Chocolate covered strawberries help?

Question

I made chocolate covered strawberries using a recipe that calls for 1/2 cup of chips, and 3 tablespoons of heavy cream. The berries looked great, but the chocolate never fully hardened. Do i need to refridgerate them or leave them at room temperature to get them to harden?

Answer 1

Look for a recipe that has shortening in the chocolate dip. That will set up at room temperature. Choc-covered strawberries that were hardened in the fridge don't taste as good, in my opinion. The berries sweat.

Plus, chocolate with a touch of shortening in it won't dry out as quickly.

Answer 2

I got caught by that kind of recipe too...it never works. In grocery stores, near the chocolate chips, is a dipping chocolate for fruit you can purchase. It is high quality chocolate, melts great in the microwave, and hardens up beautifully. I'd tell you the brand name, but I already ate the leftover chocolate.

Answer 3

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Answer 4

Put them in the fridge for about an hour and the chocolate should set.

Answer 5

You should put them in the refridgerator so that they can cool and harden

Answer 6

Try it without the heavy cream and see what happens. if you refridgerate you could run in to a stawberry sweating problem. that is not good.

Answer 7

Always keep them in the fridge until serving time, but cover them as not to pick up any unwanted odors. Happy Holidays.

Answer 8

stick them in the freezer for about a half hour to an hour so they harder but dont become frozen this is what i do when i make chocolate covered pretzels its the same with strawbarrries

Answer 9

i don't know much about cooking. but refridgerating them makes a lot of sense to me.

if it's anything like jello that might work.

Answer 10

You definitely need to refrigerate them, they won't harden otherwise.