Chocolate drizzled fruit skewers

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Feature Ingredient: Strawberries 

This recipe obviously uses several other fruits equally, but I was most interested in looking into strawberries; strawberries are sweet (and sometimes sour) red fruits with tiny seeds covering the outside. They're typically eaten fresh or cooked in various foods: e.g. jam, milkshakes, ice creams etc. Strawberries have many health benefits; they are a great source of vitamin C, manganese and various other vitamins and minerals. Since I think most people already know quite a bit on strawberries anyway, I thought I'd just leave some interesting facts also! 

Recipe: Chocolate drizzled fruit skewers

Serves 12

Ingredients:

1 punnet of strawberries

1 navel orange, diced into cubes

2 bananas, sliced 

1 pear, diced into cubes/pieces

1 apple, diced into cubes/pieces

1/2 a block of milk chocolate 

Materials

12 wooden skewers

Method:

1. Rinse all the fruit prior to cutting them into smaller pieces as noted above.
2. Skewer the fruit pieces in alternating patterns and place onto a plate lined with grease proof paper.
3. Melt the chocolate in a bain-marie style; place the chocolate in a metal bowl above a saucepan with boiling water. The steam will melt the chocolate consistently. 
4. Transfer the melted chocolate into a ziplock bag (cut a hole at one corner) or piping bag and loosely pipe/drizzle the chocolate onto fruit skewers. Try to avoid coating the actual hand-hold part of the skewer.
5. Place the now covered skewers into the fridge to cool for at least 5 minutes. Serve whilst chilled.

Here's some photos of the process!

Cover the fruits with some lime juice to prevent them from browning

I made some long skewers and some short ones

Melting the chocolate

Be careful whilst handling the hot melted chocolate

Drizzle onto the fruit

I served this will some ice cream on the side

Ratings/Comments:

Price: 2/5

Difficulty: 1/5 (easy peasy)

Taste: 5/5

Overall: 5/5

(1 being lowest/not good - 5 being highest/best)

An extremely simple, inexpensive and delicious dessert or snack that is just perfect for those hot days. It is also a healthy and colourful treat that can surely brighten up any setting. The chocolate adds a sweetness to the skewers that isn't too overpowering (like strawberries dipped in chocolate sometimes are) and isn't too non-existent. I'd completely recommend this recipe to anybody who enjoys fruit and/or chocolate - such a fun and yummy treat to make and munch away at!

- C