Strawberry Christmas Lights

Strawberries dipped in red, blue, yellow and green candy melts and rolled in sugar, each capped with a mini peanut butter cup so it reads as a bulb on a string of Christmas lights. No oven, about five minutes of work and a short chill.

• Chill: 10 to 15 minutes, to set the coating

Ingredients

• 1 container (16 oz) strawberries
• 1/2 cup red candy melts
• 1/2 cup blue candy melts
• 1/2 cup yellow candy melts
• 1/2 cup green candy melts
• 3 tablespoons granulated sugar
• 1/4 cup semi-sweet chocolate
• 15 to 20 mini Reese's peanut butter cups

Instructions

1. Wash the strawberries, dry them thoroughly and pull off the leaves. Line a cookie sheet with parchment.
2. Melt one color of candy melts at a time in 30-second bursts, stirring between each. A color that is too thick takes 1 tablespoon of coconut or vegetable oil.
3. Push a wooden skewer into the top of a strawberry and dip it fully.
4. Let the excess drip off, dust lightly with sugar and set it on the sheet. Repeat with every strawberry, across the four colors.
5. Refrigerate for 10 to 15 minutes, until the coating has set.
6. Melt the chocolate in 30-second bursts and spoon it into a piping bag.
7. Pipe a small dot on top of each strawberry and press a mini peanut butter cup into it as the bulb's cap. Let the chocolate harden, then serve.

Tips

• The recipe makes 15 to 20, one for each peanut butter cup.

Recipe by @thesqueakymixer, from the full recipe on The Squeaky Mixer.