With the 2022 strawberry season starting in the beautiful Sunshine state and Valentine’s Day just passing us, what a perfect time to make some delicious chocolate-covered strawberries.

Ingredients

• a package of strawberries
• a bag of dark chocolate melting wafers
• one bag of white chocolate melting wafers

The berries I bought were from Target for $3.29. I purchased the Ghirardelli melting wafers in dark and white chocolate flavors for the chocolates. Each bag of the melting chocolates is $4.69. Milk chocolate is sadly selling out everywhere (due to the upcoming Valentine’s day) but having dark chocolate is a healthier option. 

Materials

• a pot
• double boiler pot
• parchment paper
• a squeeze bottle

Steps

1. Set out a pot filled halfway with water. 
2. Put a double boiler pot over the pool while bringing the water to a boil. When the water hits the boiler, you put in your choice of chocolate and stir it to help melt it
3. Once fully melted, remove the pot from the stove
4. Get some sticks, or use your hands to dip the strawberries into the melted chocolate. Once you’ve covered the berries, let them chill for 15 to 20 minutes.
5.  While letting it cool, repeat steps 1 through 4 with another bag of melting wafers
6. Carefully pour the second batch of wafers into a squeeze bottle and drizzle the chocolate over the covered strawberries. After that has cooled off, you’re ready to enjoy!

I’ve never had chocolate strawberries before, and have only had strawberries a few times before. Combining the two, I’ve found a way to enjoy strawberries more often. The mouthwatering strawberries were perfectly complemented by the velvety chocolate mixture and pairing the dark and white chocolate drizzle made for a nice contrast.