Chocolate-Covered Strawberries
Making chocolate-covered strawberries at home is easy, affordable, and incredibly impressive.
Ingredients
- milk chocolate chips (16 ounces)
- shortening (2 tablespoons)
- fresh strawberries with leaves (1 pound)
- toothpicks (0 )
Instructions
- Melt chocolate and shortening in a double boiler, stirring occasionally until smooth.
- Insert toothpicks into tops (stem ends) of strawberries. Hold a strawberry by the toothpick and dip it into the chocolate mixture.
- Turn the strawberry upside down and insert the toothpick into a Styrofoam block or place strawberry on a sheet of waxed paper; allow chocolate coating to cool. Repeat with remaining strawberries.
Nutrition
(*Nutrition data is approximate and may vary depending on the brand and type of ingredients used.)
- kcal: 115
- fat: 7 g
- sats: 4 g
- carbs: 13 g
- fibre: 0 g
- protein: 1 g
- salt: 0.031 g