Chocolate dipped Tuxedo & Wedding Dress Strawberries
Who doesn’t like chocolate dipped strawberries??? Well, the answer that pops up in my head is “No one!” and so you can see why I was so excited to get a wedding order from one of my brides to do chocolate dipped tuxedo and wedding dress strawberries. Now of course after dipping 110 of them my excitement had dwindled a little, but once they were all bagged up and ready to go the excitement came back. Now these wedding favors are definitely a show stopper and very fun for your guests since they get instant gratification once they sink their teeth into these beauties. These favors are pricey, but relatively easy to do. Hopefully this posting will open your eyes to the world of chocolate dipped strawberries and make you realize that you can do it too!
First you need to purchase long stem strawberries…now of course you can do this with regular strawberries, but if you are doing it for a wedding or event I would suggest going for the highest quality of strawberries which will give you a larger strawberry and will result in a more uniform look overall and give that dramatic “Wow” factor. Once you have your strawberries you need to wash and dry them thoroughly. Then you need to either temper your white and dark chocolate, which is quite tricky to learn, but does give you a sense of accomplishment once you’ve done it OR you can buy coating chocolate/confectioner’s chocolate which is already formulated to harden or set once you have dipped your strawberries. A great brand of coating chocolate is Merkens, which can be found at Sugar Craft. Also here is a link to more detailed instructions on using coating chocolate. To make the Tuxedos you need to melt or temper your chocolate and then dip the front side of the strawberry into the white chocolate, making sure that you coat all the way up to the top. Then place the strawberry onto a baking sheet lined with parchment paper and let it dry. Once it has dried, you need to dip the back side of the strawberry into the dark chocolate. After that, dip one side of the strawberry at an angle into the dark chocolate and then dip the other side of the strawberry at the same angle into the chocolate again, so that you have matching sides of his tuxedo suit. Make sure and let the excess amount of chocolate fall off of the strawberry into the bowl so that you don’t get a big pool around the bottom once it dries. Once you’re done, place the strawberry back onto the parchment paper so it can dry. If your lines aren’t coming out straight that is because the chocolate you are dipping into isn’t flat all the way across. You need to make sure that the chocolate is a smooth surface to dip into.
To finish off your tuxedos you need to make a cornet (aka parchment paper cones) to pipe the chocolate buttons and bow tie on. To learn how to make cornets you can go to this link. Fill your cornet with a small amount of chocolate and fold sides of bag down to secure. (Hint: don’t over fill your bag because most likely the chocolate will harden anyway and you will either need to fill a new bag or try and microwave the old bag for 5 seconds so it re-melts the chocolate) Only cut off a small part of the tip of the cornet, so that your chocolate doesn’t flow out too easily and then pipe three small dots up the strawberry and pipe two sideways triangles to form a bow tie.
To make the wedding dresses you need to dip your strawberry completely in white chocolate and then let it dry on the parchment paper. Once dry, fill another cornet with white chocolate and cut off a small amount of the tip. To make the dress effect you need to pipe lines of white chocolate at an angle on one side of the strawberry and then the other. Let dry and then pipe five small dots at the top of the strawberry to form a necklace.
Well hopefully this tutorial helps you out a little with your next chocolate dipped strawberry endeavor! Here are a couple more photos of my finished product…enjoy!
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I feel myself badly, are wonderful
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Mel,
These are beautiful!!!!!!!!!!
Absolute show stoppers! I was fortunate enough to have received these in a suite I stayed in at a resort several years ago. Charming take-aways for wedding guests. Kudos to you for your steady hand – these really are gorgeous! Your work is top notch!! Best!
Tux strawberries are always a good favor. People love them. At th hotel where I used to work, we used to make them for buffets and that was always the first thing to go. You made them very nicely and I love how you wrapped them individually. Great job!
thanks for this awesome tutorial! i will definitely be giving this sweet treat a try in the kitchen!
