Tuesday, May 1, 2012

Strawberry Angel Kabobs


Don’t you hate it when you're browsing through Pinterest and you come across something that someone else has pinned that is just like something that you have been making forever and have been saving to post?! That happened recently when I logged on and saw something similar to my Strawberry Angel Kabobs (which I had been saving to post this week.) These are a favorite for Mother's Day Brunch.

This is the perfect dessert for Mother's Day that is low-calorie, (what mom isn't always looking for low-cal?) and easy to assemble (see tips for chocolate striping below). It also has an elegant presentation and tastes delicious! What more can you ask for from a dessert? You could even serve Ice Cream in Chocolate Bowls alongside the skewers. 

If you like brunch that leans towards breakfast foods, try these Personal Frittatas, with  Perfectly Crisp Bacon and Roasted Asparagus on the side. They are always a hit and everyone loves bacon! If your brunch is more of lunch food, here's a new and fun way to serve Caprese Salad. And this Sweet Mango Salsa is delicious served as a salad on a bed of lettuce. And Mom will think you are a gourmet chef when you present her with Chilled Avocado Cucumber Soup. 


So, on to the kabobs...

Ingredients:
Angel Food Cake (check your grocery store bakery for rectangle or square cake-it's easier to cut in squares than round cake)
Fresh Strawberries
Wooden Skewers
Melting Candy - Chocolate & Vanilla

Technique:
Cut angel food cake into squares
Cut tops off strawberries
Slide strawberry onto skewers, followed by cake.
Repeat until skewer is full.
Set skewers close together on a tray.
Squeeze melting candy over skewers, either in stripes back and forth or twisting and circling.

Preparing Melting Candy:
Here's a super easy way to squeeze chocolate or frosting for decorating.
Put chocolate in microwave safe bowl. Microwave for 1 minute, then stir. Keep heating in 30 second increments, stirring in between each until melted.



Stand sandwich baggie inside of a small glass, spreading it open over the top of the glass.
Scoop up the melted chocolate and put in inside the baggie.
Pick the the baggie, using your hand to slide the chocolate down into the corner.


Cut a TINY bit off the corner of the baggie. I can't stress TINY enough, if you want to decorate in thin strips of chocolate.

Once you have finished decorating your skewers with chocolate melting candy, repeat the process with the vanilla melting candy.

Happy Mother's Day!

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