Name: Valentine Chocolate Hedgehogs
Prep time: 25 min
Total time: 25 min
Ingredients: 7 strawberries; 150 grams milk chocolate (or dark); 2 tablespoons chocolate sprinkles; 14 candy eyes

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Share the love on Valentine’s Day or any other day with these fun and possibly too-cute-to-eat Valentine Chocolate Hedgehogs.

Strawberries decorated with candy eyes and chocolate noses are nestled in round chocolate nests with sprinkles.

To make them, pipe dark chocolate ‘O’-shaped discs onto parchment paper. Add sprinkles to the outer edge. Once set, place the discs onto strawberries topped with candy eyes and chocolate noses.

Chocolate-covered strawberry bites topped with candy eyes, brown sprinkles, and cartoon-like facial expressions arranged on a gray surface.

Recipe Tip

Send these delightful hedgehogs off in a lunchbox, or enjoy them as a fun snack.

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Servings: treats

Valentine Chocolate Hedgehogs

By Sine Siemkowicz

These charming hedgehogs are made with dark chocolate, sprinkles, and strawberries topped with candy eyes for a simple, fun treat.

Prep: 25

Cook: 0

Total: 25

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Equipment

Ingredients

▢ 7 strawberries
▢ 150 grams milk chocolate, or dark
▢ 2 tablespoons chocolate sprinkles
▢ 14 candy eyes

Instructions

Cut the strawberries flat at the leafy end so they can stand upright.
Melt the chocolate, and pour it into a piping utensil or bag.
Pipe the chocolate in an oval shape onto parchment paper for the hedgehog’s body. Leave a round hole in the center.
Top with sprinkles along the perimeter for the quills.
Leave to set.
Pipe the chocolate nose on the pointy top of the strawberry.
Use melted chocolate and a toothpick to stick the candy eyes in place above the nose.
Once set, position the hedgehog’s body over the face.
Serve.

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Nutrition

Calories: 125kcal, Carbohydrates: 17g, Protein: 1g, Fat: 8g, Saturated Fat: 4g, Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.2g, Monounsaturated Fat: 2g, Sodium: 4mg, Potassium: 81mg, Fiber: 1g, Sugar: 14g, Vitamin A: 1IU, Vitamin C: 7mg, Calcium: 7mg, Iron: 1mg

Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.

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