Valentine's Day Treats

Clearly I was not thinking ahead or I would have saved last week's candy post for the day before Valentine's Day.

And then I was thinking ahead and I actually made a delicious chicken soup this weekend, but Mindy shared one of those yesterday.

SO.....

I was looking over our old posts. Apparently we like chocolate - like A LOT!

It took two photos to get them all in!

So, I thought I'd share some chocolate-dipped fruit for Valentine's Day.

First, if you want REALLY beautiful chocolate dipped strawberries, check out Ruthie's post here:

Chocolate Dipped Strawberries

Or if you want something even more decadent, you could try her chocolate dipped peanut butter stiffed graham crackers.

But my favorite chocolate dipped fruit was a surprise to me when someone gifted me with an Edible Arrangements bouquet - chocolate dipped pineapple. Oh.My.Word.

So, here you go, a sweet treat for your sweets for V-Day.

I'll let the pictures tell the rest of the story. I'll just add in that it was ridiculously easy. I used my wok on top of a big Le Creuset ceramic pot. You can see how quickly it melted the chocolate.

I'll admit, the pineapple was my favorite - that amazing taste combination of tart and bittersweet. But the orange was surprisingly tasty too. A friend gave me raves on the apple.

I'm inpired to try it with some dried fruits too - apricots maybe.  I did try it with organic, unsweetened coconut. Happiness.

So what do you think? I thought it might be a lot of work, but it was incredibly easy and fast.

One tip: you'll probably have to keep the chocolate warm because the cold fruit made it start to thicken while I was dipping it. The taste didn't change, but the later pieces weren't as smooth.