Week 7: Chocolate Covered Strawberries for Dummies

If you're a pro in the kitchen, don't read this...this tip may seem obvious to the typical Kitchen Pro.

For V-day we tried to make chocolate covered strawberries...who doesn't?  :)
So, I pulled out my double boiler, dumped the chocolate pieces in (threw a few--or more-- in my mouth), and waited for it to melt.

It wasn't melting to my satisfaction, so I decided to add some whole milk into it. Perfect!
Then, the sadness came...the chocolate wouldn't stick to the berries! I frantically called my cake-pop making, chocolate dipping, sweets creating sister, Corinne.

"Why isn't it sticking??! I added milk and---" 

"---Oh, you added milk? That's a problem. Don't add any sort of liquid."

It was all the chocolate I had, so I made it work.  I basically dumped the chocolate on the berries.  They were edible that night, but definitely not great.

The next night, I found some random chocolate morsels in my pantry, and decided to try again.  This time, I followed Corinne's advice and simply microwaved the chocolate.  First 30 seconds, then stir.  Then in 10 second increments  till completely melted.  

They were PERFECT!!

Maybe next year I'll try a pretty white chocolate drizzle?  I'll be sure to call Corinne, first ;)