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- What does everybody think about at Valentine's Day?
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There are people out there that you can go on the web.
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And you can order chocolate-covered strawberries,
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all different kinds, real fancy ones, beautiful ones.
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But you know what, they may not be as beautiful
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as those that we can order that are done by artists.
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But it's fun, it's fun to do them at home.
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You can get your kids in there to help you.
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Or if you have cooked dinner for your husband
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or your wife, whatever the case,
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and you clear the plates for dinner,
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this would be so much fun to make
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your chocolate covered strawberries together.
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I'm gonna put these in the microwave.
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And I'm gonna heat them at 30-second intervals.
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Because this is, we're melting just pure chocolate.
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There's gonna be no other liquid added to it,
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so this is where you have to pay very close attention.
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Milk chocolate can not tolerate more than 85 degrees.
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Milk chocolate can not tolerate
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anything more than 87 or 88 degrees.
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And dark chocolate can tolerate heat up to just 90 degrees.
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So, once you start overheating them,
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there's a good chance they're gonna mess up on you.
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And you don't want ever add a little milk to thin it out.
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Because it seizes up on you.
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And you could use it for concrete mix.
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So, I'm gonna put these chocolate wafers
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in the microwave for 30 seconds,
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and I'm gonna see what we've got.
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Now, before you dip your strawberries
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this is very, very, very important,
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that if you can buy the strawberries
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with a beautiful long stems on it.
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They can be hard to find.
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But if you can find those, those help out a lot.
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To make up for being stemless, Eddie has stuck toothpicks
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in all of them, so I'd have something to hold onto to dip.
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But you'll want to wash your strawberries really,
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really well, leaving the green cap on them.
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Because that just adds color and interest.
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You'll want to dry them.
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Dry them very, very well.
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And then put them in your refrigerator.
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I would say keep them in the fridge,
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I mean, you could overnight wouldn't hurt.
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But, certainly, several hours
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for them to completely dry out.
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Because like I said a while ago,
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you mix any kind of liquid with your melting chocolate,
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and it's gonna seize up on ya.
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- Seize up on you! (laughs)
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- [Theresa] I was hoping Eddie was gonna help you.
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- No, Eddie's quiet as a mouse.
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He's just gonna let me make a fool
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out of myself, aren't you? (laughs)
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Oh, I know it, and hopefully he gets
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some good blooper materials. (laughs)
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All right, so I'm gonna do that.
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So, those are the important, important tips
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that you must follow in order to have
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a successful chocolate covered strawberry.
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All right, now our strawberries
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have been washed and dried, like, overnight.
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And I think we were going through the kitchen.
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And I've got these beautiful white, the big grains
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of sugar that looked like chipped up diamonds.
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And I shook a little of this pink diamond dust.
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So, it colored it a little bit.
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I'm gonna try it like this.
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And if it needs it more I'll pop it back in the microwave.
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All right, so here we go.
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How deep do we want to go?
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I think I'd want a little chocolate,
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I mean, a little strawberry showing.
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I think the ones that they make like tuxedo shirts,
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you've seen those, haven't you?
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- All right, but this is pretty right here to me.
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Just looks like diamonds, diamonds in the sky.
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And you just want to make sure that you put it
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on wax paper or parchment paper.
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And it will let you know which side it wants to sit on.
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What do you think, Eddy?
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- Looks good! - I think so, too.
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Ooh, I just wish I had a stem.
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Because these toothpicks feel a little unstable.
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You see how they're spinning?
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See how they fall off? - Yeah.
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- That's all right. That's all right.
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That's all right. (laughs)
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Keep telling yourself Paula, it's all right.
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I think I'm gonna, (laughs)
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I can't take the cap off with one hand.
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I think I'm gonna shake some red
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on this one and see what that looks like.
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I don't think a toothpaste is gonna do the job, Eddy.
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I think we're gonna have to maybe use something
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with a sharper point, like a fondue.
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And you can see that chocolate gets sticky pretty quick,
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I mean, hard pretty quick.
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All right, we're gonna roll this one
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in sweet little pink hearts.
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And you have to be very, very quick with your dipping.
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Because this gets hard so quick,
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then your glitters won't stick to it.
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But if you're an artist, my gracious, you could go
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to town on this and have so much fun.
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Look at that, that's so pretty!
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I just love the sugar that looks like chopped up diamonds.
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- [Eddy] Yeah, it's like that sugared fruit at Christmas.
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Ooh, I'm definitely gonna take some of these
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to the babies because they will love it.
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The mother, the mothers will be pretty happy too.
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Because, remember, it's good for 'em, it's fruits.
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I ran the chocolate for another 15 seconds in the microwave.
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So now it's working perfectly, perfectly beautiful.
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That's got the red and the white diamonds, diamond dust.
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Well, I think this is so much fun.
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And I think it could really be a fun family project.
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I had fun with my family, my extended family. (laughs)
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Now, I'm gonna get the little sucker back.
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And I'm gonna suck up all them
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little white circles of sugar off the floor.
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Eddy I feel struck! (laughs)
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- [Theresa] Yeah, definitely walk over there.
