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a footed dessert dish filled with chocolate covered fresh cranberries.

Easy Chocolate Covered Cranberries Recipe

Cindy
These easy-to-make Chocolate Covered Cranberries will pop in your mouth in the most delicious way! Use fresh cranberries for maximum flavor.
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Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 6 minutes
Rest Time 1 hour
Total Time 1 hour 26 minutes
Course Holiday Recipes
Cuisine American
Servings 4 servings
Calories 492 kcal

Ingredients
  

  • 2 cups chocolate chips of choice
  • 2 teaspoons vegetable shortening or coconut oil
  • 2 cups fresh cranberries whole

Instructions
 

  • Add the chocolate chips and vegetable shortening to a glass bowl.
    chocolate chips and shortening in a small glass bowl
  • Microwave the chocolate chips for 30 seconds and then stir.
    half melted chocolate chips in a glass bowl with a white spoon.
  • Microwave an additional 30-60 seconds, just until the chocolate is almost melted. Stir until completely smooth. You do not want to overheat the chocolate so check it and stir every 20-30 seconds.
    perfectly melted chocolate in a small glass bowl, stirred with a spoon.
  • Place the fresh cranberries, a few at a time, on a fork and dip into the chocolate and covered completely.
    a fork holding three cranberries, dipping them into melted chocolate.
  • Let any excess chocolate drip off. Place the chocolate covered cranberries onto a baking sheet lined with wax paper to dry. Let dry at room temperature until hardened or place in the refrigerator to set quickly.
    chocolate covered cranberries on a sheet tray, setting.

Notes

  • It’s best to use fresh cranberries for this, but you can also use frozen cranberries. Keep in mind that the frozen cranberries will make the chocolate set very quickly so you have to move fast.
  • Vegetable shortening or coconut oil is used to thin out the chocolate and make it easier to dip the cranberries in them. It also makes the chocolate really smooth for dipping.
  • I like to do a few cranberries at a time on a fork, but you can also stick a toothpick in the end of a cranberry for easy dipping.
  • I used semi-sweet chocolate chips, but dark chocolate, milk chocolate, or white chocolate chips would also be delicious.
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