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Jun. 12th, 2012 01:22 pmSorry I haven't been posting much, y'all. I haven't been feeling very well lately...overstressed, and also I managed to accidentally boil some bleach and breath in the fumes at work the other day. Uh. Oops. xD
Haven't been baking much either, I've just been dipping ALL THE THINGSSSS in chocolate instead. And I could take photos of those but...that would just be taunting you really, there isn't a recipe for chocolate-covered strawberries. Although if you do want to dip some things in chocolate, here's some suggestions, based on what I've been doing lately:
The classic is strawberries. You can also do any fruit you like, really, although if you do something like banana slices, try to cover the slice completely in chocolate so it doesn't turn to mush too fast. Same with things like apple slices.
You can also dip marshmallows! They're wicked good. I like them, and I'm not even ordinarily a huge fan of marshmallows.
You can do - pretty much any roasted nut you like. Try to get the salted kind, because salt always goes well with chocolate. Obviously, they need to be out of their shell. What I do is scoop some of the melted chocolate out of the double-boiler (because I'm still using the remaining chocolate for more stuff) into a bowl, add nuts, and mix until they're all coated. You can cool them individually, but I like to do big mounds of nuts. My favorite to do like this is cashews, but that's because I honestly don't like that many nuts...if I can find some shucked sunflower seeds, I'm definitely doing those as well.
Finally, there's pretzels, another classic...the problem with pretzels is you either have to coat them completely, or else you can't cool them in the fridge; they'll go stale. Same goes for any other cracker or chip. Chocolate-covered potato chips would probably be pretty good - I haven't tried them yet. What I have been doing is dipping pita chips in chocolate (plain/sea salt flavor, obviously). It's delicious. I recommend the New York brand for this, because some of the others seem like they would just be too dry/not salted well enough.
Haven't been baking much either, I've just been dipping ALL THE THINGSSSS in chocolate instead. And I could take photos of those but...that would just be taunting you really, there isn't a recipe for chocolate-covered strawberries. Although if you do want to dip some things in chocolate, here's some suggestions, based on what I've been doing lately:
The classic is strawberries. You can also do any fruit you like, really, although if you do something like banana slices, try to cover the slice completely in chocolate so it doesn't turn to mush too fast. Same with things like apple slices.
You can also dip marshmallows! They're wicked good. I like them, and I'm not even ordinarily a huge fan of marshmallows.
You can do - pretty much any roasted nut you like. Try to get the salted kind, because salt always goes well with chocolate. Obviously, they need to be out of their shell. What I do is scoop some of the melted chocolate out of the double-boiler (because I'm still using the remaining chocolate for more stuff) into a bowl, add nuts, and mix until they're all coated. You can cool them individually, but I like to do big mounds of nuts. My favorite to do like this is cashews, but that's because I honestly don't like that many nuts...if I can find some shucked sunflower seeds, I'm definitely doing those as well.
Finally, there's pretzels, another classic...the problem with pretzels is you either have to coat them completely, or else you can't cool them in the fridge; they'll go stale. Same goes for any other cracker or chip. Chocolate-covered potato chips would probably be pretty good - I haven't tried them yet. What I have been doing is dipping pita chips in chocolate (plain/sea salt flavor, obviously). It's delicious. I recommend the New York brand for this, because some of the others seem like they would just be too dry/not salted well enough.
