{"id":1117,"date":"2011-06-29T18:35:35","date_gmt":"2011-06-29T18:35:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lacasadesweets.com\/?p=1117"},"modified":"2012-07-01T11:42:21","modified_gmt":"2012-07-01T11:42:21","slug":"4th-of-july-strawberries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lacasadesweets.com\/2011\/06\/29\/4th-of-july-strawberries\/","title":{"rendered":"4th of July Strawberries"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><div style=\"width: 224px;\" data-width=\"224\" class=\"ratio-wrap-center\"><div class=\"ratio-box\" style=\"padding-bottom: 133.92857142857% !important;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1125 lazyload\" title=\"4th of July Strawberries_blog\" alt=\"\" width=\"224\" height=\"300\" data-src=\"https:\/\/lacasadesweets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/4th-of-July-Strawberries_blog-224x300.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/lacasadesweets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/4th-of-July-Strawberries_blog-224x300.jpg 224w, https:\/\/lacasadesweets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/4th-of-July-Strawberries_blog-767x1024.jpg 767w, https:\/\/lacasadesweets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/4th-of-July-Strawberries_blog.jpg 800w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 224px) 100vw, 224px\"><\/img><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Looking for a yummy, easy to make 4th of July treat? \u00a0These 4th of July chocolate-dipped strawberries only take a few minutes to make, and you only need a few ingredients to make them! \u00a0Simply dip the strawberries in white chocolate, and sprinkle the bottoms with blue sugar. \u00a0You\u2019ll have a pretty red, white and blue dessert to wow your friends and family with\u2026just don\u2019t tell them how easy it was to make them!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Ingredients:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1 pound fresh strawberries<\/li>\n<li>White chocolate, melted<\/li>\n<li>Blue sanding sugar*<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Instructions:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Line a cookie sheet with parchment or wax paper, and set aside.<\/p>\n<p>Pour the sugar into a small bowl, and set aside.<\/p>\n<p>In a microwave-safe bowl, melt the white chocolate in 30 second increments, stirring after every 30 seconds, until the chocolate is melted and smooth.<\/p>\n<p>Take each strawberry, and dip it in the white chocolate, so that the chocolate covers all but the top third of the strawberry. \u00a0Quickly sprinkle the bottom third with the blue sugar. \u00a0Set the dipped strawberry on the lined cookie sheet.<\/p>\n<p>Repeat with the other strawberries.<\/p>\n<p>Refrigerate the dipped strawberries for at least 30 minutes before serving.<\/p>\n<p>Enjoy, and Happy 4th of July!<\/p>\n<p>Makes as many dipped strawberries as you want!<\/p>\n<p>*You can find blue (red, white, yellow, etc.) sugar at most craft stores, including Michaels, JoAnn Fabrics, and Hobby Lobby. \u00a0They also sell it at Target, about $1 cheaper, and much more convenient!<\/p>\n<p><em>Adapted from <a title=\"Grin and Bake It\" href=\"http:\/\/grinandbakeit.com\/all-american-chocolate-covered-strawberries\" target=\"_blank\">Grin and Bake It<\/a><\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>These 4th of July chocolate-dipped strawberries only take a few minutes to make, and you only need a few ingredients to make them! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1125,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wprm-recipe-roundup-name":"","wprm-recipe-roundup-description":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[56,110],"tags":[140,402,401,138,141,139],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lacasadesweets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1117"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lacasadesweets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lacasadesweets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lacasadesweets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lacasadesweets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1117"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/lacasadesweets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1117\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2450,"href":"https:\/\/lacasadesweets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1117\/revisions\/2450"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lacasadesweets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1125"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lacasadesweets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1117"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lacasadesweets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1117"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lacasadesweets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1117"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}