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These cute Strawberry Ladybugs with Oreos and dark chocolate make a delicious treat your kids will love and you only need a few simple ingredients!
This easy recipe featuring strawberries, dark chocolate, and Oreos is sure to be a hit. It’s perfect for lunchboxes, parties, and special occasions such as birthdays and Valentine’s Day.
Recipe Tip
Use tiny blueberries or chocolate chips for the ladybug dots for a fun twist.
Top these adorable ladybugs onto cakes, enjoy them with ice cream for an epic treat, or serve them as part of a fruit tray with all your favorite fruit and berries.
Recipe Tip
You can stick on antennae details using sprinkles if you like.
Strawberry Ladybugs Ingredients
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- Strawberries: Look for similar sized, firm, bright red berries with a pointy shape.
- Dark chocolate: Use a good-quality baking chocolate with 55-70% cocoa solids (or your favorite chocolate chips).
- Oreos: Regular Oreos or similar chocolate biscuits.
- Candy eyes: Available in large supermarkets and baking shops. Use regular or mini-sized.
- Fresh basil: Or mint. You can omit.
How to Make Strawberry Ladybugs
- Prepare the ingredients: Halve the strawberries. Dry them on a paper towel. Melt the chocolate. Pour it in a bowl.
- Make the ladybugs: Dip the strawberry tips into the chocolate. Add candy eyes. Pour the chocolate into a piping utensil (or freezer bag with the corner snipped). Pipe the chocolate details and allow to set.
- Top the Oreos with chocolate, add the ladybugs and a fresh basil leaf. Allow to set. Serve.
Possible Variations
- Strawberries: Swap for small red apples or plums.
- Dark chocolate: Milk chocolate is a great alternative.
- Oreos: Swap for any round biscuits you prefer. You can omit the biscuits, too.
- Candy eyes: Make your own using white chocolate and sprinkles or use small chocolate balls. You can also omit eyes,they will still be cute.
How to Store Leftovers
Keep them in an airtight container in the fridge. Enjoy within 1 day.
FAQs
I always melt chocolate in a small pan over low heat, but you have to stir constantly to prevent it from burning. You can also use a double boiler or microwave.
Be sure to dry the strawberries with a paper towel to keep the surface as dry as possible.
Depending on the temperature in your kitchen, it will take about 15-30 minutes. You can transfer the ladybugs to the fridge or freezer if you are in a rush and want to speed up the process.
A fun way would be arrange arugula on a platter and place the chocolate ladybugs on top. You can also enjoy them as part of a dessert tray with my chocolate butterflies and strawberry bunnies.
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Strawberry Ladybugs with Oreos
Equipment
Ingredients
- 5 strawberries, pointed
- 100 grams dark chocolate
- 20 candy eyes, mini
- 10 Oreo cookies
- 10 fresh basil leaves
Instructions
- Melt the dark chocolate.
- Place the chocolate in a heat safe bowl.
- Halve the strawberries.
- Dry the strawberries on a piece of kitchen towel. This will allow the chocolate to stick better.
- Dip the tip of each strawberry into the chocolate. Tap off any excess.
- Place the strawberries on parchment paper and top with candy eyes.
- Transfer the melted chocolate to a piping utensil or bag.
- Pipe the ladybug center line and the 6 little dots with the melted chocolate.
- Allow to set in the freezer for 5 minutes.
- In the meantime, pipe chocolate onto the top of each Oreo.
- Top with a fresh basil or mint leaf and then the chocolate-covered ladybugs.
- Allow to set.
- Serve.
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Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
