Chocolate Covered Strawberry Footballs

What You Need:

(Makes: about 20 strawberries)

8 ounces of milk or semisweet chocolate, finely chopped

1 pound of large strawberries (about 20), washed and dried well

1 large tube of white cake decorating icing

What to Do:

STEP 1) Place the chocolate in a double boiler. Stir occasionally, until melted, 3 to 5 minutes. Remove from heat.

**Note: If you’re using the microwave instead of a double boiler just place the chocolate in a microwave safe bowl and heat the chocolate in 45 second intervals, stirring after each one.

STEP 2) Line a baking sheet with waxed paper. Pick a strawberry up by its stem and hold the leaves back. One at a time, dip each strawberry in the chocolate all the way up to the top and twirl to coat. Place coated berries on the waxed paper.

STEP 3) Chill the chocolate dipped strawberries at least 15 minutes to set chocolate. (Strawberries should not be stored in refrigerator longer than 1 hour as condensation drops may collect on the chocolate.)

STEP 4) Decorate the strawberries to look like footballs! (See Picture 1st) Start by drawing a horizontal line on the top right side of the strawberry; running the line all the way across the front to the left side. Make a small vertical line down the middle of the berry. Now, starting at the very top of the vertical line you’ve just made your going to make a tiny horizontal line across. Repeat four more times with the last line crossing at the bottom of the vertical line. Lastly you’ll want to draw another line on the bottom front right side, run the line all the way across the front to the left side.

STEP 5) Enjoy!