Basketball Chocolate Covered Strawberries. Easy chocolate covered strawberries decorated to look like basketballs. Perfect for gifting or for a party!
Basketball Chocolate Covered Strawberries
For father’s day I set out to make some themed chocolate covered strawberries. I started with making baseball chocolate covered strawberries because that is my husband’s favorite sport. Then I thought it would be a good idea to have other sports themed ones as well including football chocolate covered strawberries and these basketball chocolate covered strawberries.
Making chocolate covered fruit is one of my favorite things, not only is it easy but it is one tasty treat that everyone loves! If you are having a sports themed party then should check
- Baseball cupcakes
- Football Chocolate covered strawberries
- Basketball Chocolate covered strawberries
- Football Popcorn Snack Mix
Tips for Making chocolate Covered Strawberries
Use Fresh Strawberries. Choose strawberries that are ripe but still firm. Avoid underripe or overripe and squishy strawberries.
Pick a high quality Dark Chocolate melting chocolate. You will be able to taste the difference!
Don’t make the chocolate to hot! Make sure the chocolate is warm and melted but not overly hot to avoid cooking the strawberries. You want it to be hot enough that it is fully melted, but not so hot that it will shock the strawberries and cause them to ever so slightly ‘cook’ this will affect how long they last for.
Room temperature. Use strawberries that are room temperature. If you keep yours in the fridge let them sit on the counter for about 30 minutes before using them.
Allow enough set time. Once dipped, allow the chocolate to harden and cool at room temperature before you move to the fridge.
Make sure strawberries are dry after being washed. To be certain they were dry I used a paper towel on each berry, including the green tops before dipping.
Prep everything before getting started. Have a tray lined with wax paper ready to go along with the chocolate in a bowl that can easily be dipped into before starting will make your life much easier.
If you are new to working with chocolate make sure you learn how to melt your chocolate , it is really easy to do with those step by step directions. You will need a very small piping tip to get these kind of details, I was able to find one here .
Basketball Chocolate Covered Strawberries Ingredients
- 1 pound of fresh, ripe but not too ripe strawberries
- 8 ounces of quality orange dipping chocolate
- 3 ounces of quality dark dipping chocolate
- double zero size round piping tip
- freezer bags
Basketball Chocolate Covered Strawberries Directions
Thoroughly wash and dry your strawberries and place them on a plate.
Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
Using a double boiler melt the orange chocolate melts. If you prefer to use the microwave you can by melting the chocolate for 30 seconds at a time and then stirring in between.
Once the chocolate is melted line up your supplies in order of strawberries, bowl of melted chocolate and then baking sheet.
Grab the strawberry by the green leaf dip and dip the strawberry into the melted orange chocolate. Holding the top/ greens will keep your fingers out of the chocolate and give a clean finish
After dipping carefully place each strawberry on the tray with enough space that they will not touch.
While the strawberries are setting melt the dark chocolate.
Using a freezer bag or piping bag, Cut the dip off of a freezer bag and place in the piping tip.
Pour the dark chocolate into the bag with the tip and pipe two curved lines on each strawberry, then Add the a line across the two lines line to make the basketball lines.
Let set up full then cover or transfer to an airtight container and store in the refrigerator.
Chocolate Dipped Fruit Recipes
- Frozen Chocolate Covered Bananas
- Chocolate covered raspberries
- Chocolate Covered Strawberry cupcakes
- Dark Chocolate covered Strawberries
- Chocolate Covered cherries
- Chocolate Covered Apricots
- White Chocolate covered Strawberries
Basketball Chocolate Covered Strawberries
Material
- double zero size round piping tip
- Freezer bags
Ingredients
- 1 pound strawberries
- 8 ounces orange dipping chocolate
- 3 ounces dark dipping chocolate
Instructions
- Thoroughly wash and dry your strawberries and place them on a plate.
- Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Using a double boiler melt the orange chocolate melts. If you prefer to use the microwave you can by melting the chocolate for 30 seconds at a time and then stirring in between.
- Once the chocolate is melted line up your supplies in order of strawberries, bowl of melted chocolate and then baking sheet.
- Grab the strawberry by the green leaf dip and dip the strawberry into the melted orange chocolate. Holding the top/ greens will keep your fingers out of the chocolate and give a clean finish
- After dipping carefully place each strawberry on the tray with enough space that they will not touch.
- While the strawberries are setting melt the dark chocolate.
- Using a freezer bag or piping bag, Cut the dip off of a freezer bag and place in the piping tip.
- Pour the dark chocolate into the bag with the tip and pipe two curved lines on each strawberry, then Add the a line across the two lines line to make the basketball lines.
- Let set up full then cover or transfer to an airtight container and store in the refrigerator.
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