Luscious Chocolate Covered Strawberries Recipe

  American Dessert

Ingredients:
32 medium-large strawberries with stems (2 pints)
1 1/2 cups semisweet chocolate chips
1 1/2 teaspoons vegetable shortening
Confectioners' sugar

Directions:
1. Rinse strawberries; pat dry. Line two baking sheets with waxed paper.
2. Melt chocolate chips and shortening according to package directions.
3. Hold strawberries at stem end and dip in melted chocolate to cover two-thirds of each berry. Allow excess chocolate to drip off; place berries on waxed paper to cool. Let harden, then sift confectioners' sugar over finished berries.
Makes 32 dipped berries

Luscious Chocolate Covered Strawberries
 

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