This edible chocolate strawberry bouquet is a great alternative to a standard bouquet of flowers, perfect for Valentine's Day, Mother's Day, birthdays, or other special occasion.
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🧾 Ingredients & Equipment Needed
- Fresh Strawberries: Try to get the prettiest, best-quality sweet strawberries you can find, and ensure that they are fresh with no bruises.
- Dark Chocolate: Use good quality chocolate with a minimum of 70% cocoa solids. Alternatively, feel free to experiment with a combination of chocolate, like dairy-free milk and white chocolate.
- Bamboo Skewers: These can be found on the Asian food aisle in most big supermarkets.
- Rubber Bands: These are used to keep the skewers together, making it easier to arrange your fruit bouquet.
- Crepe Paper or Parchment Paper: You could also re-purpose some old wrapping paper!
- Tall Jar or Vase: You want one tall and wide enough to hold the strawberry bouquet.
🔪 Instructions
Find the complete list of ingredients, quantities, and instructions in the recipe card at the end of this post.
Preparation
- Clean and dry the strawberries: Take the freshest, most aesthetically pleasing strawberries you can find and wash well, removing any dirt or grit. Place the strawberries on some kitchen paper or a clean tea towel and allow them to dry, carefully blot away any excess moisture. Once completely dry, insert a bamboo skewer into the center of each strawberry.
- Make a stand for the bouquet: There are several ways to do this, the skewered strawberries must stand upright while the chocolate sets. The easiest way is to get some styrofoam and use it as a base for holding the skewers. I didn't have any to hand, so I used a wire cooling rack and set it on top of a large bowl instead. Then place the skewered berries in between the mesh wire so they are held upright to set!
- Temper the chocolate: Use a double boiler (this post by Always Eat Dessert is helpful) to melt two-thirds of the chocolate. Remove from the heat and stir in the remaining third of the finely chopped chocolate. This is a quick way to temper the chocolate as it will bring the temperature down quickly, otherwise known as seeding.
- Dip the berries: Transfer the melted chocolate to a tall jar, and dip the skewered strawberries in, one by one. Make sure you allow the excess chocolate to drip off of the strawberry before placing the coated berry upright on your stand to set. Once the chocolate has set, repeat this with all of the strawberries to give them a second coating of chocolate.
- Decorate: You can add any garnish of your choice (chopped nuts, freeze-dried berries, edible gold leaf, vegan sprinkles, etc!). You can also transfer the remaining chocolate into a piping bag, cut the tip, and drizzle more chocolate across some of the chocolate strawberries. Allow the strawberries to dry and set completely before assembling your chocolate bouquet.
Assembly
- Lay your sheets of crepe paper on a flat surface and arrange the chocolate-dipped strawberries on top.
- Use a rubber band to secure the skewers together and wrap the paper around them, covering as much of the skewers as possible.
- Carefully place the bouquet into a tall jar or vase and voila!
💭 Top Tips
Dry your berries entirely after washing. Traces of moisture will cause the chocolate coating to weep!
To melt chocolate, use a double boiler: Fill a saucepan with a quarter of water and bring it to a gentle simmer on low-medium heat. Place two-thirds of the chocolate in a heat-resistant bowl that fits over the saucepan, ensuring the steam gently melts the chocolate. Avoid direct heat or water splashing into the bowl, as both can cause the chocolate to burn or seize.
💬 FAQs
When stored in the fridge, they will keep for up to 3 days. However, when stored at room temperature they need to be consumed on the same day.
Because we're using fresh berries, it's important to prepare the bouquet fresh the morning/day of eating or gifting them. If you want to make an edible bouquet that you can prep in advance, try arranging skewered homemade vegan ferrero rochers, pistachio truffles, or chocolate truffles instead. The truffles can be made ahead and stored in the fridge until you are ready to assemble your bouquet!
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📖 Recipe
Chocolate Strawberry Bouquet
Ingredients
- 18-25 fresh strawberries
- 250 g (8.82 oz) vegan dark chocolate or vegan chocolate of choice
Instructions
- Wash the strawberries well to remove any dirt or grit and place them on some kitchen roll or a clean towel to dry. Blot away any excess moisture.
- Once completely dry, insert a bamboo skewer into the center of each strawberry.
- Create a stand for the strawberries to set. Either use some styrofoam as a stand or create one by placing a wire cooling wrack on top of a large bowl.
- Chop the chocolate finely, and melt two-thirds of it gently over a double boiler. Once melted, remove from the double boiler and stir in the remaining third of chopped chocolate. Stir to combine and transfer the melted chocolate to a tall jar.
- Dip the skewered strawberries in the jar of melted chocolate, one by one. Make sure you allow the excess chocolate to drip off of the strawberry before placing the coated berry upright on your stand to set. Once the chocolate has set, repeat this with all of the strawberries to give them a second coating of chocolate.
- Transfer the remaining chocolate into a piping bag, cut the end so that there is a small tip, and drizzle more chocolate across some of the chocolate strawberries. Allow the strawberries to dry and set completely before assembling your chocolate bouquet.
- Lay your sheets of crepe paper, baking paper, or wrapping paper on a flat surface and arrange the chocolate-coated strawberries on top. Use a rubber band to secure the skewers together and wrap the paper around them, covering as much of the skewers as possible. Carefully place the bouquet into a tall jar or vase and voila!
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