Pinteresting: Chocolate Strawberries and Oreo Bark

Food/Drink

Jun 20

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Just call me Betty Crocker! Ok, or don't... because who am I kidding, I didn't even bake for this! Truth is, I have been making a considerable effort to actually make things lately instead of just buying them. I'm a DYI-er when it comes to home decor, but in the kitchen, when it comes to baking, I tend to prefer just buying something pre-made since it's guaranteed to be tasty! Makes sense? Not always...I know it's unusual to see a food post here on The Learner Observer (think way back to that lovely Pasta e Fagioli - yum!), but I thought I should share some pretty and tasty things I whipped up this afternoon to share with some dear friends. After all, this blog is about learning and doing, right? So let's get to it.The downside to this is that I took no process pictures, and that was for two reasons: 1- I didn't even know for sure I would be posting about these, and 2- I was home alone and Luther sucks at holding a camera still while my fingers are covered in chocolate! Go figure!Chocolate-covered strawberries look great, taste great, and are not that hard to make - winning combo! I didn't follow a particular recipe for this, just thought they looked really tasty in frequently pinned images like this one from Six Sister's Stuff. I melted the chocolate in the microwave in 20-second intervals, mixing in between each one and the rest was as easy as washing the strawberries and dipping them in. I laid them on some wax paper and placed them in the freezer for about 15 minutes to set the chocolate. Done!The white chocolate Oreo bark came from an image I pinned recently and the recipe is from Maria's Culinary Adventure. It was labelled "Easiest Dessert Ever" on Pinterest for a very good reason - it is the farthest thing from difficult! I won't regurgitate the recipe here for you since you can go to the source and see it for yourself, but let me just say this: there are two ingredients, and it takes all of about 5 minutes to prep. My kind of recipe!!Maybe next time I'll try something that requires a little more effort, but for those of you who need a quick and easy dessert (or two), these are sure to be winners, and you can have a lot of fun with them by mixing other things in too!