Description
Summer’s favorite dessert, strawberry shortcake kabobs, combines classic flavors with playful presentation. Grilled or chilled versions offer delightful twists you can easily enjoy at backyard gatherings or casual celebrations.
Ingredients
Scale
- 12 strawberries
- 12 oz (340 g) pound cake
- 8 oz (227 g) whipped topping
- 1 bag white chocolate chips
Instructions
- Prep Ingredients: Wash strawberries thoroughly, remove green tops, and slice into uniform halves or thirds. Cut pound cake into precise 1½-inch cubes.
- Skewer Assembly – Whipped Cream Version: Thread strawberry pieces and pound cake cubes alternately onto clean skewers, creating an attractive pattern. Intersperse delicate whipped cream dollops between cake and fruit segments for added texture.
- Skewer Assembly – White Chocolate Version: Arrange strawberries and pound cake cubes on skewers, positioning strawberries at each end for visual appeal. Prepare a parchment-lined baking sheet for chocolate drizzling.
- Chocolate Preparation: Melt white chocolate chips in a small saucepan over low heat, stirring continuously to prevent scorching. Maintain a smooth, fluid consistency throughout melting process.
- Finishing Touches: Drizzle melted white chocolate across assembled kabobs using a spoon or piping bag, ensuring elegant and even coverage. Carefully transfer skewered dessert to parchment-lined sheet.
- Chilling and Serving: Refrigerate kabobs for 30-45 minutes, allowing chocolate to set and flavors to harmonize. Present chilled as an elegant, refreshing dessert that promises both visual and gustatory delight.
Notes
- Strawberry Slicing Strategy: Cut berries uniformly into halves or thirds for consistent, visually appealing presentation that ensures even distribution on each skewer.
- Cake Cutting Precision: Use sharp knife to create exact 1½-inch pound cake cubes, guaranteeing professional-looking and balanced kabob construction.
- Chocolate Melting Mastery: Use low heat and constant stirring when melting white chocolate to prevent scorching, ensuring smooth, glossy drizzle that enhances dessert’s elegance.
- Chilling Technique: Allow minimum 30-45 minutes refrigeration time to set chocolate and blend flavors, creating perfectly textured and temperature-balanced dessert skewers.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 0 minutes
- Category: Desserts, Snacks
- Method: Blending
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 7
- Calories: 210
- Sugar: 15 g
- Sodium: 150 mg
- Fat: 7 g
- Saturated Fat: 4 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 2 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 32 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 3 g
- Cholesterol: 20 mg