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This easy 4-ingredient recipe makes the most adorable little chocolate strawberry birds. They really are super-sweet, both to look at and to eat! Fresh strawberries play the starring role here, and then you will also need chocolate, sprinkles and candy eyeballs. Make these for Christmas, Valentine’s Day or another special occasion, and watch how quickly they disappear. And they taste pretty amazing as well as looking so cute.

A strawberry with chocolate that is made to look like a bird.

Chocolate covered strawberry birds are a lovely festive treat. They’re also a fun project to make if you have a lot of chocolate and fresh strawberries to use up.

Enjoy these? Also try chocolate peppermint meringue kiss cookies, ginger snap eggnog jello pudding shots, or Valentine marshmallow pops.

Three chocolate strawberry birds are adorned with candy eyes, cleverly resembling whimsical avian treats. A glass of milk with a red striped straw stands in the background, completing this delightful scene.

Why You’ll Love Them

Easy: Although these are every bit as cute as little treats you might find at a bakery or candy store, you’ll be happy to learn they’re really easy to make and you don’t have to be great at making desserts or have any special knowledge or equipment to create them.
Delicious: If you like strawberries and milk chocolate, there is no way you aren’t going to love these. Milk chocolate and strawberries go perfectly together.
Unusual: Perhaps you’ve never seen any treats quite like these before. And you’re going to love to eat them. Since they’re so unusual, you might like to put some in a gift box and gift to friends and family.

Chocolate Strawberry Birds, dipped in decadent chocolate with candy eyes, perch oh-so-cutely on a table adorned with bottles of milk, each topped with a festive striped straw and accompanied by bright red napkins.

Ingredients for Chocolate Strawberry Birds

A complete list of ingredients and amounts can be found in the recipe card below.

Fresh strawberries: The main ingredient!
Chocolate: Use milk chocolate or semisweet chocolate.
Decorations: Candy eyeballs and round orange sprinkles are used to create these edible festive penguins.

A bowl of strawberries, a bowl of candy eyes, and a bowl of orange sprinkles sit beside a cutting board adorned with chopped and whole chocolate bars, perfect for crafting whimsical chocolate strawberry birds.

How to Make Chocolate Strawberry Birds

For more detailed instructions with weights and measurements, jump to the printable recipe card.

Melt the chocolate: Chop the chocolate and microwave it, in intervals, until melted, stirring often.
Prepare the strawberries: Wash and dry the strawberries. Make sure you dry them well, or else the chocolate isn’t going to stick.
Assemble the chocolate strawberry birds: Thread a strawberry on to a skewer and dip into the melted chocolate, before pressing on the candy eyes and making the orange sprinkles into a beak shape.
Let them set: Let the strawberry birds set for half an hour before serving.

A plate of chocolate strawberry birds with candy eyes sits amidst a bowl of fresh strawberries, flanked by milk jars featuring peppermint straws. The scene is completed with a red beaded garland and a vibrant red cloth, adding an air of festive charm.

Substitutions and Variations

Chocolate: It’s up to you whether to use milk chocolate or semisweet chocolate – either will work here.
Orange sprinkles: If you can’t find round orange sprinkles for the beaks, you can use any kind of orange candies. You should be able to get the round orange sprinkles (here) as a lot of places sell them.

Chocolate Strawberry Birds come to life with strawberries artfully decorated to resemble birds. Each is coated in a rich chocolate layer and adorned with candy eyes, all elegantly presented on a pristine white plate, creating a delightful and whimsical treat for any occasion.

Serving Suggestions

As an ice cream topping: Garnish a bowl of ice cream with one or two of these.
As a table centerpiece: Present them as a table centerpiece, perhaps adding a couple of savory appetizers too, such as spinach artichoke stuffed mushrooms, homemade jalapeno popcorn or holiday deviled eggs.
On a dessert charcuterie board: They would be an adorable addition to a dessert charcuterie board, too.

A whimsical plate of chocolate strawberry birds, complete with googly eyes, is surrounded by an array of fresh strawberries, milk bottles, and playful red-striped decorations.

How to Store Strawberry Chocolate Birds

Store: These only have a maximum of one day life expectancy and they’re best served as soon as they’re ready. You can keep them refrigerated for a few hours though, until you’re ready to serve them.
Freeze: These chocolate strawberry penguins don’t freeze well at all, so enjoy them fresh. You can always halve the recipe if you aren’t going to have enough people there to eat them all in one day.

