For The LOVE of another... Chocolate!

I have been making Chocolate covered strawberries for a gift and party favor for a while. They are never left standing and SUPER easy and affordable to make! In honor of Love day coming we wanted to share some fun and ideas to present to your sweeties, your parents, your kids, your friends, co workers or any person you decide to show care for this V-day :)

First, start with some fresh strawberries (Don't worry, we are American, we always have strawberries "fresh" somewhere)

You will need to choose your desired method of melting chocolate and which kind of Chocolate to use, if you have a Winco around they carry melting chocolate in their bins, another great place is Michaels Craft stores (Don't forget your coupons!)

You can use chocolate chips but the chocolate will not harden like the melting chocolates...

TIME TO MELT: 
This is probably the most difficult part, but if you are patient and do it right you will be fine... If you don't have a double boiler, I have found that placing a small pot inside of a larger pot works perfect... Fill the large pat an inch with water and place the melting chocolate into the small pot, Heat on medium and stir constantly...

Once you have melted your chocolate, place it in a small, tall container so you can dip  
     your strawberries completely in...

Place your Strawberries on their side on a piece of wax paper and let dry if you are going to only drizzle chocolate
on top... If you are deciding to go crazy you will need to roll the strawberries when they are still wet...

If you are drizzling, Place a soon inside a contrasting chocolate color and quickly wave the spoon gently over the laid out strawberries...
DECORATE

Here are some fun ideas you can try...  Color White chocolate pink for a more V-day feel (Try blue for a baby shower or red, white, blue, for 4th of July) Roll in anything you can think of! Peanut brittle, peppermint pieces, sprinkles, Crushed chocolate, coconut...

Dry Drizzling... Peanut Butter or caramel...

Don't stop there, extend this method onto other lonely treats... Wrap these in cellophane and throw on a ribbon and card and you have a treat for anyone!

Put a stick in marshmallows and roll them in whatever desired... Dip Oreos or other types of cookies, Decorate the top of a cupcake, top it off with a drizzle of caramel! YUM!


         ENJOY!