White Chocolate Easter Chick Strawberries

By srumbel

White chocolate covered strawberries decorated to look like little Easter chicks. A simple and fun treat for Easter or Spring parties.
from chelseasmessyapron.com

Ingredients

• 1 pound ripe strawberries
• 2 cups (1 – 12 ounce bag) high quality white chocolate chips
• Yellow and orange food coloring
• 1-2 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 1 tablespoon chocolate frosting
• 3 tablespoons cream cheese frosting, separated
• 3 small plastic bags

Preparation

Step 1

Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and set aside.
Wash the strawberries and allow to dry completely. They won’t dip well if they are at all wet.
Since white chocolate hardens so quickly, I like to work in several batches.
In a microwave safe bowl place 1 cup of white chocolate chips with 1/2 tbsp. vegetable oil in the microwave*. Microwave for 30 seconds, stir, and microwave for another 25 seconds. Stir until melted or return to the microwave for a little longer. Add more vegetable oil if needed.
Carefully dip strawberries into melted chocolate, turning all the way around so that all of the strawberry gets coated
Place the dipped strawberries on prepared baking sheet and allow to completely dry.
Place the chocolate frosting in a small bag. Snip off the very end and pipe little eyes onto each of the strawberries.
Place 2 tablespoons of the cream cheese frosting with a few drops of yellow food coloring and mix until a yellow color is achieved. Place the dyed frosting in another small bag and snip off the very end.
Pipe on wings for the chick.
Dye the last tablespoon of cream cheese frosting orange. Place the orange frosting into a third small bag and cut off the very tip. Pipe on beaks.
Allow to completely dry.
If you have frosting tips you can use three frosting bags with #2 tips to decorate these chicks.