Chocolate-Covered Strawberries
Makes about 12 servings. These berries are always a crowd pleaser. They allow you to indulge in chocolate without the guilt. (If you are making these for a July 4th BBQ, use white chocolate with the red berries, and decorate the platter with blueberries, for a classic red, white and blue theme!)

Ingredients:
24-30 large strawberries (look for the kind with the stem in tact)
*12-ounce package of chocolate morsels
waxed paper

(*you may use, white, milk or dark chocolate. Dark chocolate has been recently touted for improving heart health, so to further improve the nutritional value of this dessert ? go for the dark chocolate)

Directions:
Wash and dry the strawberries, (do not do this ahead of time, as the berries will not last as long). Over a very low heat, melt the chocolate morsels (may do this in a double boiler if you have one). Place waxed paper on a cookie sheet. Hold the strawberry by the stem and carefully dip about _ of the berry into the melted chocolate, then place berry onto the wax paper. (During the process of dipping the berries, you may turn the heat off, and then turn it on again if the chocolate starts to harden.) Repeat the dipping process with remaining berries.

Place the tray of berries in the refrigerator to harden. Remove from the fridge _ hour before serving.

Nutrition information per serving (about 2 berries):
120 calories
0.2 grams of protein
16 grams of carbohydrate
0.5 grams of fiber
7 grams of fat

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