Party On! Chocolate Covered Strawberry Tea Cups

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Chocolate Covered Strawberry Tea Cups are cute, adorable and edible!  A homemade touch for summer parties Mother’s Day brunch, wedding and baby showers and edible centerpieces.

Six china teacups filled with chocolate covered strawberry tea cups.

If you have ever made chocolate dipped  strawberries then you can make these Chocolate Covered Strawberry Tea Cups with a few minor tweaks. This is such a fun and festive way for a handmade centerpiece and place setting.

How To Make Chocolate Covered Strawberry Tea Cups

Ingredients

Large or medium large fresh strawberries

Chocolate to melt or candy melts

Pretzels, super thin

Paint brush

Popsicle or craft stick

Decorating bag optional

Parchment paper or wax paper

Directions

Wash and pat dry fresh strawberries.

Melt the chocolate in a microwave.  Melt the chocolate in 30 second intervals in a tall bowl until the desired consistency.

white candy melts in bowl

Lower the strawberry into the melted chocolate almost to the leaves.

Strawbeery covered with white chocolate.

Use the popsicle stick to cover the strawberry. Careful of the leaves!

Use the paint brush to cover the top section of the berry. Starting at the top of the chocolate already on the strawberry paint up and under the green leaves.

If preferred the leaves can be removed from the strawberry prior to dipping. It is personal preference.

Remove the strawberry from the chocolate.

White chocolate covered strawberry with fresh strawberries.

Let the chocolate strawberry set and can place in the refrigerate to speed the process. 

The Handles

Make the handles either using broken apart pretzels or by making a chocolate handle.

What Do I Use As A Handle?

The handle can be the slightly tricky part, but once a few handles are made they can be done assembly line style.

Pretzels and chocolate I have found make the best handles. Break apart the traditional pretzel and use the circle part of the pretzel. Size the pretzel to the teacup.

white chocolate and pretzel.

Lay out pretzel handles and cover with the chocolate or dip into chocolate. Let set.

Method two is to use chocolate.  Size a half circle to the teacup. Pipe a half circle of chocolate onto parchment paper and let set. It may take a little trial an error to find the desired thickness of the chocolate handle.

white chocolate handle and pretzel

How Do I Attach The Handle?

Use melted chocolate as the glue to attach the handle. Put a dab of melted chocolate on the teacup for each end of the handle. 

Very gently press the handle to the teacup and let set.

white chocolate covered strawberry and chocolate handle.

Finish by painting a layer of chocolate over the entire handle for a smooth finish.

Painting strawberry handle.

Refrigerate.

How To Store Chocolate Covered Strawberry Tea Cups

I store the strawberries in the refrigerator. Remove the strawberries about 30 minutes before serving to bring to room temperature. The strawberries if being used as part of a table setting will be absolutely fine for the length of a meal (unless it is hot and humid!)

The Chocolate Covered Strawberry Tea Cup Hack

Use fake strawberries! Whatttt! Yes, there is a time and place for the fake strawberry. One of the advantages of the fake strawberries is their uniformity in size and texture. 

If you are making the Chocolate Covered Strawberry Tea Cups for a centerpiece or table setting then save time and labor by making the centerpiece berries out of plastic strawberries. No one will be able to tell the difference. Spend your time making the edible version for your guests.

Hack number two … The leaves on the plastic strawberry can be removed prior to covering with chocolate which is a huge time saver.

How Long Do Chocolate Covered Strawberry Tea Cups Last?

Fresh strawberries are unfortunately very perishable. I would suggest making the tea cups the day before to ensure the teacups do not start to degrade and become mushy. If the strawberries are very fresh (your own harvest or from a Farmer’s Market) it could be stretched an additional day.

Chocolate Dipped Strawberry Tea Cups?

I consider these strawberries chocolate covered versus dipped because the strawberries are covered with chocolate instead of the quick dip usually associated with strawberries. If you have dipped or covered strawberries before then you have a preferred method; all will work, dipping, covering, the dip and swirl.

Decorating The Tea Cup

The tea cups can be further decorated with chocolate by using a decorator bag filled with melted chocolate. This step does require another round of letting the chocolate set.

Decorating bag with white chocolate

Chocolate Covered Strawberry Tea Cups

Chocolate Covered Strawberry Tea Cups. Adorable homemade touch for summer parties Mother's Day brunch, wedding and baby showers and edible centerpieces.
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Keyword chocolate covered strawberry tea cups
Prep Time 1 hour
Chill and set 15 minutes
Servings 8
Author The Savvy Age

Ingredients

  • Large or medium large fresh strawberries
  • Chocolate to melt or candy melts
  • Pretzels super thin
  • Paint brush
  • Popsicle or craft stick
  • Decorating bag optional
  • Parchment paper or wax paper

Instructions

  • Wash and pat dry fresh strawberries.
  • Melt the chocolate in a microwave.ย  Melt the chocolate in 30 second intervals in a tall bowl until the desired consistency.
  • Lower the strawberry into the melted chocolate almost to the leaves.
  • Use the popsicle stick to cover the strawberry. Careful of the leaves!
  • Use the paint brush to cover the top section of the berry. Starting at the top of the chocolate already on the strawberry paint up and under the green leaves.
  • If preferred the leaves can be removed from the strawberry prior to dipping. It is personal preference.
  • Remove the strawberry from the chocolate.
  • Let the chocolate strawberry set and can place in the refrigerate to speed the process.

The Handles

  • Make the handles either using broken apart pretzels or by making a chocolate handle.
  • What Do I Use As A Handle?
  • The handle can be the slightly tricky part, but once a few handles are made they can be done assembly line style.
  • Pretzels and chocolate I have found make the best handles. Break apart the traditional pretzel and use the circle part of the pretzel. Size the pretzel to the teacup.
  • Lay out pretzel handles and cover with the chocolate or dip into chocolate. Let set.
  • Method two is to use chocolate.ย  Size a half circle to the teacup. Pipe a half circle of chocolate onto parchment paper and let set. It may take a little trial an error to find the desired thickness of the chocolate handle.

How Do I Attach The Handle?

  • Use melted chocolate as the glue to attach the handle. Put a dab of melted chocolate on the teacup for each end of the handle.
  • Very gently press the handle to the teacup and let set.
  • Finish by painting a layer of chocolate over the entire handle for a smooth finish.
  • Refrigerate.

Notes

How Long Doย Chocolate Covered Strawberry Tea Cups Last?
Fresh strawberries are unfortunately very perishable. I would suggest making the tea cups the day before to ensure the teacups do not start to degrade and become mushy. If the strawberries are very fresh (your own harvest or from a Farmer's Market) it could be stretched an additional day.
Decorating The Tea Cup
The tea cups can be further decorated with chocolate by using a decorator bag filled with melted chocolate. This step does require another round of letting the chocolate set.

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