Chocolate Covered Strawberries

Chocolate covered strawberries never seem to go out of style. There are so many ways to decorate them with contrasting dark and white chocolate. They look equally good lined up in uniform or piled up in clusters.

I've seen so many recipes for these guys that use shortening, butter, heavy whipping cream and more. I keep it real simple, all I do is slowly melt chocolate morsels! I always go for semi sweet morsels, because they absolutely taste the best.

If you're splurging for a special event, then go for some Guittard semi-sweet morsels. You can find large morsels in the baking section of the grocery store, or at any baking supply store. I get mine from Spun Sugar in Berkely. If you'd not to fork out the cash on high end chocolate then Nestle semi-sweet morsels will do just fine.

I can usually cover about twenty medium to large sized strawberries with one 16 oz. package of morsels. Here are the steps:

Wash the strawberries well, and let them dry completely. It's important to *not* dip wet strawberries in chocolate or the chocolate won't stick.

Pour all morsels into a saucepan. Heat on low heat, stirring constantly until completely melted. Turn off the burner. Tilt the sauce pan to one side so all of chocolate gathers in one area, this makes for easier dipping. Begin dipping strawberries one by one, by holding tips of green stem with your fingers in one circular sweep.

After about ten dips, the chocolate starts to thicken. Put your burner on low again, and stir until the chocolate is completely melted.

Place each dipped strawberry on a sheet of parchment paper until it dries.