Chocolate-Covered Strawberries - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 pints strawberries, with stems if possible
1 1/2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips (or milk chocolate chips)
2 tablespoons corn syrup
6 tablespoons butter

Preparation

Wash strawberries and pat dry.
Place on paper towels until they reach room temperature.
Melt chocolate chips, corn syrup and butter in a double boiler, stirring occasionally.
Remove from heat and dip each strawberry into chocolate, coating 2/3 of strawberry.
Allow excess chocolate to drip off into pan.
Place stem side down on waxed paper covered baking pan or cookie sheet.
Refrigerate until set, about 15-20 minutes.