Fancy strawberry tuxedos
Ingredients: Strawberries ($1.99 from Aldi), CandiQuick or chocolate bark (about $2), a smidge of royal icing and food coloring.
Wash and dry the strawberries. Melt chocolate in the microwave according to directions, stir. Dip strawberries in chocolate at an angle forming a v-shaped neckline—or dip the whole thing--it will get covered with white icing anyway.
Prepare some royal icing (a really thick powdered sugar and water icing might suffice). Using a spoon, piping bag or bottle, paint a white shirt onto each berry. Add red or pink coloring to leftover icing. After the berry’s “clothes” are dry, dot on a bow tie and some buttons, using a toothpick. What a lovely, inexpensive indulgence.
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These chocolate-covered strawberries are simple to make.