Oh Chocolate…Will You Be My Valentine?

Last night I brought my son Gabe into Fred Meyer and experienced the panic of last minute Valentine’s Day shopping. I think it was everyone else’s panic, really… candy, valentines, balloons and flowers exploded all over the place like a huge Valentine’s Day bomb! Oh and there was chocolate…TONS of chocolate!!

We picked up some organic strawberries in the produce section and I noticed they had strategically placed some chocolate ‘magic shell’ stuff next to the strawberries. I resisted, knowing that I had a huge bag of chocolate chips at home and could use them make chocolate dipped strawberries for my valentines at home.

delicious chocolate dipped strawberries

Chocolate Strawberries

Strawberries, washed and dried (Make sure they are dry because the melted chocolate won’t stick to a wet strawberry – just pat them with a paper towel)

Semi-sweet chocolate chips
Sprinkles, if you have them

Equipment: Cookie sheet lined with parchment paper

1. Place chocolate chips in a microwave-safe bowl and melt them in one-minute increments in the microwave, stirring in-between until melted smooth.

2. Dip and swirl strawberries in chocolate, making sure most of the strawberry is covered in chocolate. Place chocolate strawberry on parchment-lined cookie sheet.

3. If using sprinkles, sprinkle them on the chocolate strawberry before the chocolate hardens.

4. Let chocolate harden a bit and enjoy!