White Chocolate Covered Strawberries

Chocolate covered strawberries are a perfect little bite you can make in just a few minutes for a Valentine’s Day dessert or for any time you want to add white chocolate to fruit.

All you’ll need for a basic white chocolate dipped strawberries: strawberries, white chocolate chips, and a little bit of salt. Once you know how to make the best white chocolate covered strawberries, you can add design or toppings to them in so many ways, like toasted coconut, chopped nuts, or even a drizzles of dark chocolate.

Looking for the best Chocolate Dipped Strawberries for Valentine’s Day? Also try Coconut Chocolate Strawberries.

How to Make White Chocolate Strawberries

All you’ll need as far as equipment is a micro-wave safe bowl or double-boiler to melt the white chocolate chips.

You can double this recipe if you want to make a larger number of white chocolate dipped strawberries to use the full container. Here are the main ingredients for a smaller batch, perfect for two people:

• ½ lb strawberries (about 1/2 of a container or 6 – 8 strawberries)
• ⅕ cup white chocolate chip
• coarse salt

Steps to walk

First, put the strawberries in a sieve, wash them thoroughly, and gently pat dry with paper towels. Then, you can melt the white chocolate in one of two ways: a double boiler or the microwave. The microwave is actually the best method for this — it’s easy, clean, and it melts the chocolate to just the same quality as the stop-top method.

• For the microwave method: In a small microwave safe bowl, melt the white chocolate chips for 30 seconds. Stir, and then heat another 30 seconds. Stir, if the chocolate is still not melted, microwave again.
• For the double-boiler method: Place the white chocolate in the top part of the double boiler. In the lower section, boil water and heat the chocolate until it melts, stirring occasionally.

The best way to dip strawberries in white chocolate is to grab a strawberry by the stem and dip it about two-thirds of the way into the white chocolate. Use a small swirling motion to remove it from the chocolate so it doesn’t continue dripping. (You may need to wipe the bottom if there is too much chocolate dripping from it.)

Place the on a tray lined with wax paper and sprinkle with a little salt. Repeat until all the strawberries are covered in white chocolate.

Place the white covered strawberry on a tray lined with wax paper to cool and harden. You can put the white chocolate covered strawberries in the refrigerator to speed up the process of cooling.

Looking for the best Chocolate Dipped Strawberries for Valentine’s Day? Also try Coconut Chocolate Strawberries.