Impress friends & loved ones with these super Easy Chocolate Covered Strawberries. Just 2 ingredients + desired decorations. Great for holidays like Valentine’s Day, Easter & Mother’s Day. Perfect gifts for co-workers & neighbors, & the perfect dessert for celebrations like bridal & baby showers!
There is something so special about chocolate covered strawberries. My mom was obsessed with them and had to have them at every single celebration.
Because of this, I too love to have them whenever we can for holidays and special events. Fortunately they are so easy to make, and I don’t have to make a trip to the treat shop to get them.
My friends, these really are SO SIMPLE! You know I’m all about making things easy!
I love that these really are one of those treats that people go nuts over and look like they took all day to make. But in reality, it is as easy as microwaving the chocolate and dipping the strawberries.
homemade chocolate covered strawberries
As I mentioned above, my mom always loved having these. She would send them for every special event when she couldn’t be present.
So, of course, we had them at her service – because she would expect nothing less. I have tried to keep up the tradition as best as I could all these years later.
But I’m so happy I don’t have to order them. Especially when I can whip them up in no time.
chocolate covered strawberries
Here are some commonly asked questions
Why didn’t my chocolate wafers melt correctly?
When your chocolate wafers become chunky rather than creamy, it is said that the chocolate seized. This is typically due to overheating or contact with water or steam.
In the first case, the chocolate is just burning from excess heat, but in the second case, there is a negative reaction between the chocolate (which is waxy and has many oils that are hydrophobic, or “water-fearing”) and the water, causing the components of the chocolate to separate.
Be sure to refer to the package directions when melting chocolate to prevent this from happening.
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Can I use frozen strawberries?
Unfortunately no, for several reasons. First, you want the berries to be firm. Once frozen berries thaw, they not only become soft, but they are also quite wet. This leads me to my next point…
Frozen berries are very wet and therefore the chocolate won’t stick to them very well. Even if you were to thaw them first and dry them it would then take you back to my first point of them not really being firm enough to give the desired final effect.
Another thing to keep in mind is that frozen berries tend to already have the stems cut off – making them less pretty once decorated.
Overall, I don’t recommend trying this recipe with frozen berries.
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HOW DO YOU MAKE Chocolate Covered Strawberries?
- Pick through the strawberries and separate out the ones with the best quality. You want to set aside the ones with bruising, blemishes, odd shapes, and wilted leaves.
- Place the desired berries in a colander and rinse well under cold water. Drain well.
- Dry the strawberries with paper towels, each individually to make sure no water remains.
- Place the dried strawberries on a baking sheet lined with parchment.
- Insert a toothpick into the top of each strawberry. This will give you more to hold onto when dipping.
- Place the candy melts in a microwave-safe container. I like to use a cup rather than a bowl, so the chocolate is less shallow for dipping.
- Microwave for 1-2 minutes on 50% POWER, stirring every 60 seconds until melted. Lowering the power level is very important so the chocolate doesn’t heat too quickly, causing it to seize instead of melt.
- Working one berry at a time, dip into the chocolate, coating almost to the stem. Let the excess drizzle off a bit and then place it back onto the parchment.
- If you are adding sprinkles or other decorations, you will want to do that NOW, before the chocolate hardens.
- Repeat until all of the strawberries are coated.
If you want to add contrasting chocolate drizzle-
- Melt the contrasting chocolate color the same way you did the original chocolate.
- Once melted, transfer to a cake-decorating squeeze bottle with a small tip and drizzle over the desired berries.
- Berries can be served immediately after the chocolate hardens or refrigerated until ready to serve.
Notes
Note – if using Nonpareils to decorate, there is a chance that they will sweat when refrigerated and the colors will bleed.
chocolate coated strawberries
Can this recipe be doubled?
You can, and we do it often. It might take a bit longer and you might want to work in batches when it comes to melting the chocolate – working portions of the bag each time.
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To make Chocolate Covered Strawberries you will need…
- fresh strawberries
- chocolate candy melts – any desired color or flavor
- Toothpicks
- Nonpareils / sprinkles *OPT
- contrasting chocolate candy melts *OPT for decoration
dark chocolate covered strawberries
What is the best chocolate for dipping strawberries?
While you can use chocolate chips to make these, I have found that it often requires a bit of coconut oil or shortening to get the chocolate to melt to the right consistency.
I like to use candy melts because the chocolate is made with just the right formula so that it performs exactly as needed.
The candy melts come in a multitude of colors, varieties and flavors so the sky is the limit on what you can do with them when it comes to making these strawberries.
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Products I love when making chocolate covered strawberries…
These chocolate strawberries are SUPER EASY and delicious – and if you’re like me, then you maybe already have some of these items on hand OR maybe you have never made homemade strawberries covered in chocolate before, & you might be a bit nervous – but you’re going to love them. I have made a list below of the things I absolutely can’t live without when it comes to making this treat recipe.
- chocolate candy melts – any desired color or flavor
- Toothpicks
- Nonpareils / sprinkles
- contrasting chocolate candy melts
- edible shimmer dust for decorating
- parchment
- baking sheet
- microwave-safe cups for melting chocolate
- colander
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Easy Chocolate Covered Strawberries
Ingredients
- 16 ounces fresh strawberries
- 12 ounces chocolate candy melts – any desired color or flavor
- Toothpicks
- 1-2 tbsp Nonpareils / sprinkles *OPT
- 2-3 ounces contrasting chocolate candy melts *OPT for decoration
Instructions
- Pick through the strawberries and separate out the ones with the best quality. You want to set aside the ones with bruising, blemishes, odd shapes, and wilted leaves.
- Place the desired berries in a colander and rinse well under cold water. Drain well.
- Dry the strawberries with paper towels, each individually to make sure no water remains.
- Place the dried strawberries on a baking sheet lined with parchment.
- Insert a toothpick into the top of each strawberry. This will give you more to hold onto when dipping.
- Place the candy melts in a microwave-safe container. I like to use a cup rather than a bowl, so the chocolate is less shallow for dipping.
- Microwave for 1-2 minutes on 50% POWER, stirring every 60 seconds until melted. Lowering the power level is very important so the chocolate doesn’t heat too quickly, causing it to seize instead of melt.
- Working one berry at a time, dip into the chocolate, coating almost to the stem. Let the excess drizzle off a bit and then place it back onto the parchment.
- If you are adding sprinkles or other decorations, you will want to do that NOW, before the chocolate hardens.
- Repeat until all of the strawberries are coated.
If you want to add contrasting chocolate drizzle-
- Melt the contrasting chocolate color the same way you did the original chocolate.
- Once melted, transfer to a cake decorating squeeze bottle with a small tip and drizzle over the desired berries.
- Berries can be served immediately after the chocolate hardens or refrigerated until ready to serve.
Notes
Nutritional information for the recipe is provided as a courtesy and is approximate. Please double-check with your own dietary calculator for the best accuracy. We at Yummi Haus cannot guarantee the accuracy of the nutritional information given for any recipe on this site.
