This week is all about sweets. I know it’s very unusual for Just One Cookbook to feature sweets recipe since I rarely make desserts at home. Today I’m sharing Chocolate Covered Strawberries with white chocolate!
You might already know but white chocolate is not real chocolate. It consists of cocoa butter, sugar, milk solids, and salt, and there is no cocoa solids. Unlike regular chocolate, melting white chocolate can be a nightmare if you don’t know some important facts first. I did a little bit of researching on this topic, so let’s go over some important points about white chocolate.
Use high-quality white chocolate with no vegetable fat. Microwave the white chocolate on 50% microwave power (medium-power). Melt at most 8 oz chocolate at once. Make sure all of your utensils are completely dry. Only one drop of water will ruin the whole process! If you want to melt white chocolate chips, remember they will seize up very quickly. You will need to shorten cooking time. You might want to add a few drops of natural tasting oil or mineral oil (the one you use for taking care of your wood cutting board). And lastly, you need to stir really well after every interval as it won’t look like it has melted.
This is a really easy dessert that you can prepare in 15-20 minutes. Chocolate covered strawberries are quite expensive to buy in stores, but you can make it easily at home and have fun with your children. And they are really pretty to look at if you are hosting a party or having guests over. I hope you enjoy this dessert with the loved ones!
Here with milk chocolate made by my 3 and 5-year-old children. 🙂 (They wanted theirs to be on the blog as well!)
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