Lovely!
And such detailed instructions, too.
Thanks for your sweet words everyone!
These are beautiful!
Those strawberries are absolutely gorgeous!
These are amazing! Great wedding idea!
I saw your vid with your cousin on youtube and followed the link here. I am in all honesty, ABSOLUTELY AMAZED!! by your skill. these strawberries are so freakin cool and funky; great idea!!! as with all your work. you’ve really got an amazing talent! keep it up
Thanks Nicola for the comment! I had a lot of fun doing that video with Kandyce and was so excited to hear her viewers reactions!
They look beautiful! The instuctions are great too. I can’t wait to try making some. Thank you!
i love the directions. i’m going to make them for my bridal shower but im only going to make the brides =)
These are so fantastic! I remember making hundreds of them when I worked for a caterer in college, but they weren’t nearly as gorgeous as yours!
oh wow!
these strawberries looks so good, i would not have the heart to eat them.
great idea. i shall keep it in mind. i got to show the other half!
Beautiful. Will try to amek them too.
Loved the step by step instructions
Thanks for the detailed instructions. I want to try making these for a bridal shower. Can they be refrigerated? Or will that cause some condensation?
I think it would cause some condensation. A short period of time would probably be okay though. Good luck!
Those look so yummy! And not too terribly difficult either!
Oh! These are so cute, wish I’d seen this sooner, could have made them for my daughter’s wedding this past weekend!
WOW, these are stunning…worth every painstaking second! You are so clever!
These look so delicious. What a creative idea!
Can you tell me if these can be prepared ahead of time and frozen. I am thinking of making them for my daughter’s wedding and will need 200
Kathy
Great Stuff
Wow they’re really lovely! Look very complicated but I’m sure it’s not too hard with a little practice – and how nice to have something nice to nibble on if it goes wrong. I think chocolate and strawberries are very under-rated.
all i can say is yummmmmmy!!!:) gawjusnessx
so nice attractive art.
To beautiful to eat!
My caterer wanted a fortune for these favors. I ended up doing candied pecans to save money, I wish I would have stumbled upon this tutorial before. Loved it. Great!
Those look gorgeous!
Thanks for letting me know about Sugar Craft! What a great shop!
onn mel these are just so darling!! truly truly to die for. these will be perfect for this little party that i am having this weekend while my parents are away. i am inviting a bunch of my friends over for drinks and smokes. but when we get buzzed we like to bake so i will make sure to use this website for all my cooking while flying needs.
These are adorable!! I am starting to muster up a strawberry theme for my wedding, and these would be PERFECT as favors!!
Oh my, I’m drooling. Looks perfect for a wedding.
cook it with love, You cannot freeze these. Thats why they are so expensive to order
they have to be made fresh and shipped fresh. And when your talking 200 thats a job.
Sooooooooooorry
These look absolutely lovely. How far in advance could I make these berries? Several days? Prob not a whole week, I suppose. i will need 200.
I made 100 of these one week prior to my daughters wedding and we kept them refridgerated. They were gorgeous and delicious. A huge hit! We also decorted the bridal parties table with them by placing one on a small teacup plate in front of their seat. The bride and grooms were done as shown the colors were violet and white, so for the best man and groomsmen I tinted some white chocolate purple and gave them violet bowties on their strawberries and for the maid of honor and bridesmaids i made the lines on the dress violet but left the pearl necklace and dress white. Everyone commented on what a nice touch it was.
My friend in the midst of wedding plans…I’ll definitely be maid of honor now with this link I am sending her!
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I found this site only now.You have done a great job with those chocolate dipped tuxedo and wedding dress strawberries.Thank you for your tutorials which are very detailed and useful.I just love them and appreciate them.
AMAZING! These are just so cute. I’ll look at strawberries from a different window from now on.
Wicked!! That is really something I would like to do — it is awsome. Keep up the good site
These are truly charming and would be great for any black tie event!