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Easy Patriotic Chocolate Covered Strawberries

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Celebrate patriotic holidays with these irresistible Red, White, and Blue Chocolate Covered Strawberries – a dessert that screams deliciousness!

Close up of 5 chocolate covered strawberries plated on a silver star dish, and with red, white and blue edible striping, stars and sprinkles

If you enjoyed our Mother’s Day chocolate roses, you will love this spin on this classic chocolate-dipped strawberries dessert. Perfect for Memorial Day, Independence Day, or Labor Day celebrations, these would be a great pairing with our Easy 4th of July Layered Drinks.

They are a delicious blend of sweet fruit and decadent chocolate. And don’t worry about them melting in the heat – they will be gone so fast that you may want to hide them until the end of the party.

Capture the deliciousness! Pin the tantalizing image to your favorites board on Pinterest and have the recipe at your fingertips whenever you yearn for a delectable drink!

Chocolate Covered 4th of July Strawberries

What could be healthier than fruit and chocolate? We all know that dark chocolate is good for us, right? Pair that with fruit, and you have a perfect marriage of flavors.

Equipment needed to make perfect chocolate-covered strawberries:

Chocolate-covered strawberries recipe:

Basic Ingredients: 

  • Baking Soda
  • Fresh strawberries – room temperature strawberries will the easiest to work with
  • Chocolate for melting – we used Ghiradelli white & dark chocolate and Wilton Red and Blue candy melts)
  • Red, White, and Blue sprinkles
Chocolate covered strawberries on a star shaped red plate and a star shaped silver plate, surrounded by 4 bags: one of Ghirardelli dark chocolate flavored melting wafers, one of Ghirardelling white vanilla flavored melting wafers, one of Wilton royal blue candy melts, and one of Wilton candy red melts

Directions:

1. Place your strawberries in a large bowl and sprinkle with 1 tsp of baking soda. Fill the bowl with water and let the strawberries soak for 5-10 minutes. Drain the water and rinse thoroughly. 

2. To dry strawberries, lay them out in a single layer on paper towels. Let them sit for a few minutes, and then dry them with an additional dry paper towel. You must make sure that they are completely dry, as the melted chocolate will not stick to a wet piece of fruit.

3. To melt chocolate in the microwave, place 3/4 of your candy melts in a heatproof bowl. Set the microwave on the regular setting for 45 seconds. Open the door and stir.

4. Return the bowl to the microwave and set it for 30 seconds. Stir. Repeat until the chocolate is melted. Add in the remaining 1/4 of the candy melts and stir until they are all melted. 

3 strawberries dipped in dark chocolate and 5 strawberries dipped in white chocolate on a rectangular metal rack, and 1 more strawberry in hand recently dipped in white chocolate

5. For easy dipping, I used the Wilton duel melting pot insert. 

6. Dip half of your strawberries in the melted white chocolate and shake the strawberry back and forth to get the excess chocolate off. Set them on a cookie sheet or cooling rack or sheet pan lined with plastic wrap to set up.

7. Dip the other half in the dark chocolate mixture and repeat. Pop your chocolate back in the microwave for 30 seconds if it starts to set up.

Dipping strawberries in either dark or white chocolate, and bottles of edible red, white and blue sprinkles and stars

8. Put a few tablespoons of each of the melted chocolates in a piping bag, cut a small hole, and squeeze squiggle lines over the strawberries. Scatter your choice of sprinkles on the chocolate before it hardens.

