Choc-coated strawberries

Have a platter of these at your own party or take to a friend's home. A perfect summer dessert. Team these with our snow-dusted strawberries for dessert platter that will impress friends and whanau.

Cooking directions

• Melt chocolate in microwave. Heat for 2 minutes on a low setting. Stir, then heat for another minute and stir. Repeat until chocolate is completely melted.
• Or melt chocolate on the stove top: Place a chocolate in a bowl, and place bowl over a pot of boiling water. Stir occasionally until melted.
• Hold the strawberry by green stalk and dip into melted chocolate.
• Place dipped fruit out on a piece of baking paper and leave to set; this will take about 30 minutes.
• Arrange fruit on a platter and store at a cool room temperature until needed.

Tip:

• Try using any of your favourite fruits: grapes, banana, sliced apple, peaches, pear, dried apricots, dried apple…
• Make sure fruit is at room temperature. Using cold fruit results in condensation forming which will prevent the chocolate from sticking.
• Dip the fruit same day you wish to serve it.

Ingredients

1/2 block dark chocolate

1 punnet strawberries