project 365 photo: 02.05.2011 {chocolate covered strawberry footballs}

I'm stealing this idea from a fellow blogger. Unfortunately, I didn't bookmark the page & am sorry not to give credit. However, this is a fun, fast, yummy treat for tomorrow's SuperBowl party.

Ingredients 

• strawberrries
• bark chocolate chopped in small pieces
• tube of white decorating icing with a small tip

Instructions

• Place the chocolate in a double boiler. Stir occasionally, until melted, 3 to 5 minutes. Remove from heat. If you’re using the microwave instead of a double boiler heat the chocolate in 20 second intervals, stirring each time.
• Line a baking sheet with waxed paper. Pick a strawberry up by its stem and hold the leaves back. One at a time, dip each strawberry in the chocolate all the way up to the top and twirl to coat. Place coated berries on the waxed paper.
• Chill the chocolate dipped strawberries at for a few minutes to set the chocolate. 
• Decorate the strawberries to look like footballs! Draw a line down the center & another few horizontal lines in the middle.