Look, I cannot explain the appeal. Either you look at these, struggle to contain a tiny gasp of delight, and run to your scraps bin to find the perfect strawberry colors. Or you…don’t. And I get it! They will not be everyone’s cup of tea!

But if you have my kind of brain, the kind of brain that often finds itself going “hmm, I wonder what would happen if…” and then you give it a try and then a few hours later you’re holding a tiny little treasure in your hands and marveling at what you made, then I think you might absolutely adore these. I know I do!

Plus they’ll never, ever, ever go furry in the back of your refrigerator (admittedly, more likely to happen to spinach than to strawberries, but somehow I still mess that up sometimes). Maybe if I make enough of them, I’ll earn amnesty for whatever horror show is happening in my produce drawer right now. Or maybe, just maybe, they’ll inspire me to make something delicious the next time the berries look good at the market.

But really, I make them because sometimes the demands of the outside world are simply too much to bear, and I need something absurd and adorable that I can finish in an afternoon. And then I share them with you. Just in case you might need that too.

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