My favorite easy chocolate strawberries (no thermometer!)

I've found the best way to make chocolate covered strawberries that requires no thermometers or tempering.

To check out Pipe It's channel, the inspiration for this video, go here:

*⏰ TIMESTAMPS:*
00:00 Introduction
00:24 3 Different ways to make chocolate covered strawberries
01:25 Can you use chocolate chips to make chocolate covered strawberries?
03:20 How to prep your strawberries for dipping and what supplies do you need?
05:00 How to melt chocolate for dipping strawberries.
07:25 The best way to dip a strawberry in melted chocolate
09:23 What do you do with leftover chocolate from dipping strawberries?

STORING CHOCOLATE-COVERED STRAWBERRIES:
I didn't have time to get into this topic, but for the most part, you'll want to eat the strawberries within 24 hours of dipping.
If I have leftover berries, I keep them in a cool and dry place, usually a plastic container lined with a paper towel with a lid not closed but placed on top. It will keep up to 48 hours this way.
As time goes on, the strawberry will release more water. That's not because the strawberries you chose were bad or anything, but because there is a high-sugar chocolate sitting against a strawberry, which has a high water content. Sugar is hygroscopic and will pull the water out of the berry, creating a pool of strawberry syrup underneath your chocolate berries.
Generally, you shouldn't fridge chocolate-covered confections because the interior of the berry will get cold, and once you bring it out to room temp, water vapor from the ambient room temp will collect on the surface of the chocolate (condensation.) The water will ruin the smooth appearance of your chocolate-covered strawberries.

🌈 TOOLS USED IN THIS VIDEO:
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Callebaut dark callets:
Callebaut ruby callets:
Mercken's Dark Compound chocolate:

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[jasminem]

Thanks for being our science baker! Kudos for also crediting another baker ❣️❣️🍓❣️❣️

[jazzy]

Thank you so much for this 🥰 my boyfriend isn’t a huge fan of chocolate covered strawberries because he says it’s way too waxy and hard. I tried your method and he loved it, and ate almost all of the strawberries I made 😂🥰 Thank you so much for this method again ♥️🫶

[udderlylost]

Your channel is one of my favorite channels. Your cream cheese buttercream was a game changer. I even made a chocolate + coffee buttercream recipe using milk powder and meringue and a similar method to make it a more stable. It's good and very similar in texture and behavior to the cream cheese buttercream.

[isabellacullen]

The chocolate covered strawberries look so pretty. I like how you used the leftovers chocolate that is very unique. 🍓🍫💗

[brdy]

Was excited to see a new video from you come up in my feed 🥰
As always, great tips and explanations, these look amazing!

[PotooBurd]

Thanks for spreading the top about mixing compound chocolate and real! I’m definitely going to try that 🌻

[coolnewpants]

Thank you so much for making this video! It's so helpful!

[Snowlily]

Your videos should be atleast half an hour long.

This is a prime example of how ideas don’t equal to success in life. I actually was looking for this exact method, as a noob, tempering chocolate without a thermometer was breaking my back, but I also couldn’t give up on the room-temp stable chocolate, yet was so drawn to the easily hardened compound, scared away by its off taste however. So I was looking for sources who tried mixing the two and I mostly found people advising against it. I’m not in a position to experiment with expensive chocolate so I didn’t research on my own.

This video is perfect. I will try this method with 50-50, then 30-70. Thank you so much, truly.

[karile]

Thank you for your thorough walk through! I appreciate your scientific method of explaining baking, tempering and so many of your processes 🎉🎉🎉

[sunshinebakery_melinda]

i seen your video about this on instagram and wanted to see the whole thing. love all the information given. thank you!

[juliajohnson]

So smart how you used the leftover chocolate!

[Crocady]

I really enjoy your formula for videos ❤️ it's much easier to remember and more entertaining to watch. You are an excellent teacher 🌻 this is making me excited about Easter 😋🍫🍓

[companerodelalma]

Yes Whitaker’s! Great grocery store chocolate. I use it regularly for baking. Such good value for the quality.

[jessicabullock]

Oh my goodness!! So excited you have Whittakers chocolate all the way from here in New Zealand ❤❤🎉🎉 That’s amazing! I hope you love it as much as I do. It’s the only chocolate I have nowadays. Love your videos! Thank you so much ❤

[Libertadgarciamondragon]

The best explanation ever! Love it ❤️🍫❤️🍫

[joevelazquez]

Wow, this video is very informative. Thank you for this

[DoughRaeMe]

This video got you another subscription. Good job!

[margiemengel]

This is one of my favorite treats ever💞 thanks for sharing your knowledge. Happy Valentine's day to you and your family!

[terrieseverson]

As much as I love strawberries my absolutely favorite chocolate covered candy is dark chocolate covered orange peels that Fannie Mae use to offer. I’ll be using your recipe of 80/20 to dip my extra large orange peels from Italy I found on Amazon. I anticipate great success! Thanks for the great advice as it’s good to know I don’t have to be bothered by tempering if I choose not to.

[delana]

This was so informative. Thank you as always for sharing the science of baking. Science was my least favorite subject in school, but I am paying attention now.😂 Have a wonderful day and Hapoy Easter!