Chocolate Covered Strawberries and Mommy's Day!

* Shown above are some beautiful, LUSCIOUS Chocolate covered Strawberries! Perfect for any special occasion, that being said this was for my mommy's cake for Mother's Day. We all dug in and devoured it! Rich in flavour with Dark Chocolate cake and layers of Strawberry Buttercream (Swiss - Meringue) and a covered with a Dark Chocolate Ganache. *

 Things you will need:

1. Fresh Strawberries from your local market.

2. Hershey's Chocolate Chips

3. Decoration : Sprinkles, Coconut, Crushed Nuts..etc

4. Double Boiler (Boiling water in a pot and small stainless steel bowl to fit over it)

5. Wax Paper

7. Hands ready to get messy!! (So no fussy people allowed) :)

 How to make:

1. Start off by cleaning your fruit in the sink, then pat each individual dry, I mean DRY with paper towels. (if you don't the chocolate will look like oober poop). That being said, dry your BERRIES!

2. Set DRIED berries on a nice sheet of Wax Paper.

3. Have Decorations accessible in bowls, ready for use.

4. Place Chocolate Chips in small bowl over Boiling pot of water. Once boiling, allow to simmer so Chocolate does not burn! Stir until melted, this may take a few minutes.

5. When Chocolate is silky looking and free of any unmelted Chips, bring to station where Strawberries are.

6. Do a pinky test before applying on to Strawberries. Temp. should be luke warm and not hot! (Strawberries will go bad fast).

7. Once lukewarm, dip Berry in bowl of chocolate holding on by the stem.

8. Cover completely by moving in circular motions until a nice coat is on.

9. Place back onto Wax Paper making sure there is enough room in between each Berry.

10. Quickly decorate with toppings of choice before Chocolate hardens.

11. When each Strawberry is done being dazzled, place in refrigerator for a few hours or until ready!