BluntDinerz Las Vegas Food and Drink Blog: Homemade Gift Ideas For Valentine's Day

Pre-Valentine's Day Warm-up

Chocolate covered Strawberries and Strawberry Bellini

Valentine's Day is only a week away, and maybe some of you have been looking for homemade gift ideas for Valentine's Day. One of the most creative ideas for Valentine's gifts that I've had good luck with is doing a few little things on the week that leads up to Valentine's Day. Any day this week, bust out some chocolate covered strawberries, and a strawberry Bellini for your most cherished, and you will score big points. Trust me. Homemade gifts for Valentines Day never fail, and everyone loves chocolate covered strawberries. Read on to see some great valentine's day pictures, and a creative idea for valentine's gifts. lvfrankg ONE LOVE > OUR LOVE

Chocolate covered strawberries are easy to make, and are perfect for Valentine's Day. You only need

1pint of strawberries
some sparkling wine
chocolate morsels

You can use any kind of chocolate you want to use for the chocolate covered strawberries. I used dark chocolate, and white chocolate.

The first thing you will need to do is get your strawberries rinsed and dried. Water makes chocolate seize up, so be sure your strawberries are dry.

Next, get a work area set up. Parchment paper on a baking sheet, or a cutting board is perfect.

I used a double boiler to melt the chocolate. A small pot on low heat, or a microwave is fine, too.
It doesn't have to be that hot to melt, stir frequently, and it will melt faster.
Carefully dip the strawberries into the melted chocolate, covering all sides of the strawberry.
Place the strawberries on the parchment paper, and put in the fridge, the chocolate will harden right up.