Hand Dipped Chocolate Covered Strawberries

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It's almost Chocolate Time Day... I mean Valentine's Day! Whenever the holidays roll around you and your sweetheart may find it difficult to stay focused on eating right, especially when there is chocolate everywhere you turn. This year for dessert try making your own chocolate covered strawberries. By making them yourself you can control the amount of sugar, butter, and milk. You can even control the chocolate. Below the directions are a few variations to spice up the evening.

Ingredients

16 oz Strawberries
1/4 cup Butter softened 1/4 cup Milk 1/2 cup Unsweetened Cocoa Powder 3 1/2 cups Confectioner Sugar

Directions

Gather your equipment and ingredients.
Measure your ingredients.
Add the confectioner's sugar. Sifted confectioner's sugar works best.
Add the cocoa.
Add the butter.
Whisk until blended.
Add milk. In this picture I am adding water, which will decrease the amount of calories and sugars.
Whisk until creamy.
Pour chocolate into a bowl for dipping. You will need a fork for dipping and a plate for placing the dipped strawberries. In this picture I have a bottle of the chocolate, which I poured in using a funnel. I also have some red gel coloring for decoration.
Place a fork in the hull of the strawberry.
Dip the strawberry into the chocolate and swirl it to cover all sides.
Slide the dipped strawberry off of the fork and onto the plate.