Valentine’s Day is coming up, and these Chocolate Strawberries Gone CocoNuts work well as a special treat for everyone you want to make feel special and loved this holiday – spouses, kids, coworkers, neighbors… just not the family dog!  Any type of frosting can be used, such as chocolate or strawberry.  Use your imagination when it comes to the toppings.

Ingredients:

• 1 qt. fresh whole strawberries
• 1 C vanilla ready-to-spread frosting
• Miniature semisweet chocolate chips
• Chopped nuts
• Colored sugars
• Candy sprinkles
• Grated chocolate
• Shredded coconut

Directions:

Rinse the strawberries under cold water and place on paper towel to dry. Place the frosting into a microwave safe bowl. Heat on high for 15 seconds or until the frosting is melted and smooth.

Place the chips, nuts, sugars, sprinkles, chocolate, and coconut into separate shallow bowls. Cover a cookie sheet with wax paper. Dip the bottom of each strawberry about 1/3 up into the frosting. Quickly dip the frosted strawberry into one of the toppings. Place the strawberry on the wax paper. Continue until all of the strawberries have been dipped.

Place the strawberries into the refrigerator for 5 minutes or until the frosting has hardened. Makes 40 strawberries.

Preparation Time:  approximately 40 minutes
Chilling Time:  approximately 5 minutes
Total Time:  approximately 45 minutes

Nutritional Information per strawberry:  (approximate values)
Calories 50; fat 2 g; sodium 0 mg; carbohydrates 8 g; sugar 8 g; protein 0 g.