{"id":282,"date":"2011-03-09T16:59:00","date_gmt":"2011-03-09T16:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"\/post\/PERFECT-CHOCOLATE-DIPPED-STRAWBERRIES-(Happy-Valentinee28099s-Day!!!).aspx"},"modified":"2011-03-09T16:59:00","modified_gmt":"2011-03-09T16:59:00","slug":"perfect-chocolate-dipped-strawberries-happy-valentines-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alpine9recipes.com\/?p=282","title":{"rendered":"PERFECT  CHOCOLATE  DIPPED  STRAWBERRIES     (Happy Valentine\u2019s Day!!!)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif;\">2 pints Strawberries (room temp.)<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/span>6 oz. Semi-sweet Chocolate Chips<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif;\">6 oz. Milk Chocolate Chips<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span>2 T. Shortening<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif;\">Rinse berries.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">&nbsp; <\/span>Let dry on paper towels for a couple hours till completely dry.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">&nbsp; <\/span>Line bottom of baking sheet with waxed paper and place in freezer.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">&nbsp; <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif;\">Melt chocolate chips in double boiler and stir in shortening till smooth.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">&nbsp; <\/span>Remove baking sheet from freezer.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">&nbsp; <\/span>Hold each berry by stem and dip in chocolate to cover about 2\/3 of berry.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">&nbsp; <\/span>Place berries on baking sheet.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">&nbsp; <\/span>Let berries stand at room temp. to harden for at least an hour. Eat within 24 hours.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">&nbsp; <\/span>Never refrigerate!<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/span>(*For a fun variation, roll berries in colored sprinkles or drizzle with white chocolate after dipping)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2 pints Strawberries (room temp.)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 6 oz. Semi-sweet Chocolate Chips 6 oz. Milk Chocolate Chips&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2 T. Shortening &nbsp; Rinse berries.&nbsp; Let dry on paper towels for a couple hours till completely dry.&nbsp; Line bottom of baking sheet with waxed paper and place in freezer.&nbsp; Melt chocolate chips in double boiler and stir in shortening till [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alpine9recipes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/282"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alpine9recipes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alpine9recipes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alpine9recipes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alpine9recipes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=282"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alpine9recipes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/282\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alpine9recipes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=282"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alpine9recipes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=282"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alpine9recipes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=282"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}