The Devilish Dish: Chocolate Covered Snickers Strawberries

Wednesday, February 21, 2018

Chocolate Covered Snickers Strawberries

It's finally time for our Winter Edition of Freaky Friday. And as I'm typing this, boy is it Winter here in Oklahoma. Little Devil just came home early and even our local taco joint just posted a closing. Ice and sleet are serious stuff, making this the ideal time to stay in perusing new recipes. There's no better place for finding new recipes and fellow food lovers than our Freaky Friday group. If you aren't familiar with Freaky Friday, once a quarter we get together and re-create recipes from one another's blogs. It's a secret for everyone, including you all! The most fun is seeing who was assigned your blog and what they chose to make. Learning about fellow bloggers and getting to know their cooking style is always great fun. This time, I had the pleasure of getting to know Deanna, or "Dee" from Seduction in the Kitchen. Dee is a native Pittsburgh girl, living in Ohio. I really enjoyed perusing her blog because she has wonderful sampling of foods from her home state. Being an Okie girl stuck here in the middle of America, I'm always anxious to sample flavors from around our glorious country. I was really intrigued by Dee's "Pitts" Burger with Iron City Beer Braised Onions. In fact, I was tempted to make them for Super Bowl Sunday because it sounds like exactly what every guy I know wants to eat. When tailgate time rolls around again, I can't wait to make her Tailgate Crock Pot Pierogies with Kielbasa, Bacon and Onions. Everything, and I mean EVERYTHING on Dee's blog is truly tempting and seductive, but in the end I chose her Chocolate Covered Snickers Strawberries for our Valentine's Day meal. These strawberries truly sum up Dee's motto, "Everyone has a love affair with food." Nothing is more seductive than a chocolate covered strawberry, but Dee has taken it to the next level by adding caramel sauce and chopped peanuts. Fresh strawberries with hints of Snicker Bar flavor? I'm definitely seduced!

From Seduction in the Kitchen...
Truly Seductive!

A juicy red berry,
cored and filled with caramel sauce.
Dipped in chocolate and rolled in chopped peanuts.

Check out my chocolate "schmear"
I was trying to be fancy.

I made these for our Valentine's Day Dinner Dessert.
The perfect valentine!

I used my Pepper Corer to hollow out the berries.
It works great on jalapenos too!

The chocolate chips were a breeze to melt
in the microwave using my silicone bowls.

Chocolate Covered Snickers Strawberries
Freaky Friday Winter 2018
Thanks Dee!

Chocolate Covered Snickers Strawberries

by: Seduction in the Kitchen
1 pint of large red strawberries, washed and cored
1 bag of semi-sweet chocolate chips (I cheated and used milk chocolate)
1/4 cup caramel sauce (I used Ghirardelli)
1/2 cup chopped peanuts

Fill the center of your hollowed out strawberry with caramel sauce. Place the chocolate chips in a microwave safe bowl, and cook in 30 second intervals, stirring in between each until the chips are melted and smooth. Dip the strawberry in to the chocolate, making sure to cover the top, to keep the chocolate sauce in. Shake off excess chocolate. Dip the chocolate coated strawberry into the chopped peanuts. You can cover the entire berry or just partially dip in peanuts, that's up to you. Place the berries on a waxed paper-lined cookie sheet. Refrigerate, allowing the chocolate to harden.

Prep Time: Approximately 25 minutes Cook Time: Needs to chill slightly