Recipe for cooking candy strawberries

Desserts to Go with Coffee and Tea :: Candies and Confections

Candy Strawberries

2 sm. boxes strawberry gelatin
1 c. ground pecans
1 c. ground coconut
3/4 c. sweetened condensed milk
1/2 tsp. vanilla extract or flavoring
1 stick paraffin wax
1 (12 ounce) bag chocolate chips

Mix together gelatin, pecans, coconut, condensed milk and vanilla extract or flavoring. Shape into balls, then set on wax paper. Chill at least 1 hour in the refrigerator or freezer.

Melt wax and chocolate chips in a double boiler and then put a wooden pick in the rolled candy and dip into the wax-chocolate mixture. Set them back on the wax paper until dry.