Chocolate Strawberry Station
Chocolate Covered Strawberries in Cincinnati
Fresh strawberries dipped in premium chocolate and finished with creative toppings, served as a live station.
Serving Cincinnati, Hamilton County and Northern Kentucky
- guests served per festival
- 1,700+guests served per festival
- at Taste of Cincinnati
- 3 yearsat Taste of Cincinnati
- poffertjes & strawberries
- 2 conceptspoffertjes & strawberries
- serving Cincinnati
- Since 2023serving Cincinnati
Our newest concept
The station that outsold the pancakes
Chocolate-covered strawberries started as a test alongside our Dutch pancakes. At our most recent major event, demand grew so fast that they outsold the mini pancakes outright — which told us the strawberries deserved to be a full station in their own right, not a side offering.
We serve them in individual cups rather than on a shared platter, so guests can pick one up while they are standing and talking. No plates, no cutlery, nothing to balance. For weddings and corporate receptions in particular, that matters more than it sounds like it should.
Book the strawberry station on its own, or pair it with the Dutch pancake cart so guests get two completely different desserts at the same event.
How they are made
Chocolate covered strawberries, dipped in front of your guests
A chocolate covered strawberry is a simple thing, which is exactly why the details decide whether it is any good. Ours start as whole fresh fruit, hulls on, dipped to order rather than made that morning and carried to you. They are at their best within minutes of the chocolate setting — the shell still has its shine and the fruit has not started to weep into it.
That is the whole argument for dipping on site. A tray that travels loses the gloss on the chocolate and the firmness of the berry. Dipping in front of your guests avoids both, and gives people something to stand around and watch while they wait.
Guests choose their chocolate and their finish at the station, so a room of thirty gets thirty slightly different ones rather than a single uniform tray.
Choose your chocolate
Four premium dips, endless finishes
Premium milk chocolate
The crowd-pleaser. Smooth, sweet, and always the first tray to empty.
Dark chocolate
For the guests who find everything else too sweet.
White chocolate
The prettiest on a dessert table, and the best base for a topping.
Dubai-style pistachio cream
Layered with toasted kanafe. Our most talked-about flavour by a distance.
Gallery
The strawberry station, up close
Dipped to order at a real Pankis event — the strawberries are coated in front of your guests, not brought out pre-made.
The finishes
What goes on top
Chosen at the station, one strawberry at a time.
- Premium milk chocolate
- Dark chocolate
- White chocolate
- Nutella
- Dubai-style pistachio cream
- Toasted kanafe
- Crushed Oreos
- M&M's
- Mini Reese's
- Sprinkles
- Powdered sugar
The Dubai-style pistachio cream with toasted kanafe is the one guests ask about most, and it is the reason a familiar dessert table gets a second look.
When people book them
Chocolate covered strawberries suit some events better than others
Weddings and receptions
They need no plate and no fork, so guests can eat one while standing with a drink in the other hand.
Bridal and baby showers
The most photographed thing on a daytime dessert table, and easy to serve to thirty people without a kitchen.
Corporate and client events
No open heat and no power draw, which is what makes an office or a hotel say yes to a live station.
Birthdays and graduations
Everyone picks their own chocolate and toppings, so one booking covers a room of very different tastes.
February
Comfortably our busiest month for strawberries. Valentine’s dates get asked for earliest and go first.
Questions
Chocolate covered strawberries, answered
Is this a delivery service or a station at our event?
A station at your event. We bring the fruit, the chocolate and the toppings to your venue and dip the strawberries in front of your guests, so nothing sits in a box losing its shine. If you need something different for a smaller gathering, ask us and we will tell you what we can do.
How are the strawberries served?
In individual cups, dipped to order. There are no plates and no cutlery, so guests can eat while standing and talking — which is why the station suits receptions and cocktail hours particularly well.
Which chocolates do you use?
Premium milk, dark and white chocolate, plus our Dubai-style pistachio cream finished with toasted kanafe. Guests choose their own toppings at the station.
Does the strawberry station need power?
No. It runs cold, so it needs no electricity, no ventilation and no clearance around a hot surface. That makes it possible in venues that will not permit cooking equipment, and straightforward outdoors.
Can we book the strawberries without the mini pancakes?
Yes. The strawberry station works perfectly on its own. For larger guest counts we often suggest running it alongside the Dutch pancake cart so two queues form instead of one.
How far in advance should we book?
Earlier is better for weekend dates, and February is the month that fills furthest ahead. If your date is close it is still worth asking — we will tell you straight away.
Where we serve
Strawberry stations across Greater Cincinnati
Each area has its own page with the local detail — travel, venue access and how far ahead to ask.
Two stations, one booking
Most of our larger events run the strawberries and the Dutch pancake cart side by side. Tell us your guest count and we'll tell you whether one station or both makes sense.