Street Snacks & Botanas Callejeras
Chocolate-Covered Strawberries, Banana and Watermelon in Los Angeles
Look for chilled skewers of fresh strawberries, frozen bananas, and watermelon dipped into molten chocolate and showered with colorful toppings at Imperial Night Market in Downtown LA on Friday, Saturday and Sunday evenings, when a vendor is serving it. Free entry.
2300 E 15th St, Downtown LA · Free entry
CATEGORY
Street Snacks & Botanas Callejeras
PREPARATION
Fresh strawberries, chilled bananas, and watermelon dipped in warm chocolate and sprinkled.
MARKET
Imperial Night Market, Downtown LA
HERITAGE
The origins of Chocolate-Covered Strawberries, Banana and Watermelon
Food lore attributes the commercial debut of chocolate-dipped strawberries to Lorraine Lorusso in 1960s Chicago.
Crisp hardened chocolate shell that snaps cleanlyJuicy fresh strawberries and chilled fruit centerSkewered on wooden sticks for street eatingDressed with chopped peanuts or colorful sprinkles