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Chocolate Covered Fruit Goodness

3rd January 2008

Chocolate Covered Fruit Goodness

posted in Recipes, Tutorials, Food, How-To |

Step 1: Get some fruit. Wash it and make sure it’s dry. In my case, the fruit was cherries.

Step 2: Dump some chocolate chips in a bowl. More than you think you’ll need. Microwave for 30 seconds, stir. Microwave for 30 seconds, stir. Repeat until the chips are melted.

Step 3: Stir in a couple tablespoons of shortening, for smoothness.

Step 4: Dip fruit in chocolate and place on a wax-paper-lined cookie sheet or tray. If you followed my directions and melted more than you needed, find something else to dip. Cookies, pretzels, or in my case, Clementine wedges.

Step 5: Put the tray in the fridge, but not for too long because condensation will discolor your chocolate.

Step 6: Do not open the fridge and have the fruit fall all over the floor (or in my case, do this). If this happens, salvage the fruit that did not touch the floor.

Step 7: Enjoy.


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  1. 1 On January 3rd, 2008, Mandi said:

    Oh. My. Goodness.
    that is SO yummy looking! You’ve inspired me - I have some leftover chocolate (melting chocolate) from Christmas and I’m going to go dip some bananas!! Thanks for the idea and instructions!

    posted on January 3rd, 2008 at 6:58 pm

  2. 2 On January 3rd, 2008, Joyful Abode said:

    You’re welcome, Mandi! I hope you enjoy it. I’m not a huge banana fan, but they’d be great in chocolate. :)

    posted on January 3rd, 2008 at 10:07 pm

  3. 3 On January 4th, 2008, Hillary said:

    I can’t believe it but I don’t think I’ve ever had a chocolate covered cherry before! That looks amazing - I’m sure I would love it because I love all other chocolate covered fruit :)

    posted on January 4th, 2008 at 4:13 pm

  4. 4 On January 4th, 2008, Dawn said:

    I can’t believe I didn’t think of chocolate covered fruit!

    I recently melted a box of Bakers semi sweet chocolate, and added a 1/4 teaspoon of peppermint extract, and dipped Ritz crackers in that.. thin-minty-goodness! Then I used plain chocolate and dipped pretzels in it. (I still have a few left over). My next venture.. chocolate covered bananas and cherries! Yum! I’m drooling just THINKING of it!!

    posted on January 4th, 2008 at 4:31 pm

  5. 5 On January 4th, 2008, Joyful Abode said:

    Hillary, you must try it. Soooo good.

    Dawn, that sounds really good. I LOVE thin mints. hehe.

    posted on January 4th, 2008 at 7:34 pm

  6. 6 On January 5th, 2008, Miss Scarlett said:

    I had several clementines go bad last week b/c I couldn’t eat them all. Now, had I thought of this, I can assure you they wouldn’t have been wasted. Such a simple idea. Kicking myself for not thinking of it!

    posted on January 5th, 2008 at 9:21 am

  7. 7 On January 6th, 2008, Bejeweled said:

    Hi there! Stopping by from the etsy forums :) Don’t these just look sinfully yummmy! Love the cherries, but I bet everything tastes better dipped!

    posted on January 6th, 2008 at 8:10 am

  8. 8 On January 20th, 2008, Keep dipping stuff in chocolate, ok? » Joyful Abode said:

    […] since the cherries-and-clementines chocolate fest, I’ve experimented with dipping everything in the house in chocolate, then […]

    posted on January 20th, 2008 at 6:01 am

  9. 9 On February 9th, 2008, Chocolate-covered Deliciousness (pretzels and marshmallows) » Joyful Abode said:

    […] here at my Joyful Abode, we’ve dipped cherries and clementines in […]

    posted on February 9th, 2008 at 11:05 am

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