Chocolate Thingies

Hello! Thanks for stopping by my blog! As you all probably know, yesterday was Valentine's Day. I hope you all had a great Valentine's Day! We went to a friend's house and we were in charge of bringing dessert! We went a little chocolate crazy! We made lots of chocolate thingies! (Watch video below to understand what I mean!)

Wasn't that funny? Now, lets get to the part you've all been waiting for!
The recipes!

We made chocolate covered strawberries and pretzel rods. We used a homemade chocolate sauce that hardens when chilled! Our "secret" trick is to use good, quality ingredients. Here's the recipe:

Chocolate Dipping Sauce

Ingredients:

• About a 1/4 pound of chocolate (we used Trader Joe's Pound Plus Belgium Milk Chocolate Bar)
• About 1/2 Tbsp of coconut oil (we used Trader Joe's coconut oil)

Instructions:

1. Line a cookie sheet with wax paper.
2. Combine ingredients in a microwave safe bowl.
3. Microwave on high for 1 minute.
4. Stir.
5. Continue microwaving in 30 second intervals, stirring after each interval until chocolate is completely melted.
6. Dip strawberries and pretzels (or whatever your heart desires) into the chocolate sauce.
7. Place chocolate thingies on wax paper lined cookie sheet.
8. Chill in fridge to firm up chocolate.
9. If desired, drizzle with melted colored candy melts, like we did, then chill again.

Finished Chocolate Thingies!

Chocolate Dipping Sauce

See? Quality ingredients make a big difference!