Recipes For Chocolate Coffee Spoons and Chocolate Covered Strawberries!

How to Make Chocolate Coffee Spoons and

Chocolate Covered Strawberries

Chocolate Coffee Spoons

This recipe can be adapted for to use for snack foods such as cookies, pretzels, potato chips, or dried fruit. Dip half of each treat in chocolate and follow the same process as for dipping spoons.

Ingredients:

12 ounces semisweet chocolate chips
24 heavy duty plastic spoons (preferably clear)
4 ounces white chocolate chips or baking bar for decorating (optional)

Line a cookie sheet with waxed paper.

Melt the chocolate chips in a microwave or double boiler until smooth, stirring frequently.

Dip the bowl of each spoon in the melted chocolate until covered on both sides. Tap the handle of the spoon against the side of the pan to remove excess chocolate.

Place spoons on the waxed paper with the bowl side of the spoon facing up.

Refrigerate until chocolate hardens.

Melt the white chocolate in a microwave or double boiler until smooth, stirring frequently.

To Decorate Chocolate Coffee Spoons:

Pour melted white chocolate into ziploc-type plastic bag. Cut a small hole in one corner of the bag with scissors.

Drizzle white chocolate on chocolate coated spoons in design of your choice.

Refrigerate until chocolate hardens.

Finish the Chocolate Coffee Spoons:

Wrap each spoon in cellophane or plastic wrap in clear, colored, or patterned. Tie with ribbon or raffia. Add tags stating the flavor. Add a couple of spoons to the ribbon of your finished gift basket.

Options:

Reverse the semisweet and white chocolate; make white chocolate coffee spoons and drizzle with semisweet chocolate.

Add a few drops of liqueur or extract flavoring to the base chocolate.

Purchase "Baker's Dipping Chocolate" instead of making your own (see link below for more information).

Dip half of chocolate chip cookes, shortbread cookes, pretzels, Pringles, etc. in this chocolate.

Wrap the finished chocolate coffee spoons in cello treat size bags for a nice presentation.

Chocolate Covered Strawberries

Ingredients:

16 ounces chocolate chips or chopped baking chocolate
2 tablespoons vegetable shortening
1 pound fresh whole strawberries, preferably with stems

Melt chocolate and shortening together in a double boiler or over hot water stirring until melted.

Remove mixture from heat and let cool down until warm.

Dip each strawberry in the warm chocolate and place on a baking sheet lined with waxed paper or aluminum foil.

Option: If your strawberries don't have stems, place a toothpick into the stem area making them easier to handle.

Hot Tip: Kraft Foods has a product called Baker's Dipping Chocolate, which is a great alternative to making your own dipping chocolate. For complete details about this product visit Baker's Dipping Chocolate!

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