Are there instructions anywhere on how to make these? I'd love to add some around the groom's cake I'll be doing in a couple of weeks. Thanks!
I have made them soooooo many times...
Make sure your Strawberries are really big (they just come out nicer), preferrably with stems. Dip them in Dark Chocolate first almost to the top, then dip the SIDES ONLY in White Chocolate. YOu can do this process right away. No need to wait 'til Dark Chocolate sets. Then to do the Bow Tie and Buttons, EITHER use a toothpick or a very tiny round tip with white chocolate in the pastry bag to "draw" the bow tie and buttons.. To make it very elegant, you can inject the stawberries with champagne before dipping in chocolate
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Maybe you already know this, but I didn't and had to learn the hard way....
Don't make them too far in advance, 'cause they will start leaking juice! I had this happen a couple weeks ago and had strawberry juice oozing all over the top of my beautiful cake, for a customer!! It was my first time making chocolate covered strawberries.
I guess most people probably know that already, but I didn't, and wanted to warn you just in case!
Melissa 
Thank you eve! Melissa, I hadn't even thought about the juices leaking! Thanks for the warning! 
Great tip Gotcake! Never would have thought of that!
Cakemaker - that's a good question. I'm thinking of making them on a Thursday night/Friday morning for a Saturday wedding. Hopefully that's not too far in advance. But I'm planning on leaving them in the refrigerator until we leave for the wedding on Saturday. So maybe the refrigeration will help keep them from leaking.
Sorry to tell you this, but I don't think the refrigeration will help. I just did a cake with the chocolate dipped strawberries Tuesday night and placed them on top of the cake. I immediately put it in the fridge and they had leaked all over the top the next morning.
I always wait until about 24 hours before the event to make my strawberries. The chocolate draws the juices out, so if you do it too early they'll leak, but if you do them too close to the time of the event, you won't give the chocolate time to bring out the juices. Atleast that's what I've noticed.
Mine aren't going on the cake, just around it as a fun detail. I think I'll plan on doing them Friday night. Thanks for all the help everyone! 
Hmm, I'm not sure what to do then about making them. I guess I could try making them really early Saturday morning. The wedding is at 4:00 p.m. and is a 1 1/2 hour drive from my house. My son is the ring bearer, so we'll have to be there early. Also, we'll have to make time to stop by the reception hall and drop off the cake and strawberries first. I'll have to think about it. I may decide to just not do the strawberries at all. The bride and groom (my brother) didn't request them. I just thought it would be a fun detail to add.
As for charging, I'm not charging anything because I'm doing this for my brother's wedding. If I were doing it and getting paid, I would probaby charge around $1.50-2.00 each. I can't imagine anyone here (in Ky.) paying more than that, but I could be wrong!
i have maid cho dipped strawberries for 2 dirrerent weddings... the one wedding i was a bridemaid and i did the cake and a sweet table for 200.. lol anyway for both weddings i did the strawberries in the morning and they were fine that night.. however i made a strawberry tree... just a nice way to present them
Could you post a pic or instructions on making the strawberry tree? Thanks!
I had asked this question a couple of months ago and Talmas led me to this great site, it is a video:
http://www.kraftfoods.com/kf/cookingschool/kraftcookingschoolvideos
http://cakecentral.com/cake-decorating-ftopict-1106-strawberry.html+tuxedos
If you go back to this, It also lists a couple of articles.
strawberry trees are really easy.. you dip ur strawberries as normal and let then set.. you buy a styrofom cone and coat that in a thin coating of chocolate too.. then work from the bottom up, using the largest strawberries on the bottom.. i push a toothpick at the place where i want my strawberry, dip the tip of the dipped strawberry in chocolate again and push into the toothpick... ill post a picture of one i did in my photos
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