Chocolate Covered Strawberries

Chocolate Covered Strawberries

• 16 oz. Milk Chocolate Chips
• 2 TBS All-Vegetable Shortening
• 1 lb. Fresh Strawberries with leaves

Melting Chocolate

• Add milk chocolate and shortening to Wilton Chocolate Pro Electric Melting Pot and switch to "Melt".
• Stir every few minutes until chocolate is almost fully melted then switch to "Warm".
• Continue to stir until all chocolate is smooth.

Dipping

• Hold strawberry by the leaf and dip in chocolate until 3/4 of strawberry is covered.
• Placed dipped strawberry on a cookie sheet covered in wax paper.
• Repeat with remaining strawberries then place in refrigerator until ready to serve.

Variations

• Insert toothpick into leaf end of strawberry and dip into chocolate. Stick toothpick, with strawberry upside down, into Styrofoam board for a smooth chocolate finish.
• Drizzle melted white chocolate over milk chocolate to amp up the "fancy" factor

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