Chocolate Covered Strawberries

I signed up to bring in a dessert to my daughter's school for a teacher appreciation luncheon.  I love to bake, but this time I decided to go with chocolate covered strawberries.

I bought two bags of the Wilton Candy Melts (on sale for $1.99 at Michaels) and a three pound container at BJ's for $2.99.  I already had the cupcake liners and sprinkles.  So for three pounds of dessert... around $7 isn't bad to spend.

I love making these for get togethers. People assume they are tedious to make, but they are so easy.

First I melted the milk chocolate; which Wilton refers to as light cocoa.  I just emptied the bag in a small pot on the stove over low heat and whisked until they melted.  Then I whisked a bit more. 

Earlier I had rinsed off and hand dried my strawberries and set them out to be room temperature.

Just simple dip and swirl each strawberry, then lay on a sheet of wax paper.  Immediately after dipping I covered some of them with sprinkles.

Then I melted the white chocolate and dipped those.  I took some leftover white chocolate and attempted to drizzle it over some of the chocolate dipped ones. 

I was more pleased with the white chocolate ones with the chocolate lines on them.  I simply took a bit of melted chocolate in a sandwich size ziploc bag, snipped off the corner, and then squeezed lines over the strawberries.

Once they were all done and and the chocolate had hardened, I placed each one in a cupcake liner and arranged them on a tray.

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