Halloween Chocolate Covered Strawberries

The perfect fun and festive Halloween treat, these chocolate-covered strawberries are perfect for any spooky celebration! They’re easy to make and even easier to eat.

❤️ Why you’ll love this recipe

• They are easy to make. Candy melts are easy to work with and make this a simple project.
• They are festive and fun. These strawberries are perfect for a Halloween party or any other spooky celebration.
• They are delicious (to kids). Because, let’s be honest, everything is better when it’s covered in chocolate. And in a pinch, candy melts will work

🧂 Ingredients

This is an overview of the ingredients. You’ll find the full measurements and instructions in the printable recipe at the bottom of the page.

Here’s what you’ll need to make these spooky strawberries:

• large strawberries
• orange candy melts 
• black candy melts
• to make ghosts, you’ll also want white candy melts and candy eyes

🥣 Equipment

• Parchment or wax paper
• Microwave-safe bowls

🍴Instructions

Step One: Dip

Prepare the strawberries by washing and drying them. Allow them to come to room temperature before you start.

Melt the candy melts. In a microwave-safe bowl, melt your “base layer” color of candy melts according to package directions. If you overheat them, they will become hard and clumpy. To coat the strawberry in candy melts, hold it by the green top or use a skewer. Dip it into the orange or white candy melts. You can either coat it fully or leave red “shoulders”.

Step Two: decorate

Use a toothpick to draw a face on your jack o’lantern. For mummies, add candy eyes.

Let set up. Place on parchment paper and let cool until the chocolate hardens

🥫 Storage instructions

Chocolate-covered strawberries are best made the day you’ll serve them and stored at cool room temperature. They will last a day or two in the fridge and actually do better if you leave them uncovered.

Unfortunately, they do not freeze well.

🔍 FAQs

👩🏻‍🍳 Expert tips

• One of the keys to perfectly chocolate-covered strawberries is making sure your fruit is completely dry and room temperature before you start. If you start with cold berries, they will “sweat” as they warm up.
• If your candy melts are getting too thick or hard to work with, you can add a little shortening to thin it out. Just be careful not to add too much, or your chocolate will be too runny.
• If you want to get creative, you can add all sorts of decorations to these strawberries. Try using different colors of candy melts, adding sprinkles, or even dipping them in white chocolate and then rolling in Halloween-themed sprinkles. The sky’s the limit!

📘 Related Recipes

• Fourth of July Chocolate Covered Strawberries
• Fall Chocolate Covered Strawberries
• Sourdough Pumpkin Cake

🍽 Serve it with

Halloween parties are fun. Try some of these recipes too:

• The Black Widow cocktail is something that the adults will enjoy
• Halloween Chex Mix is easy and surprisingly delicious
• For a little more substance, Halloween trail mix is ready in just a few minutes.

📖 Here’s the recipe