Chocolate Dipped Organic Strawberries

Chocolate Dipped Strawberries 4 Valentines or any occasion! (Men have made them for their sweeties...On the market they cost a lot but not when you make them.
It Valentine's (or, any holiday)so let's remember our sweeties with a good food, a candy or dessert, with fiber, good vitamin C, and many minerals. Now they've discovered that dark chocolate is good for us. It's natural caffeine not the synthetic (drug-chemical) kind found in Sodas. I like this recipe because it's so simple and sweet.
*1 pkg. (4 oz.) Baker's or and German chocolate. (or, Hershey's Chocolate chips)
*About 16 lg. ripe strawberries (ripen fruit).
*Microwave chocolate on high two minutes or in double boiler. Take off heat stirring before it is completely melted. Dip the stemmed strawberry in chocolate then set on wax paper or lined baking sheets i.e..
Cool 30 minutes. and put in a lined pretty container. Even one can be wrapped in beautiful gift sacks or clear paper topped with a ribbon and card.. Or, make a long stewer (stick) wrapped in cellophane paper and a tied bow for presentation. (Other fruit can be substituted) The latter recipe is the one I used:

Chocolate Dipped Strawberries
What a wonderful gift for anyone. This is a healthy, fibrous treat with no corn syrup to hike blood sugars plus its a very easy recipe. You can double the recipe; remember it is the method recipe. You can also do pretzels, crackers, other fruit with any left-overs or stir in peanuts with fruit or raisins i.e.
1 pint fresh ripen strawberries with stems
1-cup dark semisweet or bittersweet chocolate chips
Wash and dry strawberries or, just wipe off-will depend on where you got the berries.
Line a baking sheet with parchment or waxed paper
Place chocolate chips in a microwave-proof glass bowl for about 30 seconds (or melt in double boiler)
Stir chocolate chip and stop every 30-second until completely melted and smooth out
Holding on to the stem dip each strawberry then place on the lined baking sheet.
Place in refrigerator and allow cooling 10 to 15 minutes until the chocolate has hardened. Stewers? or just use stem for presentations.


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