Learn how to make chocolate covered strawberries in a few easy steps, with only 3 ingredients. They’ll look just like the fanciest chocolate shop’s, customized to your liking with milk, dark, or white chocolate and tons of topping options!
What’s the perfect homemade treat to show your love? Chocolate covered strawberries! On Valentine’s Day – or really any time you need a quick dessert to share at a party or as a heartfelt gift – chocolate covered strawberries will always rescue you from the “what do I make?!” slump.
I’ll show you the secret trick to making chocolate covered strawberries with an iconic smooth, glossy finish that’s as beautiful as a chocolate shop’s.
Just like my Cake Pops, these strawberries are covered in the perfect, crisp chocolate shell and decorated with whatever your heart desires. Break out the sprinkles, chop up some Candied Pecans, or dust them with coconut flakes or crushed cookies…you’ll feel just like a professional chocolatier!
Speaking of chocolate, skip the store-bought box of chocolates and make my Homemade Chocolate Truffles. Your valentine will swoon.
Table of Contents
- Why You’ll Love These Chocolate Covered Strawberries
- Ingredients
- How to Melt Chocolate for Chocolate Covered Strawberries
- How to Make Chocolate Covered Strawberries
- Topping Ideas
- Pro Tips for Perfect Chocolate Covered Strawberries
- Storage Tips
- Frequently Asked Questions
- More Chocolatey Dessert Recipes You’ll Love!
- How to Make Chocolate Covered Strawberries (Easy!) Recipe
Why You’ll Love These Chocolate Covered Strawberries
- Only 3 ingredients: Break out your favorite chocolate, strawberries (duh!), and a little coconut oil, and you’ll be ready to roll.
- So easy: Wash them, dry them, dip them, and let them set…that’s it!
- Make them in big or small batches: Do you need a big batch for a party, or a small batch for just you and your love? No problem!
- Customizable: Dip your chocolate covered strawberries in milk, dark, or white chocolate and decorate them with your favorite toppings, from drizzles to sprinkles to crushed cookies.
- Professional results: Your chocolate covered strawberries will look just like the ones from the chocolate shop, with no special equipment needed.
Ingredients
- Fresh strawberries – the better the fresh strawberries, the better your chocolate covered strawberries will be! Stay away from frozen strawberries that don’t thaw well and will leave your dipped strawberries soggy and wet.
- Chocolate chips – you can use dark, milk, or white chocolate chips as long as they are high-quality!
- Refined coconut oil – a little bit of coconut oil mixed with the chocolate is the secret ingredient! It will help loosen the melted chocolate for easy dipping and it will create a slightly gloss, smooth, professional finish. You can use unrefined (virgin) coconut oil but it has a coconut flavor, whereas refined coconut oil is processed to remove impurities and is flavorless.
- Toppings to decorate (optional) – simply dip your strawberries in the chocolate shell and stop there, or garnish with fun toppings! My favorite finish is melting a little extra chocolate mixed with coconut oil to drizzle on top of the dipped strawberries.
How to Melt Chocolate for Chocolate Covered Strawberries
Skip the double boiler and use the microwave! It’s way easier and yields the same result. The key is to melt chocolate in the microwave slowly to prevent burning. Here are the super easy steps:
- Place chocolate chips in a small, microwave-safe bowl.
- Microwave in increments of 20 seconds, stirring every increment, until just melted.
- Stir in coconut oil. You’re ready to dip!
How to Make Chocolate Covered Strawberries
Make the best chocolate covered strawberries in a few easy steps. Here’s an outline of the steps; the full instructions are in the recipe card below.
Step 1: Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Rinse strawberries and pat each one dry. Let them come to room temperature for 30 minutes.
Step 2: In a small bowl, microwave chocolate in increments of 20 seconds, stirring every increment, until melted.
Step 3: Mix in coconut oil.
Step 4: Hold a strawberry by the stem and dip in the chocolate. Leave a small red border at the top of the strawberry. Let excess chocolate drip off.
Step 5: Place dipped strawberry on the baking sheet. Immediately decorate.
Step 6: Repeat steps 4 and 5 for other strawberries.
Step 7: Let them set at room temperature for 30 minutes or in the fridge for 15 minutes. Enjoy!
