This Chocolate Covered Strawberries recipe is so easy, but the end result looks so impressive! They are ready in just 20 minutes, and with just a few simple steps – you’ll find yourself making them again and again! These chocolate-covered juicy strawberries are customizable, just add your favorite topping like crushed nuts, sprinkles, or toffee bits. Dress them up for special occasions with a drizzle of another type of chocolate, colorful baking chips, or sprinkles to match any holiday! Use pink for Valentine’s Day, green and red for Christmas, or blue for a boy’s baby shower. For other chocolate-covered delicious treats, try my Mint Chocolate Truffles, these Peanut Butter Pretzel Candies, and these Cranberry Chocolate Chunk Blondies.
Ingredients Needed:
Strawberries: use whole, fresh, ripe strawberries that have been washed and dried. You’ll need about 25 of them in total. Chocolate: for the main chocolate coating and also the drizzle. Use any type of chocolate you want, but use solid milk chocolate bars (not chocolate chips) for best results.
How to Make Chocolate-Covered Strawberries
These delicious chocolate strawberries are super quick and easy to make. Full instructions are included in the recipe card below.
How to melt chocolate:
The most difficult part of making Chocolate Covered Strawberries is melting the chocolate correctly. You want a smooth chocolate coating that firms up enough to not stick to your hands when you eat them. The best way to melt chocolate when you are coating something is to use a double boiler or a makeshift double boiler: This is the most foolproof way to give you the perfect chocolate for covering just about anything! , and it’s going to give you the best results! If you need to, you can melt chocolate in the microwave in a microwave-safe bowl on reduced heat. I don’t recommend this method unless you’re in a pinch, as there’s a higher chance the chocolate will seize, and you will end up starting over.
Tips and Notes
Let the chocolate cool. Let the chocolate cool completely until hardened before adding another melted chocolate to drizzle on top. Use fresh strawberries. The fresher your strawberries are, the better they will look and the longer they will last. Try to look for medium to large strawberries for the best flavor and strawberry-to-chocolate ratio! Dry strawberries. Make sure you dry your strawberries to give the melted chocolate the best chance of sticking to the strawberry. Try other fruit. Almost any fresh berries and other fruit will taste amazing with melted chocolate. Try blueberries and milk chocolate, raspberries in white chocolate, or small pieces of banana with semi-sweet chocolate to mix it up. If the berries are particularly small, stick a few of them on a mini skewer or toothpick before dipping them in chocolate. Use a toothpick. If you’re finding holding and dipping the strawberries a bit fiddly, you can use a toothpick to pierce and lift them. Make chocolate fruit pops. Remove the stem from the strawberry and push a popsicle stick into the end. Holding the popsicle stick, submerge the whole strawberry in melted chocolate. Decorate and cool completely for fun kid-friendly chocolate fruit popsicles! Great for kids birthday parties!
Chocolate Covered Strawberries Variations
Add some nuts. Add some nuts to these chocolatey strawberries for added flavor and a crunchy texture! Crush some nuts or add pre-crushed nuts into a small bowl. Once a strawberry has been dipped into the chocolate, dip it into the crushed nuts and press down slightly so they sink into the chocolate a bit. Then place it onto a baking sheet and into the refrigerator to set. Alternatively, sprinkle the crushed nuts onto the strawberries before the chocolate sets once they are on the baking sheet. Use different chocolate. The chocolate is one of only two ingredients, so you can definitely go all out and get the good stuff. Use your favorite kind of chocolate, whether it’s semisweet chocolate, milk chocolate, or white chocolate. Use colored chocolate. Use different colored melting chocolate or Candy Melts for the main chocolate and chocolate drizzle to match the holiday or occasion you’re making them for. Switch things up. Add a drizzle of melted peanut butter baking chips, butterscotch, or another flavor of baking chips. Add other toppings. Before your chocolate sets, sprinkle on some chopped nuts, toffee bits, sprinkles, or colored sugar for a fun twist — this is a great idea for taking Chocolate Covered Strawberries beyond Valentine’s Day and on to birthdays and other holidays.
Serving Suggestions
These delicious chocolate-covered strawberry treats are amazing on their own, but you can serve them with a Fruit Dip for even more flavor if you prefer. You can also add them to a Dessert Charcuterie Board to cater for a crowd!
More Chocolate Dessert Recipes To Try
The Best Homemade Brownies
No Bake Oreo Cheesecake
No Bake Brownie Batter Cheesecake Recipe
Chocolate Sour Cream Sugar Cookies Recipe
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