You will love these easy, quick and delicious chocolate covered strawberries – made with just 3 ingredients! Whether you’re looking for an elegant and impressive dessert, quick snack or fun party treat, these chocolate-dipped strawberries are perfect!
For more 3 ingredient recipes, you will love our 3-ingredient peanut butter fudge recipe and our easy and delicious pistachio paste on sourdough recipe.
These easy chocolate strawberries are one of my favorite snacks or desserts – and a huge crowd-pleaser too! They’re elegant, irresistible, delicious, and so quick to prepare – the ultimate feel-good sweet treat!
If you want to enjoy tasty desserts or sweet snacks in a healthier and simpler way, then you will love this recipe!
This refreshing recipe uses refined sugar-free chocolate and only a touch of oil for a smooth chocolate covered strawberries.
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Why This Recipe Works
- Incredibly easy and quick: just melt, dip, and set, made with jyst 3 ingredients!
- Naturally sweet, refreshing and delicious: the sweetness and juiciness from the strawberries perfectly pair with smooth melted chocolate. This recipe uses refined sugar-free chocolate, making it a healthier option too.
- Low calorie recipe: each chocolate covered strawberry is just 43 calories!
- Vegan-friendly and gluten-free: the chocolate in this recipe is also vegan and gluten-free, making these a great vegan and gluten-free option too.
- Great for all occasions: these chocolate-covered strawberries make a fun and wonderful addition to dessert platters, celebrations or a special occasion like birthdays or weddings, Valentine’s Day treats, mother's day or even a simple afternoon snack.
Ingredients You'll Need
- Fresh strawberries: look for ripe, firm and high quality strawberries for the best taste. This recipe removes the stems from the strawberries (hulls the strawberries), but you can keep the stems if preferred.
- Milk chocolate chips: this recipe uses refined sugar-free and vegan chocolate chips. You can use any type of chocolate including regular semi-sweet chocolate chips or dark chocolate if preferred, but this will alter the flavor.
- Olive oil: a hint of olive oil helps give the chocolate coating a silky smooth consistency. This also helps prevent cracks and adds an extra beautiful shine to the chocolate strawberries.
- Optional: white chocolate chips or coconut flakes, for decoration.
See recipe card for a full quantities.
Substitutions and Variations
- Chocolate: you can use milk chocolate, dark chocolate, white chocolate or a combination as desired to coat these strawberries. You can also mix melted white chocolate with the milk chocolate for a textured effect.
- Toppings: top with a drizzle of white chocolate or nuts for extra flavor and texture, if desired.
- Coconut: for a coconut-flavor, replace olive oil with coconut oil and sprinkle coconut flakes on each chocolate covered strawberry.
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How to Make Chocolate Covered Strawberries
Step 1: Wash the strawberries. Wash and hull the strawberries (remove their stems), then dry strawberries with a paper towel to remove excess moisture.
Step 2: Melt the chocolate. Place chocolate chips and olive oil in a heatproof bowl and microwave for 1-2 minutes, in 30-second intervals, stirring in between, until fully melted and smooth.
Step 3: Arrange the strawberries on a plate, tray or baking sheet. Line a plate or tray with parchment paper, baking paper or wax paper. Ensure each strawberry is dry. Arrange the strawberries in a single layer or across the plate so there is a space between each strawberry.
Step 4: Coat each strawberry with melted chocolate then allow to set in the fridge. Dip method: dip each strawberry into the melted chocolate, swirling to coat evenly. Let excess chocolate drip off before placing dipped strawberries onto the plate/tray. Coat method: Alternatively, use a spoon to drop melted chocolate on the tip of each strawberry, swirling the spoon to coat the strawberry. Optional – top with a drizzle of melted white chocolate or coconut flakes as desired. Transfer into the fridge and allow the strawberries to set for at least 15-20 minutes, or until the chocolate hardens. Serve and enjoy!
Expert Tips for the Best Chocolate Covered Strawberries
- Make sure the strawberries are dry: this helps for the best results, giving you a smooth finish and delicious taste. Any moisture from the strawberries can prevent the chocolate from sticking to the strawberries. Drying the strawberries also prevents the water droplets diluting the melted chocolate.
