DIY Yummie: Chocolate Dipped Strawberries

These sexy strawberries can be made a day ahead, or if you want to turn up the heat in your kitchen, you could prepare them together, either before or after the dinner.

Ingredients
16 ounces milk chocolate chips
2 Tablespoons shortening
1 pound fresh strawberries with leaves

Instructions

1. Insert toothpicks into the tops of the strawberries.

2. In a double boiler, melt the chocolate and shortening, stirring occasionally until smooth. Hold strawberries by the toothpicks and dip them into the chocolate mixture until 3/4 covered.

3. Put strawberries on a sheet of waxed paper for the chocolate to cool and harden.

Source: Colin Cowie