Halloween Chocolate Covered Strawberries are a really cute way to dress up some strawberries for Halloween. Simply dipped in melted chocolate, or candy melts and a little decorating you have a really cute Halloween treat.
Prep Time45 minutesmins
Total Time45 minutesmins
Servings: 40
Cuisine: American
Author: Melanie Cagle
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Ingredients
2lbFresh Strawberries
7ozWhite Candy Melting Wafers
4ozGreen Candy Melting Wafers
4ozOrange Candy Melting Wafers
28Candy Eyeballs
Black food grade marker
3TeaspoonsVegetable Shortening
Instructions
Wash and dry the strawberries.
Add the white candy melts to a cup and microwave at 50% power in 30 second intervals, stirring in between.
Add 1 teaspoon of shortening and keep stirring until you get a good dippable consistency.
Dip some of the strawberries into the white melted candy then set on a baking sheet lined with wax paper.
Continue until you have about 12 strawberries done. Drizzle the remaining white melted candy to make bandage lines, add 2 candy eyes to each strawberry.
Rrepeat the candy melting procedure for the orange candy then dip about 12 strawberries, laying out on the wax paper.
Repeat again for the green candy melts.
Using your black food grade marker (or gel icing) decorate the orange strawberries like jack-o-lanterns and the green strawberries as Frankensteins.
Once finished store in the refrigerator.
Notes
Add more shortening if you need to thin the melted candy more. Add a teaspoon at a time and stir well.