Chocolate Covered Strawberries

We spent an hour or so this morning paying our local x-ray department a visit due to a little mishap that my hubby had in work yesterday - go to the blog page to have a looksey at his nicely swollen ankle :o) - and on the way back we made a quick stop at our small grocery store not far from home to grab a few things.  The first thing I saw as I walked through the door were these big, luscious strawberries nestled in their boxes almost begging me to take them home and eat them - how could I refuse - so as easy as you please, two packs found their way into the bottom of the basket even before I could blink.

Of course we could of just munched away at them until we had a small pile of green stalks left on the side of the plate, or I could of made a small batch of homemade preserve, but then I suddenly had an inspiration of something that I've always wanted to try but just never got around to.....chocolate covered strawberries!!!....and what better excuse to make something so beautiful as Mother's Day which is coming up on Sunday.  Now, Dean and I don't have any human children of our own (just our two little kitties), so we always miss out on things when it comes to Mother's Day and Father's Day, so this year I thought I'd make these scrumptious little treats for myself......from the cats :o)

Chocolate Covered Strawberries

12-15 strawberries
1 cup milk chocolate chips (I actually used a mix of milk and plain)
1/4 cup white chocolate chips

• put some wax paper on a large cutting board or cookie sheet big enough to hold all the strawberries and one that will fit into your fridge;  set aside.
• wash the strawberries and pat them with kitchen towel until dry.
• put the milk chocolate chips into a microwavable bowl and in 10 second increments microwave until just melting;  stir to melt completely.
• pierce the strawberries through the stalk end with a toothpick so that you can hold them and dip into the melted chocolate.  Let the excess drip off back into the bowl and place them on the prepared wax paper covered board so that they don't touch each other.
• once you've dipped them all, place them into the fridge to set.
• when they're set, microwave the white chocolate chips as you did the milk and using a fork dip it into the chocolate and drizzle over the strawberries - if you want it to be neater you can always put the melted white chocolate into a piping bag and pipe it across them, but I quite like the rougher look to these....even more homemade somehow :o) - sorry, I didn't get a photo of this stage...oops!!
• pop them back into the fridge to set completely.
• I'm giving some of them away to friends for Mother's Day so I placed them individually into paper muffin cases and then into foil trays and I think they look pretty, don't you?

 Chocolate Covered Strawberries ingredients.

I used a mix of milk and plain chocolate only because that was what I had on hand.

melt it in the microwave until smooth.

with a toothpick pushed in to the stalk end so that it's easier to hold, dip your strawberries.....

....and let the excess drip off.

once they're all dipped, pop them in the fridge to set.

melt the white chocolate and using a fork drizzle it over the set strawberries until they look like....

.....this :o)

I'm giving some away to friends for Mother's day, so I popped them in paper muffin cases and a foil tray just to make them look a little prettier.