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    • Chocolate-dipped strawberries just aren't scary enough for Halloween, so we've transformed them into fearful creatures of the dark.

    Ingredients

    Serves:

      • 20 large strawberries
      • 40 sliced almonds
      • 2 3.5-ounce bittersweet or semisweet chocolate bars, corsely chopped and melted
      • 40 slivered almonds
      • 20 2-inch pieces of black licorice laces

    Directions

    Line a baking sheet with waxed or parchment paper. Trim a small piece from one side of each strawberry so they can rest flat on waxed paper. Insert 2 sliced almonds about 1 inch from pointed end of strawberry to make the ears on the rat. Repeat with remaining strawberies.

    Insert a fork into the wide end of a strawberry. Holding the strawberry on fork, spoon the melted chocolate over the fruit to coat, allowing any excess chocolate to drip off. Place on baking sheet. While chocolate is still wet, arrange 2 slivered almonds to create eyes, then place licorice pieces at the bottom of the wide end of the strawberry to form a tail. Repeat with remaining strawberries, chocolate, almonds, and licorice. Chill until firm.

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    Amy Bailey Bower

    Weve also made the Christmas mice but I believe this one is truly for Halloween, once you bite into that Strawberry its got that truly wicked bloody body look to it. Sweet!

    October 14 2011 at 4:48 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
    pagblan

    Make these with marchino cherries and Kisses at Christmas

    October 05 2011 at 8:01 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
    Mystingray4

    The chocolate Dipped Rats recipe was so cute. Yummy !

    October 05 2011 at 1:45 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
    Lorrainey

    I used the container of Baker's chocolate found in store near the fruit you microwave and it worked fine. I used one tine of a meat fork to pierce the wide end of the strawberry and as soon as I removed it inserted the licorice "tail." FUN project!

    March 15 2011 at 8:48 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
    Jess

    love it

    October 26 2010 at 5:06 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply

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