Fancy Chocolate Covered Strawberries

 Who doesn’t love dipped strawberries? Here are five easy ways to make them fancy.

Fancy Chocolate-Covered Strawberries

Dipped strawberries are so simple to make yet they feel like an extra-special treat. I’m not sure why I don’t make them more often, and this year I’m making it a point to enjoy them whenever I can find good berries. They can be quite pricey to buy ready-made from a chocolatier, and especially if you buy them for a Valentine’s Day gift. I’ve put together an easy how-to so you can make your own version at home. 

I wrote and photographed this tutorial a while back for HGTV.com, but I never got around to sharing it here. Now feels like the right time with January’s days already passing quickly, but really there’s never a wrong time to eat dipped strawberries!  

Fancy Chocolate-Covered Strawberries

If variety is the spice of life, then these strawberries are zesty indeed. My assortment is marbled, sprinkled, piped, gilded, and glittered. The diverse group is quite beautiful nestled in candy papers and presented together, but you can tailor your own assortment to the ingredients you have on hand or to what you like best.

Fancy Chocolate-Covered Strawberries

Perhaps my favorite of the group is this pink-dipped version partially covered with white nonpareils. They have an extra sugary crunch that I find quite additive. I used pink candy melting wafers, but you could also experiment with ruby chocolate, which would be lovely with strawberries.

Fancy Chocolate-Covered Strawberries

Marbled chocolate berries are so beautiful and tasty, and the technique just involves swirling the two melted candies together in a bowl. Easy and deeee-lish! And I love how each berry is unique.

Fancy Chocolate-Covered Strawberries

Gilded berries can be made with gold luster dust, which is a cake decorator’s/confectioner’s best friend when it comes to getting fancy. I piped on a simple chocolate scroll using melted semisweet chips and a disposable piping bag.

Fancy Chocolate Covered Strawberries

If you’re a fan of blingy sweets, then cake decorator’s glitter is a quick way to achieve lots of sparkle. I covered a few berries completely with burgundy glitter, and other berries were kissed with gold glitteron their pointed ends. 

Fancy Chocolate-Covered Strawberries

If you ask me, any party can be improved with a batch of dipped strawberries on the desserts table. They’re great for weddings and baby showers, Mother’s Day, Valentine’s Day, and even Easter holiday. But as I said earlier, you really need no special occasion to enjoy them!

The entire recipe with clear instructions and loads of how-to photos can be found HERE on HGTV.com


5 Easy Ways to Make Fancy Chocolate-Covered Strawberries

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Cindy
Cindy
3 years ago

So pretty! Gonna have to go find me some luster dust and those small white nonpareils. I love unique things like that! I will definitely make some of these !!!

penguinstamper
penguinstamper
3 years ago

All of these strawberries are absolutely gorgeous. I'm assuming the gold dust is edible; however, the burgundy glitter says that it's for non-edible decorations. ???

Heather Baird
Heather Baird
3 years ago
Reply to  penguinstamper

Cake decorator's glitter is nontoxic and biologically inert. In other words, introducing the material to the body will not cause a reaction. But if any ingredient gives you pause, don't use it.

penguinstamper
penguinstamper
3 years ago

Thanks, Heather! These are so beautiful, I just have to give it a try!