Chocolate Covered Strawberries

Are you sensing a theme here?

Something that I truly enjoy doing is bringing a friend or dinner host a delicious treat to show my gratitude. Everyone is always impressed by my "difficult" desserts. If only they knew I only make things that are both delicious and EASY!

A quick and easy dessert that everyone loves is chocolate covered strawberries. You can easily purchase chocolate covered strawberries, but they can get expensive and may not always be fresh. I would much rather make these than buy them!

What you will need:

1 package of dipping chocolate (this can be found a some grocery stores, target, and hobby lobby in the baking sections)

Strawberries

What to do:

1. Place dipping chocolate in a microwave safe bowl. Microwave in 30-second intervals, stirring in between, until chocolate is melted. 

3. Wash and dry the strawberries. Note: be sure that the strawberries are completely dried before dipping. if they are not then the chocolate wont stick as well. 

4. Hold the strawberry by the leaves and dip into the chocolate.

5. Place the strawberry onto wax paper. Freeze for 20 minutes to allow chocolate to harden. Enjoy!

 

Chocolate Covered Ruffles

There was this little candy shop my mom and I used to frequent called The Candy Connection . Our choice candy was ALWAYS the Chocolate Chips. They were chocolate covered ruffles - the perfect mix of sweet and salty. The candy shop closed down last year and my mother and I have been forced to go without our favorite guilty pleasure.
For mothers day my mom asked if I could attempt to make Chocolate Chips. And to my own amazement - these are just like the originals! The combination sounds odd, but I have yet to meet someone who does not LOVE these.

What you will need:

2 cups of Semi Sweet Chocolate Chips

2 tablespoons of vegetable shortening

1 bag of Ruffles potato chips

What to do:

1. Put Semi Sweet Chocolate Chips and vegetable shortening in a microwave safe bowl. Microwave in 30-second intervals, stirring in between, until chocolate is melted.

2. Crumple Ruffles potato chips in a separate bowl.

3. Poor handfuls of Ruffles into the melted chocolate. Stir until all chips are covered with chocolate.

4. Place a spoonful of the chocolate covered Ruffles on to wax paper. Do this until there is no mixture left.

5. Place in the freezer for 20 minutes to harden the chocolate.

6. Keep refrigerated and enjoy!