chocolate strawberries

Well, I managed to create two pounds worth of chocolate dipped strawberries today, for a fraction of the price that I would have paid online. I can also guarantee that they'll be fresh now, since they were when I bought them and they are now sitting in the fridge waiting for Mother's Day.

All in all, I think it cost me about $6 for the two pounds of strawberries, two bags of chocolate chips, and a bag of coconut flakes (which I added, since my wife loves coconut). Not bad considering most of the floral shops online wanted about $50-$60 for one pound of them (sans coconut). Best of all, my daughter helped me to make them, and we were able to enjoy an hour or so together this afternoon, laughing as we got chocolate and coconut all over the kitchen. You just can't put a price-tag on that.

Who says that fathers don't get anything for Mother's Day?