Topping Ideas
- Chocolate drizzle
- Homemade Peanut Butter drizzle
- Finely chopped nuts
- Crushed cookies (Oreos or Red Velvet Cookies)
- Crushed candy canes
- Granola
- Toffee bits
- Shredded coconut
- Sprinkles
My Pro Tip
Pro Tips for Perfect Chocolate Covered Strawberries
Choose fresh strawberries that are unblemished and ripe. Just like with my Strawberry Pie, Strawberry Pound Cake, and Strawberry Preserves recipes, the fresher the strawberries, the better your chocolate covered strawberries will be!
Coconut oil is the secret ingredient. A little bit of coconut oil yields smooth, slightly glossy chocolate covered strawberries. Use refined coconut oil that has a neutral flavor.
Use high-quality chocolate chips. Good chocolate = good chocolate covered strawberries.
Bring strawberries to room temperature. When the strawberries are cold, the melted chocolate will become lumpy and condensation will form on the outside of the dipped strawberries.
Finish with a chocolate drizzle. Melt a little extra chocolate with a tiny bit of coconut oil, and use a teaspoon to drizzle the chocolate over the top of the dipped strawberries before they set.
Storage Tips
Chocolate covered strawberries look and taste their best the day you make them, but they do last up to 2 days in the fridge before the strawberries start to get mushy and the chocolate shell softens and sweats.
I do not recommend freezing chocolate covered strawberries. They unfortunately don’t thaw well.
Frequently Asked Questions
As long as the chocolate is high-quality, you can use whatever chocolate chips you like (milk, dark, or white!). I personally love Ghirardelli chocolate chips (this is not an ad).
Make sure to dry your strawberries well and bring them to room temperature before dipping! After that, you should be smooth sailing.
No! Bring them to room temperature for at least 30 minutes or else the melted chocolate will become lumpy and your dipped strawberries will form condensation on the outside.
Dry off your strawberries well and bring the strawberries to room temperature for at least 30 minutes before dipping them.
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How to Make Chocolate Covered Strawberries (Easy!)
Ingredients
- 1 pound fresh strawberries, about 18 medium strawberries
- 1 cup dark, milk, or white chocolate chips
- 1 teaspoon refined coconut oil
- Optional toppings to decorate, like sprinkles or more chocolate to drizzle
Instructions
- Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Rinse your strawberries and then pat each one completely dry. Let them come to room temperature for at least 30 minutes.
- Place chocolate chips in a small, microwave-safe bowl. Microwave chocolate in increments of 20 seconds, stirring every increment, until melted.
- Mix in coconut oil until smooth.
- Hold a strawberry by the stem and dip it in the chocolate, tilting the bowl if needed for better coverage. For a decorative touch, leave a small red border at the top of the strawberry. Let excess chocolate drip off.
- Place dipped strawberry on the lined baking sheet. Immediately decorate while the chocolate is still wet.
- Repeat steps 4 and 5 for other strawberries.
- Let them set at room temperature for 30 minutes or in the fridge for 15 minutes before enjoying.
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Notes
- Look for refined coconut oil that has a neutral flavor. While you can use unrefined coconut oil, it has a coconut flavor. A small amount of coconut oil helps create a smooth, slightly glossy chocolate shell.
- Use high-quality chocolate chips for the best results!
- I personally love semi-sweet chocolate for dipping strawberries!
- Don’t dip strawberries right from the fridge. When the strawberries are cold, the melted chocolate will become lumpy and condensation will form on the outside of the dipped strawberries.
- For a decorative chocolate drizzle, melt a little extra chocolate with a tiny bit of coconut oil and use a teaspoon to drizzle the chocolate over the top of the dipped strawberries before their chocolate shells harden.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
My kid really enjoyed decorating these. They got a little carried away with the drizzling, so your strawberries look prettier, but I’m sure ours were just as delicious!
Aww! I love this! I’m sure they were beautiful and delicious 🙂 Thanks for letting me know.
Grace
Never knew that the tricks were to use coconut oil and bring strawberries to room temp first. Came out great just in time for Valentine’s Day!
Awesome to hear they came out perfectly! Happy belated Valentine’s Day!
Grace
Omg you won’t be catch me buying these in the grocery store ever again! Love how easy these were to make. Now I just have to urge my husband to make them for me next time, ha!
Awesome to hear! Thanks for letting me know – and let me know if you try any other recipes!
Grace