Chocolate Dipped Or Drizzled Fruit - cooking recipe

Ingredients

36 strawberries
1 c. (6 oz.) Nestle Toll House semi-sweet chocolate
orange segments
kiwi or pineapple chunks
2 Tbsp. shortening

Preparation

Rinse fruit in cold water.
Pat dry.
Melt morsels and shortening over hot (not boiling) water, stirring until mixture is smooth. Remove from heat. Cool slightly. Dip fruit about halfway into chocolate mixture. Shake off excess or drizzle chocolate from pastry bag filled with small tip, heavy-duty plastic bag with tiny corner snipped off or plastic squeeze bottle with small tip. Place on wax paper lined tray.
Chill for 15 minutes or until coating is set.