Make adorable chocolate strawberry hearts for Valentine's Day! They are delicious, easy to make, and fun to eat!
You might also like our white chocolate raspberry scones, heart chocolate chip cookies, or heart-shaped brownie truffles! This chocolate-covered fruit gift basket was a huge hit with her teacher one year!
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Strawberry Hearts
I brought a platter of strawberry hearts into second grade for my daughter's class party years ago. They were a huge hit with the kids and the healthiest treat at the party! Cutting strawberries into a heart shape is super easy. I decided to take them up a notch this year and dip them in chocolate. I love how they turned out!
Chocolate Strawberry Heart Ingredients
Strawberries: Smaller strawberries with a pointy end work best vs. the jumbo strawberries with flat ends. The ones with a pointy end look more like hearts. Hopefully, that makes sense. Whichever ones you use, they'll be delicious just the same.
Chocolate: use your favorite melting chocolate. I like using Ghirardelli melting wafers (dark or milk chocolate). You can also use chocolate-flavored almond bark or chocolate chips. Melt according to package instructions.
Sprinkles or Drizzle: I melted white chocolate chips to drizzle over mine. Valentine sprinkles would be pretty too.
Tips for Making Chocolate Covered Strawberries
These tips work for chocolate strawberry hearts and chocolate strawberries in general.
Washing the berries: Make sure to give the strawberries and nice rinse and allow them to dry completely before dipping. Water and chocolate don't mix so the berries need to be dry.
Room temperature berries: If the berries are chilled or too cold the chocolate may crack and the berries may sweat once coated in chocolate. Room-temperature berries work best for dipping. The chocolate can set slowly and there isn't a big shift in temperature. Note: because heart strawberries are cut and the insides are exposed when dipped in chocolate, they might drip a few drops of juice regardless. That's normal.
Do not refrigerate coated strawberries: Chocolate strawberries are best eaten the day they are dipped. Again, if they are refrigerated they may sweat or seep juice when they are served so storing them on the counter works best.
How To Make Chocolate Strawberry Hearts
Step 1: Trim off the stem of each strawberry, being careful not to cut too much off the top of each berry as that will affect the heart shape. You just want to remove the stem.
Step 2: Cut a V-shape in each strawberry.
Step 3: Insert a long toothpick (I used deli toothpicks) or a lollipop stick into each strawberry.
Step 4: Dip strawberries into melting chocolate. Allow excess to drip off.
Step 5: Place dipped strawberries onto parchment paper to set up.
Step 6: Drizzle melted white chocolate over each strawberry, optional.
Store chocolate strawberries on the counter and serve the same day.
Chocolate Strawberry Hearts
Chocolate Strawberry Hearts
Ingredients
- strawberries
- melted chocolate (almond bark, Ghirardelli, etc.)
- melted white chocolate (optional, to drizzle over berries)
Instructions
- Trim off the stem of each strawberry, being careful not to cut too much off the top of each berry as that will affect the heart shape. You just want to remove the stem.
- Cut a V-shape in each strawberry.
- Insert a long toothpick or lollipop stick into the bottom of each strawberry.
- Dip strawberries into melting chocolate. Allow excess to drip off.
- Place dipped strawberries onto parchment paper to set up.
- Drizzle melted white chocolate over each strawberry, optional.
Brandy says
Hi everyone! Brandy here, these strawberries turn out so cute and are delicious. Just a reminder to eat them the same day that you make them for best results. Enjoy!