How to Make Chocolate-Covered Raspberries

Choose raspberries that are ripe and firm.

Chocolate-covered raspberries are delicious and easy to make. Use fresh raspberries and your favorite chocolate bar, grated or broken into pieces, or chocolate chips. Chocolate-covered raspberries make great gifts or a tart alternative to chocolate-covered strawberries.

Things You'll Need

• 1 cup fresh raspberries
• Paper towels
• Double boiler
• Water
• 1 cup chocolate chips or chocolate pieces
• 2 forks
• Wax paper
• Cookie sheet

Instructions

1. Wash the raspberries gently and lay them out to dry on paper towels. Line a cookie sheet with wax paper.

2. Pour about 2 inches of water into the bottom pan of the double boiler. Set it on the stove on high heat. Cover with the top pan and bring the water to a boil.

3. Once the water is boiling, place the chocolate into the top pan. Allow the chocolate to sit for one minute to soften.

4. Stir the chocolate until it is smooth and creamy.

5. Drop one raspberry into the chocolate and roll it around with the forks until it is completely covered in chocolate. Work quickly; if the raspberry sits in the hot chocolate too long, it will begin to cook and disintegrate.

6. Lift the raspberry out of the chocolate using the forks and place it on the wax paper to cool and harden.

7. Repeat the chocolate-coating process with one raspberry at a time. Once all the raspberries are coated, place the cookie sheet in the refrigerator to allow all the raspberries to set.

Tips & Warnings

• Serve the chocolate-covered raspberries within one or two days.

• Store the chocolate-covered raspberries in the fridge to prevent fermenting.

• Try piping a dollop of honey-sweetened cream cheese into the center of each raspberry before coating.

• If you do not have a double boiler, you can melt the chocolate in the microwave. Or, place a large saucepan on the stove, fill it with 2 inches of water and place a large glass mixing bowl over the pan. Bring the water to a boil and melt the chocolate in the glass bowl.

References

• RecipeTips.com: Chocolate Covered Raspberries Recipe

Resources

• BakingBites.com: How to Make a Double Boiler