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Fancy strawberries

Place these strawberries on your appetizer table for the kids to enjoy. They will definitely feel special when they know these little goodies are just for them.

Ingredients

1 lb strawberry (fresh, whole strawberries)
1 c frosting (vanilla frosting, ready to spread)
  chocolate (semi-sweet miniature chocolate chips)
  mixed nuts (chopped)
  sugar (colored sugar, several colors)
  chocolate (grated)
  coconut (shredded)

Instructions

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.

Yield
6 servings
Preparation time
45

Notes

Any type of frosting can be used such as chocolate or strawberry.  Use your imagination when it comes to the toppings.

These fancy strawberries can also be coated in chocolate, dark or white, and decorated in the same fashion.