Variations: 

  • Use chocolate chips and a little coconut oil (to thin out the chocolate) instead of chocolate melts. Good-quality chocolate will make these even more of a delicious treat. 
  • If dark chocolate is not to your liking, use Semisweet chocolate, milk chocolate, or all white chocolate melts. 
  • Use your favorite chocolate bars with a bit of cocoa butter.
  • Use a double boiler on low heat to melt your chocolate. 
9 chocolate covered strawberries decorated in red, white and blue, displayed on a round white plate with a small white bowl of blueberries in the middle of the plate and the strawberries surrounding the bowl

​Favorite Tips:

  • It is easy to burn your chocolate by cooking it too long. Be sure to stir between each cycle of cooking. You must start again once your chocolate has burned, as there is no way to save it.
  • Grab the strawberries by the green stems and dip them as close to the top as possible for the ones that do not need the red stripe of color at the top.
  • You can set dipped strawberries on parchment paper, but I found the easiest way that the chocolate comes right off is if they are placed on until the chocolate is set. Wax paper and parchment paper also work. 
  • If there are any strawberries left, store them in an airtight container in the refrigerator for 2-3 days. 
A red star-shaped plate and a silver star-shaped plate, each with 6 strawberries covered in white or dark chocolate and red, white and blue edible sprinkles, stars and stripes.

This simple recipe would be an easy recipe for the kids to help you with. Change up the sprinkles, and they are great for any special occasion. Think red for Valentine’s Day, Orange and your best chocolate for Halloween, and green and red for Christmas. 

9 chocolate covered strawberries decorated with red, white and blue candies and stripes, plated on a square white dish, surrounded by red, white and blue napkins

Juicy strawberries plus good chocolate is the best way to make anyone feel special!

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White chocolate and dark chocolate covered strawberries with edible sprinkles, stars and striping, plated on a red star-shaped plate and a silver star-shaped plate

Easy Patriotic Chocolate Covered Strawberries

Yield: 24
Prep Time: 20 minutes
Active Time: 20 minutes
Additional Time: 10 minutes
Total Time: 50 minutes
Difficulty: easy

Celebrate patriotic holidays with these irresistible Red, White, and Blue Chocolate Covered Strawberries – a dessert that screams deliciousness!

Materials

  • Baking Soda
  • Fresh strawberries - room temperature strawberries will the easiest to work with
  • Chocolate for melting - we used Ghiradelli white & dark chocolate and Wilton Red and Blue candy melts)
  • Red, White, and Blue sprinkles
  • Large bowl
  • Wilton melting pot or Microwave-safe bowl
  • Plastic wrap or parchment paper
  • Baking Sheet or cooling rack
  • Small bowls to put your sprinkles in

Instructions

    1. Place your strawberries in a large bowl and sprinkle with 1 tsp of baking soda. Fill the bowl with water and let the strawberries soak for 5-10 minutes. Drain the water and rinse thoroughly. 
    2. To dry strawberries, lay them out in a single layer on paper towels. Let them sit for a few minutes, and then dry them with additional dry paper towel. You must make sure that they are completely dry, as the melted chocolate will not stick on a wet piece of fruit. 
    3. To melt chocolate in the microwave, place 3/4 of your candy melts in a heatproof bowl. Set microwave on the regular setting for 45 seconds. Open the door and stir.
    4. Return the bowl to the microwave and set it for 30 seconds. Stir. Repeat until the chocolate is melted. Add in the remaining 1/4 of the candy melts and stir until they are all melted. 
    5. For easy dipping, I used the Wilton duel melting pot insert. 
    6. Dip half of your strawberries in the melted white chocolate and shake the strawberry back and forth to get the excess chocolate off. Set them on a cookie sheet or cooling rack or sheet pan lined with plastic wrap to set up.
    7. Dip the other half in the dark chocolate mixture and repeat. Pop your chocolate back in the microwave for 30 seconds if it starts to set up.
    8. Put a few tablespoons of each of the melted chocolates in a piping bag, cut a small hole, and squeeze squiggle lines over the strawberries. Scatter your choice of sprinkles on the chocolate before it hardens.

Notes

  • It is easy to burn your chocolate by cooking it too long. Be sure to stir between each cycle of cooking. You must start again once your chocolate has burned, as there is no way to save it.
  • You can set dipped strawberries on parchment paper, but I found the easiest way that the chocolate comes right off is if they are placed on until the chocolate is set. Wax paper and parchment paper also work. 
  • If there are any strawberries left, store them in an airtight container in the refrigerator for 2-3 days. 
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