All you need is a little bit of patience, a steady hand, and just 5 ingredients.
Michaels or other craft stores carry these Wilton Candy Melts in various colors. They’re $2.99 per bag, so $12 plus tax. I didn’t mind picking these up because I inevitably use the leftovers for other baking projects too. I haven’t had much luck in the past with melting and coloring regular white chocolate, so these little disks work great.
Strawberries are plentiful and ripe right now. Mine were 2 pints for $5.
The candy melts work great – no tempering of the chocolate is involved. Just place them in a glass dish and microwave for a couple of minutes; stir until smooth, and the strawberries are ready to dip. I worked on the baseball strawberries first.
For easy piping, I take out a throwaway plastic sandwich baggie and cut a hole in the corner. I use a small tip (Wilton #2), pop it into the corner and tape it in place. Then I spoon the melted candy melts into the baggie and it makes for simple, no-fuss piping.
With a steady hand, pipe the “laces” onto the baseball.
And there it is!
I made basketballs too- orange colored candy melts and then I melted a few dark chocolate chips to use for the lines on the basketball.
The footballs were made from the cocoa candy melts and white piping.
It probably took me a good hour to make them all. I made these in the morning and left them at room temperature until serving them several hours later. I brought them to a barbecue yesterday and watched them disappear rather quickly. People seemed to be intrigued by the sport’s theme, so it’s no wonder that the mail order companies are able to sell them… even at that exorbitant price! It cost me no more than $20 to make mine. Depending on how large your strawberries are, I’d say you can easily make 24 to 32 dipped berries from two pints. There is no gluten in Wilton’s Candy Melts, so this recipe is safe for those who need to be gluten free 🙂 Enjoy, and Happy Father’s Day!
