Chocolate Covered Strawberries

There are two secret ingredients that I absolutely cannot forsake when I make chocolate covered strawberries: shortening and coconut.

Shortening makes the chocolate smooth and thin. Making chocolate covered strawberries without shortening will result in a thick chocolate shell that is hard to bite into, and takes forever to dry. Shortening makes sure that you get to enjoy a decent amount of chocolate AND strawberry; unless you want a higher chocolate : strawberry ratio.

After my friend introduced me to coconut chocolate covered strawberries, I can never go back to chocolate covered strawberries without coconut! My friend uses white chocolate that already contains coconut. She tells me that it's not easy locating them, as they are only sold at select grocery stores-- and they don't always have them in stock. I just use white chocolate morsels and unsweetened coconut flakes: it provides more flexibility to get fancy and decorate with it.

Chocolate covered strawberries are a bit pricey when you buy them already made. Learn how to make them better homemade, and never overpay for them again! You know what my secret ingredients are. Now, see what my tips are. Join me in my kitchen where everything is served with love. Watch my video here:

♥ Yen