirring occasionally. Remove from heat. Set saucepan in a pan of hot water to maintain dipping consistency dip strawberries into chocolate mixture until 2/3 of each berry is coated. Allow excess to drip off. Place stem side down on paper lined tray. Refrigerate until serving time.

White Chocolate Coating

1/2 c. white chocolate chips or 4 (1 oz.) squares white baking chocolate

1 t. vegetable oil or crisco

Repeat procedure for dark chocolate coating, substituting white chocolate mixture.

* Note: To make pastel colored coating, add a drop or two of any food coloring to melted white chocolate mixture.

I have also started using the chocolate bark. Sold at holiday season to make my dipping mixture. If you use this product, follow package directions exactly. Either works well. And don't fret about using oil or crisco, you need it to make mixture adhere to berries.

Also, these can be placed in decorative boxes lined with tissue paper, or even small individual baking cups, and given as a house warming gift, baby shower gift, holiday gift, or for any special occasion. Believe me, people love these berries!

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Comments: 8

Eliza C Sep 27, 2006, 1:32pm EDT

jackie-

you are a cooking fiend!!!!!! I just bought the stuff for the Bhiryani. (sp)...now I need to get strawberries.

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Vikki M. Sep 27, 2006, 1:42pm EDT

Oooh... my mouth waters just thinking about it!

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Jackie C. Sep 27, 2006, 1:44pm EDT

Eliza...I'm making the chicken too, this weekend, but I'm making a choclate ganash (sp) cake, if I can find the recipe. I am also making those sweet Indian desert balls, man they are wicked good. yummmmmmmm And I'm buying the nan bread, I can't make it like they do.

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Mariana T. Sep 27, 2006, 8:57pm EDT

Hi Jackie - This recipe sounds like it has my name written all over it! I think I would love these decadent strawberries - in fact, I could eat them for days! Thanks for sharing your recipe. Have you ever read Isabel Allende's book, Aphrodite? Great recipes! I think she even mentions something like this - Salud,

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Jackie C. Sep 27, 2006, 11:04pm EDT

I love Isabel Allende! I was lucky enough to see her speak in person twice. Quite a woman. I do this with pretzels at holidays and give them as gifts.

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