We were taught how to decorate strawberries to look like little tuxedos. Not only do these look adorable, but it is just the perfect ratio of white chocolate to dark for me. Delicious!
I made some for Teacher Appreciation Week at my son's school today and apparently they were a big hit. Someone called to see if I did them professionally so she could order some. :)
But despite their fancy appearance, they're fairly easy to do, as long as you temper the chocolate correctly. If you overheat it, the wax will separate from the chocolate (giving it a white coating) after it hardens. I stick my chocolate buttons in pyrex bowls in the oven at 200 degrees. After about 5 minutes, turn the oven off and stir chocolate frequently to make sure outer edges aren't getting cooked. When it is nice and creamy it's ready to dip.
To do tuxedo strawberries, dip clean, dry strawberries in white chocolate, just on the front side, no need to roll the whole berry in it. If the room is cool enough, they will harden quickly on wax paper and you can move right into the next step. Once the white chocolate is hardened, dip it in dark chocolate at a slant, then roll it around to slant on the other side. Let them harden once more and reheat the dark chocolate if needed. Put some dark chocolate in a ziplock baggie and snip a very small corner off of one side. This needs to be very small to enable drawing with chocolate. Draw a little bow-tie and buttons on and you're done. Enjoy within 12 hours, they do not have a long shelf life.
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