- Avoid overheating the chocolate: the easiest way to melt chocolate is using a micrwave. If using this method, make sure to melt chocolate in short bursts (15-30 seconds) and stir frequently for smooth melted chocolate. Alternatively, you can use the double boiler method by placing a heatproof bowl over a pan of simmering water. The steam gently melts the chocolate, ensuring a smooth texture.
- Coat vs dip method: the dip method is a great option for covering the entire strawberry with thin layer of chocolate. Coating the strawberries with a spoon is a great option for a thicker chocolate coating covering the majority of each strawberry. You can use either method for these, as preferred. It helps to use a two spoons for easy dipping.
- Add toppings for extra fun: Try sprinkling crushed pistachios, coconut flakes or melted white chocolate onto the chocolate before it sets for added texture and flavor.
How to Serve These Chocolate Covered Strawberries
Serve these chocolate covered strawberries fresh, these chocolate strawberries are best enjoyed the day they are made for maximum flavor and taste.
Enjoy as part of a dessert platter with our healthy homemade chocolates recipe (or Valentine’s day orange chocolate hearts recipe) and our vegan marzipan candy (with almond flour), sweet potato almond flour brownies and mint chocolate cupcakes (with almond flour)!
Recipe FAQs
Yes, you can use any chocolate of your choice including dark, white, or milk chocolate. You can also use a mix of all three as desired.
Using olive oil helps give the chocolate shell a smooth, silky and glossy finish. Just ensure you only use a little (as included in the recipe), so it doesn’t dilute the taste of the chocolate strawberries.
These chocolate covered strawberries can be stored in an airtight container for up to 1 day in the fridge, but taste the best when served fresh on the same day.
Yes, these chocolate strawberries can also be placed in the freezer for 5-7 minutes to set, ensure you don’t leave them longer than this or they’ll become frozen! Allow to sit at room temperature for a few minutes before enjoying. For storage, these chocolate covered strawberries are best stored in the fridge.
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Chocolate Covered Strawberries
Ingredients
- 12 fresh strawberries (approximately 330g after removing stems)
- 100 g milk chocolate chips (sugar-free) melted
- ¼ teaspoon olive oil
Optional
- 50 g white chocolate chips melted (sugar-free) (for decoration), melt with ⅛ teaspoon oil for easy drizzling.
Instructions
- Wash and hull the strawberries (remove their stems) and pat them completely dry with a paper towel.
- Place the chocolate chips and olive oil in a heatproof bowl and microwave for 1-2 minutes, in 20-second intervals, stirring in between, until fully melted and smooth.
- Line a plate or tray with parchment paper (or baking paper). Arrange the strawberries on a plate or tray.
- Coat each strawberry with melted chocolate (using the either dip or coat method).
- Dip method: dip each strawberry into the melted chocolate, swirling to coat evenly. Let excess chocolate drip off before placing dipped strawberries onto the plate/tray.
- Coat method: Alternatively, use a spoon to drop melted chocolate on the tip of each strawberry, swirling the spoon to coat the strawberry. Optional – top with a drizzle of melted white chocolate or coconut flakes as desired.
- Transfer into the fridge and allow the strawberries to set for at least 15-20 minutes, or until the chocolate hardens. Serve and enjoy!
Notes
- Make sure the strawberries are dry: this helps for a smooth finish and the best taste. Any moisture from the strawberries can prevent the chocolate from sticking to the strawberries. Drying the strawberries also prevents the water droplets diluting the melted chocolate.
- Avoid overheating the chocolate: melt in short bursts and stir frequently for smooth melted chocolate.
- Coat vs dip method: the dip method is a great option for covering the entire strawberry with thin layer of chocolate. Coating the strawberries with a spoon is a great option for a thicker chocolate layer covering the majority of each strawberry. You can use either method for these, as preferred.
- Add toppings for extra fun: Try sprinkling crushed pistachios, coconut flakes or melted white chocolate onto the chocolate before it sets for added texture and flavor.
Janie
Made this recently and was so delicious! It's also so easy to make!
Sonia
Thank you Janie, so happy you enjoyed these!