{"id":795,"date":"2011-07-04T21:45:39","date_gmt":"2011-07-04T21:45:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/familyreunionhelper.com\/blog\/2011\/07\/red-white-and-blue-strawberries-an-idea-for-your-family-party\/"},"modified":"2011-07-04T21:51:48","modified_gmt":"2011-07-04T21:51:48","slug":"red-white-and-blue-strawberries-an-idea-for-your-family-party","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/familyreunionhelper.com\/blog\/2011\/07\/red-white-and-blue-strawberries-an-idea-for-your-family-party\/","title":{"rendered":"Red, White and Blue Strawberries- an Idea for Your Family Party"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"DSC_2391[1]\"<\/a><\/p>\n

My daughter loves chocolate dipped strawberries in fact, she wants to serve them at her wedding reception.  I\u2019ve tried, but I\u2019m just not very good at dipping strawberries.  You\u2019ve probably seen those cute strawberries that look like they\u2019re wearing mini tuxes- they are so cool and look pretty easy but I can\u2019t do them.  So when I heard about making red, white and blue strawberries I just ignored the urge to try them- but they look so patriotic and the more I thought about it the more perfect I thought they\u2019d be for my family 4th of July party.<\/p>\n

\"image\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Well, I got up this morning and tried dipping my strawberries in white chocolate and garnishing them in blue sugar sprinkles and actually, I think they look pretty cute.  <\/p>\n

Just like any other chocolate-dipped strawberries<\/font><\/a>, the<\/font> method for making these is very easy. There is only one additional step: dip the tips of the strawberries into some blue sugar once they have been dipped into the chocolate. <\/p>\n

Store the berries in the refrigerator until you\u2019re ready to eat them, as white chocolate is a little more heat-sensitive than other chocolates. The berries are best if eaten within a day or two of being made.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s what you need:<\/p>\n

1 pint fresh strawberries<\/p>\n

\"DSC_2387[1]\"<\/a><\/p>\n

4-oz white chocolate bark or white chocolate chips<\/p>\n

\"DSC_2385[1]\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Blue sugar or sprinkles. Put into a small bowl and set it aside. <\/p>\n

\"DSC_2386[1]\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Line a baking sheet or an area on your counter with wax paper or parchment paper. <\/p>\n

If using bark chop it up roughly with a knife if it is in block form. You don\u2019t need much chocolate, my bark was separated into bars and I only used 3 bars and I even had some left over. <\/p>\n

In a small microwave safe bowl, melt the chocolate or chips in the microwave. Heat it in 30 or 45-second intervals, stirring between each time to ensure that the chocolate is melting evenly and not burning. <\/p>\n

When chocolate is smooth, dip the berries 3\/4 of the way into the chocolate, dip the tips into the blue sprinkles, and place on wax paper.
Refrigerate berries until ready to serve. <\/p>\n

\"DSC_2390[1]\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Of course my strawberries don\u2019t look perfect but they weren\u2019t hard and the whole process only took about 30 minutes.  If you\u2019re having a family party consider letting guests make their own dipped strawberries and even giving more dipping options such as different chocolates, different colors of sugars or jimmies.<\/p>\n

\"DSC_2393[1]\"<\/a>\/<\/p>\n

If you want to see pictures of \u201cperfectly\u201d dipped red, white and blue strawberries check out the Sisters Caf\u00e9 website http:\/\/www.thesisterscafe.com\/2011\/06\/4th-july-strawberries<\/a> and for other fun family reunion and party ideas remember www.familyreunionhelper.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

My daughter loves chocolate dipped strawberries in fact, she wants to serve them at her wedding reception.  I\u2019ve tried, but I\u2019m just not very good at dipping strawberries.  You\u2019ve probably seen those cute strawberries that look like they\u2019re wearing mini … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[100],"tags":[345,342,184,343,344],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/familyreunionhelper.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/795"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/familyreunionhelper.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/familyreunionhelper.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/familyreunionhelper.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/familyreunionhelper.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=795"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/familyreunionhelper.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/795\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":801,"href":"http:\/\/familyreunionhelper.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/795\/revisions\/801"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/familyreunionhelper.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=795"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/familyreunionhelper.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=795"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/familyreunionhelper.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=795"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}