I dip my chocolate covered strawberries in melted wilton chocolate mixed with a little parafin. I charge $1/strawberry but that price will range according to where you are. You might call places that sell choc. dipped strawberries and see what they charge in your area.
RRGibson,
I just did a cake this past weekend with chocolate covered strawberries on it, (see my photo, it's the only one I've downloaded so far, I'm new to this site). I wanted a high quality chocolate taste so I used Ghiradelli chocolate melted in the microwave with no additions and they turned out great. They firmed up in about 30 minutes left out on the counter. The only issue I had was when I pulled the dipped berries off of the wax paper covered cookie sheet, a few of them were a little harder to pull off than others. These few leaked some berry juice because the chocolate pulled off the bottom and stayed on the wax paper where they were resting. Fortunately, I noticed this before placing them on the cake, or they would have been slipping and sliding all over.
Maybe next time I will add a tsp. of oil to the chocolate when melting.
I just did 5 dozen dipped strawberries for a rehearsal dinner yesterday. I would try to get a better quality melting chocolate than Wilton. If you have access to either of these brands.. Merkens or Wilbur melting chocolate discs, it will make a big difference in the taste. If not, using Ghiradelli or Lindt chocolate is good. I would add about 1 tsp. solid shortening (crisco) per 8 oz of chocolate. After you dip each berry, place it on a pan lined with parchment paper. They should not stick to the parchment. Good Luck.
Now if you you really want a treat. Try the Philadelphia, ready made cheesecake filling, add a couple teaspoons vanilla or almond extract. Cut the green part off and scoop out a little of the insides and insert a squirt of the cheesecake filling. Then dip in chocolate.
Yummy Yummy Yummy.
I've made chocolate covered strawberries using chocolate chips melted with a little bit of shortening. Sometimes I can get the strawberries to "stand" on their stem ends, which eliminates the sticking problem and IMO makes them look better than having that flattened area where they were placed on the cookie sheet. I have also seen strawberries dipped in chocolate and then sprinkles - very pretty.
i like the effect of first dipping and then drizzling either the same chocolate (dark) or light or white chocolate. i've also seen them made into dresses or tuxes (time consuming and probably not what the bride would want on a cake)-just to jazz it up a bit. if you make sure you allow the chocolate to drip off the berry enough there shouldn't be too much of a puddle (you can get those special forks that work-i personally don't) hth 
what other fruit would be good dipped in choc. for a wedding?
Pretty much anything that is not too wet. I've only done strawberries in chocolate, but all sorts of crazy stuff for the choc. fountains.
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