Chocolate Filled Strawberries

A few months ago I blogged about delicious cheesecake stuffed strawberries. I've had them twice since then and let me tell you, they're heavenly.

I recently came across chocolate filled strawberries and think they're too amazing to keep to myself. I don't know about you but I have a serious love affair going on with Ontario strawberries right now. Scoop some chocolate in them and I'd be one happy lady!

How freaking amazing do these look!!

Ingredients
15-20 strawberries (the larger the better)
1 bag of Milk Chocolate chips (I use the 11.5 oz Guittard milk chocolate chips)

Directions
1. Cut the stems off your clean strawberries and carefully scoop out the top of the berry. The deeper you scoop the more chocolate it will hold. I used large strawberries so I scooped about an inch down.

2. Pour the entire bag of chocolate chips in a glass bowl and heat in the microwave for 30 second intervals. Make sure to take your bowl out every 30 seconds to stir the chips. Continue until all chips are melted.

3. Place your strawberries in an egg carton so they sit straight up. You could also use little Dixie cups. Now you can either spoon your melted chocolate into the berries or use a funnel or piping bag. I used a little baby spoon and it worked fine. Your choice.

4. Place in the refrigerator for about 10 minutes until they harden a bit. Enjoy!

Note: As someone noted there is a small chance that salmonella could be found in an empty egg carton so if this concerns you it is safer to use an ice cube tray or mini muffin tin to hold the berries while the chocolate hardens.

And there you have it, chocolate filled strawberries! We're having a party on Saturday and I think these are being added to the menu.

The recipe and picture came from here.

Chocolate & Fruit

I am a big fruit lover and chocolate's not too bad either. What do you think of these dessert ideas - something you'd try?

VIA Little Cakes

This seems like the perfect dessert or snack ever. I'd suggest making sure the raspberries are very dry before putting the chips in.

How about this one. Angel food cake (my favourite), strawberries and chocolate skewers. Can you see yourself serving this at your next event?

VIA Pinterest

Enjoy the Party,

Nicole ;)

Recipe Friday...Apricot & Raspberry Frozen Mousse

I am so glad it's Friday! I have weekend planned starting with a trip to Clarity MedSpa tomorrow morning. I'll tell you about my treatment next week.

Now onto today's yummy recipe courtisy of Style at Home. I hope you enjoy it!

Ingredients

• 3 eggs

• 3 egg yolks

• 3/4 cup (150 grams) sugar

• 1/3 cup (100 grams) apricot puree

• 2 cups (450 ml) heavy cream, whipped to soft peaks

• 1 1/2 cups (150 grams) raspberries

• 1 tbsp sugar

Directions
1 Whip the heavy cream to soft peaks and keep it in the refrigerator until ready to use.

2 Puree the raspberries and the sugar and set them aside.

3 Place the eggs, egg yolks and sugar in the bowl of an electric stand mixer. Place the bowl over a water bath and whip the eggs and sugar mixture for about 5 minutes until they thicken. Transfer the bowl to the mixer and continue whipping in high speed until the eggs have cooled. It will be thick. Fold in the apricot puree, followed by the soft peak cream.

4 Transfer the cream to a glass or metal baking dish or small jars. Spoon in some of the raspberry puree and make swirls through the apricot cream with a spoon or wooden skewer.

5 Transfer to the freezer and serve frozen.

How yummy does that look?!

Enjoy the Party,

Nicole :)