chocolate covered strawberries

valentine’s day is just around the corner…  here’s a sweet treat that you can make for (or with) your sweetie!

• 1 dozen strawberries, washed and dried
• 1 c white chocolate (i use almond bark)
• 1 1/2  c semi-sweet chocolate chips
• 1 tsp shortening

1. prep your strawberries.  make sure that they are dry or the chocolate will not stick to the berries!
2. in the microwave, melt the white chocolate (or almond bark) in 30 sec. intervals until melted.
3. dip strawberries into white chocolate, place on wax-paper lined cookie sheet.  put in fridge for 5 min. or until white chocolate hardens.
4. melt the semi-sweet chocolate and shortening in microwave for 30 sec. intervals until melted.
5. dip strawberries into dark chocolate, return to cookie sheet.  drizzle with extra white chocolate.  you may need to re-melt the chocolate with a little bit of milk in the microwave.
6. place back in fridge until you’re ready to serve them.

enjoy!