Chocolate Covered Strawberries

Chocolate covered strawberries are perfect for Valentine's Day. Dark chocolate is the best choice when choosing chocolates, but if you prefer, milk or white chocolate will work as well. I recommend buying dark chocolate in the 60% range. Ghirardelli sells a 60% bittersweet chocolate that is available almost anywhere or any top rate brands will work the best. I don't recommend getting cheap chocolate. Chocolate is basically one of the two main ingredients and it's important to get  a chocolate that tastes good. The first project to tackle when making these strawberry delights is to temper your chocolate. The tempering process is recommended if you want to get that crisp crunch from your chocolate when you bite into your strawberry. Tempered chocolate is added to melted chocolate.