Chocolate Tuxedo Strawberries

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Prep Time 15

Cook Time 5

Total Time 20

Servings pieces

Calories 105

Equipment

Paper towels and a sieve or strainer for washing the strawberries
Toothpicks
Food-safe gloves
Silicon or plastic cups or bowls for melting the chocolate
2 glasses or deep small bowls for dipping the berries
2 parchment paper piping bags
A sheet tray and piece of parchment paper

Ingredients

2 pounds large strawberries fresh, stem attached
12 oz dark couverture chocolate
10 oz white couverture chocolate or white candy melts
Optional: Other decorations such as pearls or pearl dust to make strawberry dresses to accompany the tuxedo jackets

Instructions

All ingredients ready? Let's begin!
Wash the strawberries, and dry them thoroughly with paper towels. Let them sit for 5 minutes.
Line a baking tray with parchment paper. Stick a toothpick into the top of the stem of each strawberry. Pat each strawberry dry individually and lay them on prepared tray.
Melt the white chocolate or candy melts in the microwave in 30-second bursts, stirring after each time until they’re melted. Don’t overheat the chocolate. Then pour it into the dry bowl/glass for dipping.
Put your gloves on and take a strawberry by the stem, holding up the leaves. Dip it in the melted white chocolate and tilt it side to side to coat as much of the strawberry as possible. Lift it out and let the excess chocolate drizzle back into the bowl. Then, wipe the strawberry’s flattest surface on the edge of the bowl/glass and lay it down on the baking tray.
Repeat step 4 until all strawberries are coated.
Melt the dark chocolate in a separate bowl the same way you melted the white chocolate. Pour it into a deep bowl or glass. Make sure the surface is smooth.
Take a strawberry by the stem, holding on to the leaves and toothpick for support. Dip it at a 45-degree angle from the tip to the corner on one side. Wipe after the first dip and then turn it to dip the other side to make the tuxedo jacket. You should be left with a white triangle that leaves enough space for piping on the bow tie and buttons. Smooth out the chocolate by shaking the bowl before dipping the next strawberry.
Repeat step 7 for half of the strawberries (or all of them, depending on whether you want to make white dresses to go with the tuxedos).
Now, fill a parchment paper piping bag with the remaining melted dark chocolate. Cut a very tiny bit off the tip. You want to be able to make super thin lines. To draw the bow ties, squeeze a dot of chocolate in the upper center (by the “neckline”), then draw two lines across to make an X, and close off the X with another line. Fill in the lines. Then, pipe a nice dot in the center for the knot. Now draw the buttons below the knot, placing them evenly apart. Repeat for all the tuxedos.
If you want to make dresses to go with the tuxedos, place remaining melted white chocolate in a separate parchment paper piping bag. You may need to microwave it for 10 seconds to re-melt it. Cut off a very small tip of the bag to start drawing.
You can simply drizzle fine lines horizontally across, you can make pearls by piping larger dots, or you can drizzle from both sides at a 45-degree angle to make a V-neck. Add decorations if using. Let your imagination run wild!
To serve, remove the toothpicks and place on a white platter. Your tuxedo strawberries are ready to impress!

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