Chocolate-dipped strawberries with googly eyes transform into whimsical Chocolate Strawberry Birds on sticks, arranged upright.

Top Tips

Choose perfect strawberries: Pick through the container of strawberries and choose the prettiest ones for this recipe!
Serve immediately: The black part of the candy eyes can “bleed” if moisture gets into the candies – a good reason they’re best served as soon as possible after making them.
Make plenty: These disappear fast!

Chocolate Strawberry Birds come to life with strawberries partially coated in chocolate and adorned with candy eyes, artfully arranged on a white plate to resemble charming avian treats.

Chocolate Strawberry Birds FAQs

Can you use frozen strawberries to make these chocolate covered treats?

Frozen strawberries absolutely will not work for this recipe. You need to use juicy, plump, ripe ones, or else you will end up with mush instead of chocolate covered penguins!

Do you have to add shortening or coconut oil to the chocolate?

If you’ve made chocolate dipped strawberries before you might be wondering why this recipe doesn’t call for any kind of shortening or oil. The reason is the strawberries contain enough moisture to soften the chocolate, so it’s just not necessary.

Chocolate strawberry birds are artfully decorated with candy eyes, resembling charming little creatures. In the background, a touch of decor and a glass of milk complete the whimsical scene.

Chocolate Covered Strawberry Turkeys Recipe

5 from 46 votes

Chocolate Strawberry Birds

This easy 4-ingredient recipe makes the most adorable chocolate strawberry birds. They really are super-sweet, both to look at and to eat!
Prep Time: 35 minutes
Cook Time: 8 minutes
Total Time: 43 minutes
Servings: 20

Equipment

Ingredients 

  • 1 Quart strawberries, fresh, 15 to 20
  • 4 Ounces chocolate, semi-sweet or milk, chopped
  • 40 candy eyes, 2 per strawberry
  • 40 sprinkles, round orange, 2 per strawberry

Instructions 

  • Wash and completely dry the strawberries with paper towels. The chocolate won’t stick to a damp berry.
  • Put the chopped chocolate in a small, microwave-safe bowl. Microwave the chocolate in 30 sec intervals at 50% power until melted and smooth. Stir between each interval. It should take 5 to 6 minutes.
  • Place a strawberry at the end of the skewer. This just helps keep the chocolate off your fingers. Dip the strawberry into the chocolate, leaving a triangle exposed (for the belly of the penguin).
  • Allow the excess to drip off before pressing 2 of the candy eyeballs into the chocolate above the exposed part of the strawberry.
  • Immediately press two of the round sprinkles into the chocolate just below the eyes. Press them in upright to give you a beak.
  • Place the skewers in an upright position until the chocolate sets, about 20 to 30 minutes. I use a large piece of floral foam for the skewers but an empty jar or tall cup will work as well.

Notes

Choose perfect strawberries: Pick through the container of strawberries and choose the prettiest ones for this recipe!
Serve immediately: The black part of the candy eyes can “bleed” if moisture gets into the candies – a good reason they’re best served as soon as possible after making them.
Make plenty: These disappear fast!

Nutrition

Calories: 52kcal | Carbohydrates: 9g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 2g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Sodium: 1mg | Potassium: 89mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 7g | Vitamin A: 6IU | Vitamin C: 28mg | Calcium: 9mg | Iron: 0.4mg
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These chocolate strawberry birds (or penguins) are surprisingly easy to make and they taste gorgeous too. The combination of fresh berries and chocolate is always a great one, and you can make these for a special occasion, such as Valentine’s Day, Christmas or simply because you can’t wait to make these fun treats and present them to loved ones in a little gift box!

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Bella Bucchiotti is a Canadian-based syndicated food, travel, and lifestyle writer, photographer, and creator at xoxoBella. She founded xoxoBella in 2015, where she shares her love for food, dogs, sustainability, fitness, crafts, outdoor adventures, travel, and philanthropy to encourage others to run the extra mile, try new recipes, visit unfamiliar places, and stand for a cause. Bella creates stress-free and family-friendly recipes for weeknight dinners and festive feasts.

 

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