In 1989, with a $1,500 cash advance, having just moved to a new town, Shari took her passion and hobby of chocolate dipping strawberries and turned it into a business.

SHARI FITZPATRICK is the creator of the world's famous line of gourmet-dipped strawberries, the renowned Shari's Berries. Shari's love affair with strawberries began as a little girl with a strawberry patch that her Father planted for her each summer.

People quite like textural contrast in food, and chocolate is great for that because you can bite into it, but then it melts in the mouth. Crunchy things with a soft interior tend to be highly liked. This may also explain the extra special appeal of a chocolate-coated strawberry."

Both strawberries and chocolate are categorized as aphrodisiacs… so by coating a strawberry in chocolate you are creating the perfect storm of love. What better way to finish a romantic dinner than to share a plate of sexy chocolate dipped berries, dressed to the nines and dipped in whipped cream?

Lorraine Lorusso While both chocolate and strawberries have been around for a while, it wasn't until the 1960s that the idea to combine them was born. A woman working at a gourmet store in Chicago, Lorraine Lorusso of the Stop 'N' Shop, is said to be the inventor of this delicious treat.

We pack each berry by hand in protective packaging, complete with ice packs, to keep the fruit sweet and cool.

A woman working at a gourmet store in Chicago, Lorraine Lorusso of the Stop 'N' Shop, is said to be the inventor of this delicious treat. She took some of the store's gourmet chocolate and dipped fresh strawberries into the mixture, selling them to customers after the chocolate shell hardened.

Chocolate and strawberries have long been a perfect pairing, and that remains true this Mother's Day. Besides being a versatile and delicious gift option, chocolate is also decadent, symbolizes love, and serves as a wonderful end-of-the-day treat.

In fact, chocolate-covered strawberries were originally paired together because they're two of the world's most famous aphrodisiacs. Today chocolate-covered strawberries are a common Valentine's Day treat, and are often found on buffet tables at weddings.

Chocolate is considered aphrodisiac food since the time of Aztecs. it said to contain substance that inflames desire and make the beloved one more open to romance. In olden days, this resulted in the tradition in European royalty to give their lovers chocolates mixed with amber to stimulate their love.

The Olmec, one of the earliest civilizations in Latin America, were the first to turn the cacao plant into chocolate. They drank an ancient chocolate drink during rituals and used it as medicine. Centuries later, the Mayans praised chocolate as the drink of the gods.

A woman working at a gourmet store in Chicago, Lorraine Lorusso of the Stop 'N' Shop, is said to be the inventor of this delicious treat. She took some of the store's gourmet chocolate and dipped fresh strawberries into the mixture, selling them to customers after the chocolate shell hardened.