The Trouble with...Fruit

Fruit is a great thing when its nice and fresh.  The trouble is that is doesn't stay that way.  Sometimes it can go bad in a day or two depending on what it is.  

I bought these strawberries 2 days ago and they looked fine in the store.

But now they where covered with brown spots.  I remembered seeing something on the net about baking strawberries and they would come out like candy....twizzlers to be exact.  I decided to give it a try.

I cut them up and put them on a cookie sheet.  Then into oven on 200 degrees for 4 hours.

I also took the time to get my dehydrator out and dry some of the other fruit that is getting old.  I guess I could keep it in the fridge but I don't like to eat my fruit cold.  I do however like to eat it dried.  Why don't I buy it that way you may ask?  Because it's darn expensive.  

I put a couple racks full of pineapple, some aging Halos, and 3 green apples.  This way I am sure to eat all of the fruit without waste.  This does not take very long to set up and only about 6 hours on the fruit and vegetable setting.  

Now back to the strawberries...

Doesn't look like twizzlers....but does it taste anything like twizzlers?  Uhhh.....NO.  And I really didn't expect that they would.  This was another way to dry them yet it did not work as well as the dehydrator.  They where still soft on the bottom.  I ended up putting them on the dehydrator for about and hour and a half.  

Here is the finished product...

This is a great way to make snacks, save money and prevent waste.  By the way, The pineapple is my favorite as it really is close to candy for me :)