These Chocolate Covered Strawberry Christmas Lights are perfect for the holiday season. They are easy to make and will be a hit at any Christmas party or gathering.
How fun are these chocolate covered strawberries that look like Christmas light bulbs? While they are a great addition to a holiday dessert table, I think they would also make great gifts. Who doesn’t love a sweet and juicy strawberry covered in chocolate?
All you need is a few simple ingredients and supplies to make. They can be whipped up quick just in time for your party.
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Ingredients
- Fresh strawberries, washed and stems removed
- Melting chocolate, assorted colors
- Rolo candies, unwrapped
- Green icing, for the wire on the lights
Recipe Variations
- Can use a marshmallow dipped in chocolate or Reese’s peanut butter cup bells or minis for the tops.
- Use a variety of colors of your choice for the lights.
How to Make Chocolate Strawberry Lights
Start by washing the strawberries carefully and patting them dry with a paper towel. It’s important to remove any excess moisture to ensure the chocolate adheres properly.
Melt your choice of chocolate in a microwave-safe bowl, stirring every 30 seconds until smooth and fully melted. Be careful not to overheat the chocolate, as it can become clumpy or burnt.
Hold each strawberry by its stem (can also use a skewer) and dip it into the melted chocolate, making sure to coat it completely. Allow any excess chocolate to drip off before placing the strawberry on a parchment-lined baking sheet to harden.
Once hardened, twist stems off strawberries but don’t cut out.
Add a dab of melted chocolate (the color of the strawberry light) to the bottom of a Rolo candy and place on top of each strawberry. Set back on parchment paper and allow to harden.
Using green icing make a string light pattern across the platter and place the chocolate strawberry lights throughout.
Serve and enjoy!
Recipe Tips
- Don’t cut out the stems just twist off. Cutting them out will cause the strawberries to release the juices from the top making it hard for the Rolo to stick.
- Allow chocolate to harden on parchment paper before transferring to a platter.
- To harden faster, place in fridge.
- Look for strawberries that are medium in size (about the size of Christmas lights)
- Use high quality melting chocolate and melt in 30 second increments stirring in between.
How to Store
Store leftovers in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 3 days.
More Festive Desserts To Try
- Christmas Tree Brownies
- Chocolate Butterscotch Haystacks
- Snowman Sugar Cookies
- Candy Cane Danish
- Chocolate Truffles
Recipe
Chocolate Covered Strawberry Christmas Lights
Ingredients
- 1 Pint Fresh strawberries washed and stems removed
- Melting chocolate assorted colors
- Rolo candies unwrapped
- Green icing for the wire on the lights
Instructions
- Start by washing the strawberries carefully and patting them dry with a paper towel. It’s important to remove any excess moisture to ensure the chocolate adheres properly.
- Melt your choice of chocolate in a microwave-safe bowl, stirring every 30 seconds until smooth and fully melted. Be careful not to overheat the chocolate, as it can become clumpy or burnt.
- Hold each strawberry by its stem (can also use a skewer) and dip it into the melted chocolate, making sure to coat it completely. Allow any excess chocolate to drip off before placing the strawberry on a parchment-lined baking sheet to harden.
- Once hardened, twist stems off strawberries but don’t cut out.
- Add a dab of melted chocolate (the color of the strawberry light) to the bottom of a Rolo candy and place on top of each strawberry. Set back on parchment paper and allow to harden.
- Using green icing make a string light pattern across the platter and place the chocolate strawberry lights throughout.
- Serve and enjoy!
Notes
Nutrition Disclosure
Nutritional facts are estimates and are provided as a courtesy to the reader. Please utilize your own brand nutritional values to double check against our estimates. Nutritional values are calculated via a third party. Changing ingredients, amounts or cooking technique will alter the estimated nutritional calculations.
Indya | The Small Adventurer
These are brilliant 😍 I’ve seen a lot of cookies and such that look like Christmas lights this year, and to be honest, I just can’t be bothered at the moment! But these aren’t too difficult AND they’d be so refreshing too 😋 Who doesn’t love chocolate and strawberries together?! Great idea!