How to Make Chocolate-Covered Strawberries

Considering that at bakeries and candy shops chocolate-covered strawberries can cost around $40/piece, making them yourself will make a seemingly expensive gift or a classy dessert.

Difficulty: Moderate

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• strawberries
• a variety of chocolate wafers (found by the pound at at art supply store or WalMart's craft section)
• two medium saucepans
• 1 or 2 cookie sheets
• wax paper
• 1 or 2 Ziploc bags
• scissors
• stove top

1. Cover cookie sheet(s) with a single layer of wax paper.

2. Fill one saucepan halfway with hot water. Bring it to a boil, then reduce the heat to medium.

3. Pour one bag of chocolate wafers into the second saucepan, and place the saucepan into the first.

4. Stir frequently, until the wafers are completely melted and smooth.

5. Rinse strawberries with cold water.

6. One a time, dip the strawberries into the chocolate, sort of rolling them around to cover every surface, except for the leafy part that you're holding.

7. Place dipped strawberries in rows on the wax paper, cautious of any drips.

8. Once they are all dipped, place the cookie sheet(s) in the fridge, uncovered, for about an hour.

9. Meanwhile, clean the messy saucepan and boil new water.

10. Repeat steps 2-4 with a different color chocolate wafers.

11. Once melted, pour the chocolate into a Ziploc bag. (This usually requires an extra set of hands.) Carefully snip one small corner off of the bag.

12. Remove the strawberries from the fridge, a drizzle the new melted chocolate over them, creating designs. (You may want to experiment a bit on a piece of scrap wax paper to get the hang of how it pours.)

13. Return them to the fridge and let them cool for about three hours before serving or packaging.

Tips & Warnings

• During the holiday season, use red, green, and white chocolate drizzles.