Wednesday 18 March 2015

Chocolate covered strawberries!

I intended to write this post before the beginning of lent but I never. This is making my craving for chocolate and sweets multiply my one million. Now that I have said that we can carry on!
These are probably the easiest treats that you can make. They would be really lovely gifts if you were to wrap them up in a box and tie a ribbon around it. They would be nice as Easter presents instead of the same old Easter eggs.
What you will need:                                            
  • 2 bars of white chocolate (minimum) 
  • 2 bars of milk chocolate (minimum)
  • freshly washed strawberries with stalks
I would recommend bars of chocolate as I struggled with 2. I also found out the hard way that you shouldn't reheat any chocolate that has already cooled down. This does not melt the chocolate properly. It make mine into a sticky mess that weren't evenly coated.

If you haven't done already wash your strawberries  and remember to leave the stalks on. If you cut them off, it will be much harder to dip them into the chocolate when it is melted. It doesn't really mater what order of chocolate goes on first (I chose the white.) Once the strawberry is evenly coated leave it on a baking tray or some sort of plate with either tin foil or baking paper. Leave it to chill and set for around 10-15 mins. I think they would be ok to take out at 10 mins but I left mine I for 15 just to be sure. Then repeat again with the other chocolate. If you would like to add any sweet decorations  now would be the time. Make sure to do it before the last layer of chocolate is still unset other wise the sweets won't stick. You could also drizzle some of the other chocolate on the top to make it look pretty. This is just a guideline, you can change it up a bit to whatever you like. 
I hope that you enjoyed this as it was something a little bit different. Be sure to try them out because they taste amazing!
bye xxx