Sisters Making Chocolate Covered Strawberries
Sisters Making Chocolate Covered Strawberries is a fun activity and a great way to celebrate Valentine’s Day and Spring! With two easy ingredients, sprinkle with Sea salt for the finishing touch! Along with a red roses tablescape, this post has been updated with new text and photography!
Making Chocolate Covered Strawberries with sisters is a great way to celebrate Valentine’s Day or Spring! Since we just returned from a sweet “sister trip,” strawberries are on my mind. :)
When our Mom left us girls 20 years ago, after a long bout of cancer, it has given us a reason to celebrate and to prioritize time together as sisters, exactly the way Mom would have wanted it to be. Which is why we love to be together every chance we can. (Stay tuned for our Palm Springs trip/post coming soon!)
This post originated 5 years years ago, when Di showed us how to make Chocolate Covered Strawberries. For Spring, you may also want to try my Strawberry Cream Shortbread Dessert (serves a large group!)
Set the table
Today, in honor of my sisters and mom, I set the table with beautiful red roses in the gorgeous outdoors here in Bend, and added new Chocolate Covered Strawberries photography!
Whole Foods Bend delivered beautiful roses to my door this week for Valentine’s Day! Lucky girl!
So of course I set a pretty table!
-MacKenzie-Childs chargers (Courtly Check pattern).
-White Peony Q Squared salad plates.
Set the table for 4, for Mom and her girls.
Making Chocolate Covered Strawberries
Delicious for any holiday, but specifally Valentine’s Day, Easter, Mother’s Day, the recipe’s pretty simple, and who doesn’t love a chocolate dipped strawberry?
2 tips to share if your chocolate clumps together:
1. Microwave chocolate 30 seconds at a time and stir, stir, stir for glossiness.
2. Strawberries should not be stored in refrigerator longer than 1 hour, as condensation drops may collect on the chocolate.
We dream of Mom to this day, but we have to have the boldness and courage–the belief that it’s okay that she is gone, and the hope of seeing her again–to call it beautiful.
I treasure her last letter to my family, and her beautiful handwriting.
We have to celebrate the fact that we can still dream. And we still have each other.
Happy Valentine’s Day, Mom! You’ll always be our Valentine!
Get the Recipe:
Making Chocolate Covered Strawberries with Sisters
Ingredients
- 8 ounces semisweet chocolate, finely chopped
- 1 pound large strawberries, about 20, washed and dried well
- Sea salt
Instructions
- Place chocolate in a bowl set over (not in) a saucepan of simmering water. Stir occasionally, until melted, 3 to 5 minutes. Remove from heat.
- Line a baking sheet with waxed or parchment paper. One at a time, dip each strawberry in chocolate. Twirl to coat half-way up (or to the stems).
- Sprinkle with Sea sat.
- Chill the chocolate-dipped strawberries for 15 minutes to set the chocolate. Serve!
More strawberry recipes: Strawberry Rhubarb Crunch [Barefeet in the Kitchen], How to make Strawberry Roses [Spend with Pennies], Strawberry Shortcake Mimosa [Crazy for Crust], Pink Strawberry Cupcakes [RecipeGirl], and Strawberry Honey Brie with Toasted Walnuts [RE].
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I love this idea! I did something for my sister and myself with my mom’s handwriting with “love you, Ma”. I found someone on ETSY called “tag you’re it” that engraved my mom’s signature on a silver disk. I have a square and my sister has a circle. My friend whose mom was still living with Alzheimer’s Disease bought them for herself and her sisters for Christmas. The following May their mom passed and all three sisters had them on for the funeral. It was so touching.
What a great recipe and what a great post talking about your mom. she must be very proud of you when she was around. My mom did the same we are 3 sisters and love one another
thanks a great site, and recipies
Selma
Yum. I love chocolate covered strawberries. I have a “baby shower” board on pinterest and think I’m going to make some for the baby shower, but use white chocolate colored light blue.
I just bought a pint of strawberries and have been feeling the itch for something sweet… chocolate added to them = perfect!
I, too, prefer using a double boiler for any melted chocolate. {And if using chocolate chips, don’t forget to add the shortening!} I’ve seen them rolled in chocolate shavings or with a contrasting color of chocolate drizzled over them. The berries look fantastic- we’ve been buying them weekly and eating them daily!!
A drizzle of melted white chocolate adds a nice touch. Happy Mother’s Day.
Sisters are the best! I have one – she’s my best friend! – and my mom has two. It’s so fun when we all get together – we all leave with sore abs from laughing!