Happier Than A Pig In Mud: Fresh Picked Strawberry Carrots

Sunday, March 4, 2012

Fresh Picked Strawberry Carrots

How cute are these! I saw the strawberry carrots on Pinterest but thought I'd make them "just picked" with a little dirt still on them. Ok truthfully, any excuse for adding semi-sweet chocolate...

I've had this ceramic bunny for over 14 years, he's never looked so yummy!

They just make me smile:@)

Candy Covered Strawberries

Fresh strawberries, rinsed and dried well.
Dip in either orange or white candy melts with a little orange food coloring gel. Or you could use white chocolate with a little orange food coloring gel. Melt candy in microwave or double boiler.
Dip the berries.
Set on wax paper/parchment/silicone liner and add "texture" with an icing bag or sandwich bag with tiny tip cut off. Let dry.
Partially dip in melted chocolate.
Set on wax paper/parchment/silicone liner to dry.
Store air tight in fridge.

I did try this with chocolate jimmies, but thought the melted chocolate looked better.

Notes:

This is the first time I've used candy melts, they firmed up very quickly after being dipped, much faster than chocolate.
I used Wilton Icing Coloring Gel for the orange color.
You might want to go slower and make straight lines across the berries, I just added a quick squiggle.
I was surprised at the flavor of the candy melts, they are pretty good. But if this was my contribution to Easter dinner, I'd use a good white chocolate like Ghirardelli.