![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
Pot Luck Chocolate-Covered Strawberries
Aug. 12th, 2007 10:30 amYesterday I made chocolate-covered strawberries to bring to the party. This was not entirely successful.
They were extremely messy and I made too much chocolate. I layered the strawberries as best I could between pieces of waxed paper in a container and brought along the extra chocolate.
The hostess had plain strawberries cut up, and so some people just dipped those in the extra chocolate I brought. This worked extremely well, so this is how I recommend that one bring chocolate-covered strawberries to a party. Then there is the added bonus of being able to dip other party foods into it, like cherries and even crackers and cheese. (Hey, I'm just noting what I saw.) Or if you prefer your strawberries plain, you have that option, too.
Another idea is to bring chocolate syrup. I saw this at a gourmet dinner party thrown by a co-worker. To tell you what kind of dinner this was, one of the things on the menu was lasagne. For each serving, the hostess had layered the cheese and stuff on a lasagna noodle and then rolled it into a spiral.
For dessert, she brought out orange sections and bowls of chocolate sauce for each person. This was a big hit, and people asked for her recipe for the chocolate sauce. She explained that you needed a can opener and a can of chocolate syrup. (And nowadays you can buy it in a squeeze bottle if you prefer.)
An advantage of chocolate syrup is that it will stay liquidy throughout the party and not need to be reheated the way the chocolate for chocolate-covered strawberries does, but it's thinner, so it's more likely to drip.
The recipe for the chocolate covering is 16 ounces of chocolate chips and 2 tablespoons of butter, melted together and stirred.
They were extremely messy and I made too much chocolate. I layered the strawberries as best I could between pieces of waxed paper in a container and brought along the extra chocolate.
The hostess had plain strawberries cut up, and so some people just dipped those in the extra chocolate I brought. This worked extremely well, so this is how I recommend that one bring chocolate-covered strawberries to a party. Then there is the added bonus of being able to dip other party foods into it, like cherries and even crackers and cheese. (Hey, I'm just noting what I saw.) Or if you prefer your strawberries plain, you have that option, too.
Another idea is to bring chocolate syrup. I saw this at a gourmet dinner party thrown by a co-worker. To tell you what kind of dinner this was, one of the things on the menu was lasagne. For each serving, the hostess had layered the cheese and stuff on a lasagna noodle and then rolled it into a spiral.
For dessert, she brought out orange sections and bowls of chocolate sauce for each person. This was a big hit, and people asked for her recipe for the chocolate sauce. She explained that you needed a can opener and a can of chocolate syrup. (And nowadays you can buy it in a squeeze bottle if you prefer.)
An advantage of chocolate syrup is that it will stay liquidy throughout the party and not need to be reheated the way the chocolate for chocolate-covered strawberries does, but it's thinner, so it's more likely to drip.
The recipe for the chocolate covering is 16 ounces of chocolate chips and 2 tablespoons of butter, melted together and stirred.