Halloween Strawberries
Ingredients
6oz green candy melting waters (like these)
1-2 tsps coconut oil
1/2 cup dark green sanding sugar (like this)
12 large strawberries with green tops, rinsed & dried
24 small candy eyeballs (like these)
1oz chocolate chips
Directions
Line a baking sheet with a silicone baking mat or parchment paper.
Put the candy wafers in the top of a double boiler over simmering water. Cook, stirring occasionally once the wafers soften, until smooth.
If the candy starts to reharden or seize up, stir in a teaspoon or so of coconut oil or shortening and stir again until smooth.
Spread the sanding sugar in a small shallow bowl. Gather a strawberry at the leaves and dip into the melted candy, letting the excess drip back into the bowl.
Gently press the coated strawberry in the sugar, coating it completely (don’t press too hard or you’ll get too much sugar on the strawberry).
Set leaf-side down on the prepared baking sheet and repeat with the remaining strawberries.
Refrigerate until set, about 10 minutes, keeping the remaining melted candy warm in the double boiler.
Spread a tiny bit of the remaining melted candy on the back of 2 candy eyeballs and press them on near the tip of the strawberry.
Melt the chocolate chips in a small bowl in the microwave.
Transfer to a piping bag fitted with a small plain tip. Pipe mouths onto the monsters. Let sit until eyes and mouths are set, about 10 minutes.
Adapted from Food Network