The elegant combination of fresh produce with rich, luxurious dark chocolate is easier than you think with chocolate dipped strawberries. (Courtesy of The Food Channel.

Chocolate-Dipped Strawberries

From The Kitchens of The Food Channel

• Prep Time: 25 minutes

• Cook Time: 0 minutes

• Serves: 12

Why try? This recipe features the elegant combination of fresh produce with rich, luxurious dark chocolate. It’s easier than you think and only has three ingredients.

Foodie Byte: Switch out milk or white chocolate for the dark chocolate in this recipe for flavor and color variation. Add visual interest by drizzling milk or white chocolate over chocolate-dipped strawberries. The strawberries could also be coated in various chopped nuts or toasted coconut immediately after being dipped in chocolate.

Ingredients

25 large strawberries

1 (12 ounce) bag dark chocolate chips

1 tablespoon vegetable oil

Preparation

• Clean and dry strawberries, leaving stems and leaves intact.

• In double boiler, over low heat, melt chocolate and oil; stir to combine.

• Lay waxed paper on flat surface. Dip strawberries one by one into chocolate mixture, allowing extra chocolate to drip off, lay onto waxed paper to set.

• If your kitchen is warm, strawberries may be refrigerated for 10 minutes to set chocolate.