Valentine's Day Chocolate Strawberries

Although years of watching chocolate-covered strawberries being put to rather stomach-turning uses on soap operas has left me with some lingering negative associations, I wanted to do something special for V-day food wise. Chocolate-covered strawberries are a traditional choice.


My sister just started her own blog, and had written an entry about chocolate-covered strawberries herself, so the idea was on my mind. Then, I happened upon some very nice strawberries for sale at Pusateri Fruit Market, and picked them up with a mega-bar of semi-sweet Belgian chocolate.


I chopped up the chocolate with my cleaver, melted some butter, threw the chocolate in and melted it (stirring frequently as advised by my little sis), washed the strawberries, and dunked them in. I popped them down on wax paper, and let them set.


They were damned good, I tell you. Almost good enough to make me forget it's February...