This chocolate strawberries teacher gift is simple and sweet. Use the strawberry basket that the berries came in and wrap with a piece of decorative paper and ribbon.
I kept things simple for Teacher's Appreciation Day this year. NICE AND SIMPLE. I've had teachers say that their favorite gifts are cards from their students, and I totally get that! My favorite gifts are homemade cards from my kids. The boys each made a card for their teacher in their cute little handwriting and I made them each a basket of chocolate covered strawberries.
Chocolate Strawberries Teacher Gift Idea
I was trying to think of a cute and creative way to package them when it dawned on me to just use the basket that they came in! Usually strawberry baskets are 1 lb. sized, but these one were smaller so they worked our great! Each teacher received 8 berries. I had some extra bulletin border from teaching preschool to Aaron last year and wrapped each basket in that and tied a ribbon around it. A piece of scrapbook paper would have worked out just fine if I didn't have the bulletin border.
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How to Make Chocolate Strawberries
Making chocolate strawberries seems pretty self explanatory, but there are a few tips that I think would come in handy for first-timers.
Use dry strawberries.
This doesn't mean that you can't wash the berries. By all means, wash them! Just make sure they have a chance to dry completely so that the chocolate sticks to them better.
Use room temperature strawberries.
Cold strawberries will begin to sweat after they've been dipped in chocolate and will leak juice faster than room temperature strawberries.
Use melting chocolate.
I've made strawberries with both melted chocolate chips and melting chocolate and prefer melting chocolate. Ghirardelli meting wafers are my favorite and are delicious! Much better than chocolate flavored almond bark. You can also buy melting chocolate cups like I did in this post which are super easy to use. When you are done, just toss the cup. No clean up involved.
Eat within a day or 2.
Using room temperature strawberries only helps so much. After a day, the berries will begin to get juicy so make these the day you'd like to eat them, or the night before.
Steps for Making Chocolate Strawberries
- Melt Chocolate
- Dip each strawberry into chocolate, letting excess drip off.
- Place each strawberry on to a wax paper or parchment paper lined baking sheet.
- Allow to set until chocolate has hardened. On the counter is best, but the refrigerator works in a pinch.
Corina says
All us teachers appreciate the heart felt gifts... honestly, kids seem obliged to gift their "core" teachers over the others... that always makes me a little sad... the obligation part. There is NO obligation to give gifts. But, if you are going to do that, why not give to the teachers they like the most? It is not a contest or necessity.
Denise Marie says
amazing deal!
Its A Blog Party says
Such a great deal on the plates!
Thanks for linking up!
~Liz
Rachel Lynn says
I'm totally jealous of all those plates! I can't buy anything until we move into the new house.
MommyTopics.com says
Chocolate Covered Strawberries as a Teacher Appreciation gift? Brilliant!
And I would LOVE to find a great plate deal like that. You are right, there are so many great things you could do.
I'll have to keep my eyes peeled for such a deal. I hope you post some of the silouettes, hand prints, and collages you do... I'd love some more inspiration!
Thanks for the post!
Blessings
Rachymommy - MommyTopics.com
JustJenn says
LOVE the ideas in this post!
Brittany@twocrazycupcakes says
Love chocolate covered strawberries! What a great deal on the plates. Where did you get them? I'm hoping we have that store here. I would love some of those little pink and green ones for my lil sweet pea's tea party.
Kaysi says
What great ideas!
Cadiedid says
As a teacher, I thank you for appreciating with the heartfelt gifts! My room mothers forgot to even send a notice home (not that I really need a gift to know that my students appreciate me). One student brought me several extremely sweet gifts and another brought me snacks each day. I know that my children will definitely take handmade gifts that they put effort into for their teachers when they are older.
**Personally, I'd be in hog heaven if I had chocolate covered strawberries though!