These Drunken Chocolate Covered Strawberries blow Champagne strawberries right out of the glass!
Drunken Chocolate Covered Strawberries infused with alcohol are the next “it” dessert to serve at dinner parties… or for your significant other. A simple yet elegant dessert to spoil yourself or your guests. These Drunken Chocolate Covered Strawberries are a sexy take on drunken strawberries, which are traditionally covered in a granulated sugar.
DRUNKEN CHOCOLATE COVERED STRAWBERRIES
As you can probably tell by our Chocolate Covered Bananas, and our Peanut Butter Stuffed Chocolate Covered Berries, we enjoy dunking things in chocolate. These strawberries take things to an entirely new level, with sweet, sugary strawberries infused with our favourite alcohol, before being dunked in chocolate.
A versatile “how-to” if you will! You can use whatever alcohol you like to soak these Drunken Chocolate Covered Strawberries! Serve them at parties, gatherings, brunch, on Mother’s Day, birthdays OR for your special someone on Valentine’s Day.
WHAT YOU’LL NEED
STRAWBERRIES: Use firm, vibrant-coloured, ripe strawberries for this recipe. Wash them well before soaking in alcohol.
ALCOHOL: You don’t need an expensive bottle of alcohol for this recipe. Although I do recommend using your favourite brand.
CHOCOLATE: Dark, semi-sweet, milk chocolate or white chocolate. Strawberries covered in any chocolate are a winner so simply pick your favourite!
HOW TO MAKE DRUNKEN CHOCOLATE COVERED STRAWBERRIES
First, SOAK strawberries in a bowl of alcohol of your choice. Cover and refrigerate for about one hour.
DRYÂ strawberries with paper towels.
DIP in chocolate.
REFRIGERATE to set!
WHAT ALCOHOL DO YOU SOAK STRAWBERRIES IN?
I’ve found over the years that the best tasting drunken strawberries have been infused with spirits or a dry alcohol. Prosecco, Champagne, vodka, rum, white wine, red wine or rosé work really well with strawberries. Coating them in chocolate locks in a sweet syrup, which mixes with the flavours of alcohol.
HOW LONG SHOULD STRAWBERRIES SOAK?
It takes an hour of soaking for strawberries to absorb the alcohol, however, depending on how strong you like them, you can soak them overnight. The longer they soak, the more alcohol these drunken chocolate covered strawberries will absorb.
Don’t discard the alcohol once the strawberries have finished soaking – you can use the strawberry infused alcohol for a number of delicious things including sangria, cocktails, or on its own!
MORE RECIPES WITH STRAWBERRIES
Strawberry Rosé Slushies (Frosé)
Frozen Strawberry and Mango Margaritas
Strawberry Coconut Mojitos
Drunken Chocolate Covered Strawberries
Ingredients
- 3 cups dry alcohol of choice, vodka, champagne, Prosecco, sparkling white wine
- 5 ounces semisweet chocolate broken into smaller blocks or chopped
- 5 ounces milk chocolate broken into smaller blocks or chopped
- 2 teaspoons coconut oil
- 2 pounds strawberries with stems, about 20 strawberries
- 2 ounces white chocolate for decoration
Instructions
- Line a sheet pan with parchment or wax paper. Set aside.
- Place strawberries in a large bowl. Cover completely with vodka (add more if needed). Refrigerate for at least 1 hour, or up to 5 hours if time allows.
- Drain strawberries, reserve vodka for future use. Thoroughly pat strawberries dry with paper towel. (The chocolate will not stick if the strawberries are not dried well).
- In a microwave-safe bowl, combine semisweet chocolate, milk chocolate and coconut oil. Microwave in 30-second intervals, stirring in between, until completely melted.
- Pierce the stem-end of a strawberry with a fork and dip strawberry into the melted chocolate. Lift strawberry just above the bowl and twist around a couple of times to let excess chocolate drip off. Place strawberry on lined pan and repeat with remaining strawberries. Chill until the chocolate sets, about 15-30 minutes.
- To drizzle strawberry with white chocolate for effect: Melt white chocolate using the same directions as above. Dip the tip of a fork into the chocolate and drizzle in a zig-zag pattern over the dipped strawberries. Let set in the refrigerator for a further 30 minutes, or until set.
Kim says
Can you use this chocolate for pretzels?
Georgia Knowles says
Sure Kim, chocolate goes well on almost anything! I love a salty sweet moment.
Aleeza says
Thanks for the great recipe!
Chrissy says
Also made these strawberries for dessert. My sister doesn’t want to leave. We had a great day eating and infused these with some sparkling moscato we had. So good thank you again Karina!