Sweet Freedom

I can already hear you gasping as you look at this tutorial. These dipped strawberries are delicious and such a fun treat to make with your little ones. Let's not spend anymore time drooling...let's get to work!

Materials Needed:
Fresh, ripe strawberries
White chocolate chips
Blue sprinkles
Blue food coloring
Wax paper

 Instructions:
1. Clean your strawberries and dry them. Kids love to hang over the edge of the sink and make sure each strawberry get a thorough bath, so don't hesitate to let them get their little hands on this project.


Make sure the strawberries are completely dry before beginning the next step or the chocolate will slide right off.

2. Heat your white chocolate in a microwave safe bowl. Cook for 15 seconds at 100% power and stir. Continue in 15 second increments until the chocolate is nice and creamy. 

3. Hold the strawberry by its little green leaves and dip into the chocolate. Twist and turn (the strawberry) until well coated. This is definitely one of those times when its okay to double dip.

 4. Don't stop now. Once you've got a delicious layer of chocolate, sprinkle or dip that unsuspecting strawberry with a dash of sprinkles. 


 5. Set that beautiful, patriotic strawberry onto a piece of wax paper...or don't. This is America. Its OKAY to skip the "setting up" part and take a bite. The kids are doing it...you should too. 

 6. Use all your will power to stop licking your fingers and finish making up the rest of that batch of strawberries. Kids can experiment with any kind of sprinkles or design. Use the quiet time while they're licking their fingers and the edge of the table to teach them about what a great country we live in. Let them know we're proud of our Red, White and Blue!!






Variation: Add a little blue food coloring to your melted white chocolate to change up the look. (Gel food colorings hold their color better and mix in more evenly, but regular food coloring works great too.)


Happy Independence Day!