Chick White Chocolate-Covered Strawberries

Why you’ll love these white chocolate-covered strawberries…

1. They’re quick and simple to make! This recipe, including any decorations, should take about 30 minutes to an hour. If you’re in a real time crunch, you can always decorate most of the strawberries with regular designs and decorate just a few of them into chicks. 🙂
2. Versatile: You can change textures, designs, and flavors, depending what ingredients you top the strawberries with. For example, you can drizzle on other chocolates or add chopped nuts, sprinkles, nuts, shredded coconut, crushed candies, etc.
3. Great for hosting: Chocolate-covered strawberries are always amazing to have at a party! And since they’re fast & easy to whip up, you can make dozens of them at once.

Equipment

• Toothpicks: I like to skewer the tops of the strawberries. This creates a handle so I can easily dip them in melted chocolate.
• Knife: I used a knife to drizzle on more melted white chocolate for that stripe effect!
• Microwave-safe bowls: These will be used to heat the chocolate wafers in the microwave. Use as many bowls for as many colors you have.
• Small silicone spatulas: For stirring the melted chocolate. You can always use spoons or knives!
• Wax or parchment paper: For lining the baking tray. This is where you will let the strawberries dry.
• Baking tray

How to make cute white chocolate-covered strawberries

• Skewer the strawberries. Insert a toothpick into the tops of each strawberry. This creates handles so the strawberries are easier to dip into the chocolate.
• Split white chocolate wafers into bowls. In two microwave-safe bowls, add 3-4 white chocolate flavored wafer pieces. One will be dyed pink for the blush, the other orange for the beaks. Add the remaining white chocolate wafers to a third bowl. This will be dyed yellow.
• Melt white chocolate and dye. Heat the third bowl in the microwave at 30-second intervals, stirring in between, until fully melted.
• Dye chocolate. Add a drop or two of yellow food coloring and stir until completely combined.
• Dip strawberries. Hold the toothpick handle and dip the strawberries into the melted chocolate. Either fully dip for regular white chocolated-covered strawberries, or halfway to later create the chick design. Gently scrape excess chocolate on rim of bowl. Reheat chocolate in microwave at 15-second intervals as needed.

• Add toppings and decorations.
  • For regular white chocolate-covered strawberries: While chocolate is still wet, add any sprinkles, finely chopped nuts, etc. Otherwise, let white chocolate fully dry. Then, drizzle on extra chocolate using your knife or offset spatula.
  • For chick white chocolate-covered strawberries: Use a toothpick to draw on chick tufts on top of the head. Now, melt the two bowls of chocolate from earlier. Dye one bowl pink and the other orange. Use a toothpick to draw on orange beaks, then pink for the blush. Lastly, melt 2-3 pieces Ghiradelli milk or dark chocolate melting wafers in another bowl, and use this to draw on the eyes.
• Enjoy!

Tips

• Completely dry strawberries before dipping: Wet strawberries will make it pretty hard for the chocolate to stick. Additionally, adding water to the melted chocolate may cause it to seize!
• Use high quality chocolate or melting wafers: I like to use Ghiradelli melting wafers. They’re tasty, melt really easily, dry quickly, and are pretty much no fuss. If using chocolate chips, you’ll need to thin them out with coconut oil. Using melting wafers just make this recipe much easier.

Storage

How long do chocolate covered strawberries last? Unfortunately… not long—they’re best eaten day of. 🙁

If strawberries are left out for hours at room temperature, they will start to sweat and get soggy. So, definitely keep this in mind when making them for a party or hosting! I do not recommend leaving them at room temperature for more than 6 hours.

For longer storage, arrange the cute chick white chocolate strawberries in a single layer in a container. Top strawberries with paper towel, which will help absorb any moisture. Close airtight container and keep in the fridge for up to 3 days. When removing from the fridge, let the container come to room temperature (about 15-20 minutes) before opening. This step will help prevent the chocolate from sweating too much. But as I said before, they’re truly best eaten day of!

Do NOT freeze the strawberries because when thawed, they will become a mushy mess!

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