OF CHOCOLATES AND STRAWBERRIES
So we have a potluck at the office today, and I chose to bring dessert. I didn’t have much time last night, what with the awesome 100th episode of LOST on, so I decided on my trusty secret recipe of chocolate-covered strawberries.
For those of you who went to university with me, I’m sure you will remember my many batches of famous chocolate-covered strawberries 
A lot of people in school asked me for this recipe, so I might as well re-post it here in case anyone from uni reads this.
Allie’s Chocolate Covered Strawberries
Step 1: Start with the freshest, juiciest organic strawberries you can find. Local is better but I know that’s not always possible. It’s even better when you pick your own from your garden…
Step 2: Start with a pot of water and bring it to a gentle boil, you will then want to cover it with another pan or a heat-safe bowl. This is a water bath. In this case I used a bowl on top. Use high-quality organic chocolate. My secret is to use chocolate hazelnut. I like the texture and chunkiness that the hazelnuts add to the strawberries and it goes well with the chocolate. Lastly, I crack a TINY bit of sea salt into the chocolate to bring out the taste of the chocolate. It sounds strange, but it works wonders.
Step 3: Coat the strawberries with the chocolate. Make sure your strawberries are VERY dry when you do this, otherwise you will mess up the chocolate consistency. I like to air dry them if I have time, but a blowdryer or fan on cool works if you’re in a rush. Once coated, place them tip up in a tray.
Step 4: Melt some white chocolate with the same sort of water bath. Again, high quality white chocolate. I add a tiny bit of vanilla to this for flavour and colour.
Step 5: Drizzle the white chocolate over the strawberries.
Step 6: Let cool for 15 minutes or so, and then place into the fridge. Don’t cover.
Step 7: EAT! And enjoy 
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In other news, I am SOOO excited for the Canucks game tonight against the Blackhawks. It’s been way too long. I’ve still been wearing my jersey every day, even when snowboarding. Puck drop is early at 6:00 pm, so don’t miss it.
Lastly, I’ll be visiting a secret new Twilight set today. Can’t wait!
Tags: chocolate, covered, hazelnut, organic, recipe, salt, strawberries, vanilla
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April 30th, 2009 at 11:07 am
:O soooo yummy! ../faints
April 30th, 2009 at 11:11 am
I love strawberries dipped in chocolate! I make them during valentines but might have to for mothers day
Yummy!
April 30th, 2009 at 11:37 am
Ahhh! Mum used to make these all the time, fingers crossed she does again this year because yours are looking absolutely delicious, Allie! Wow! Enjoy indeed!
April 30th, 2009 at 11:57 am
Verrrry delicious looking… How do you make sure the water boiling in the water bath doesn’t bubble out & over, though?
April 30th, 2009 at 12:10 pm
Thanks everyone!
Mike, you just make sure the water is on SUPER low heat, once you bring it to a low boil, you can turn it out and it will be hot enough to melt the chocolate. Also you only fill the pot with a few inches of water.
It’s important not to let the water touch the chocolate in any way, so that’s why I picked a wide bowl that would completely cover the pot.
April 30th, 2009 at 2:11 pm
Those look so freaking tasty! I’ve tried and failed in the past to make ‘em, but can’t seem to get it to work. That being said, never tried the “water bath” method.. so maybe that’s it.
April 30th, 2009 at 9:52 pm
those look positively orgasmically delish! And what a nice treat after our tasty win over the Blackhawks, wouldn’t you say?
Thanks for the recipe – can’t wait to try it and impress our next dinner guests. One question tho, do you need to keep stirring the melting chocolate when it’s melting or do you just leave it alone?
May 2nd, 2009 at 3:01 am
I really like your blog ! Your photos are very beautiful, I was wondering which camera you use ?
These strawberries look delicious
Sorry for the bad english, i’m from france ^^
May 3rd, 2009 at 10:41 am
You should try these as well, I make these alot for parties and they are always devoured. I take larger strawberries and cut the tops out, they are usually hollow on the inside you may have to trim them a bit. I make homemade buttercream frosting, I usually look up a recipe on foodtv.com, then put the frosting in a zip lock bag and cut the corner off, stay on the smaller side. then I use the ziplock bag to pipe frosting into the strawberry. I bet these would be every more tasty dipped in your chocolate!!