Strawberry Cheesecake Bites

Description

Strawberries are stuffed with a cream cheese filling for a cute two-bite dessert. Can be prepared the night before, but not much earlier than that as the berries may become soggy.

Ingredients

  • 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese
  • ½ cup confectioners’ sugar
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 12 large fresh strawberries, hulled
  • 2 tablespoons graham cracker crumbs
  • 2 (1 ounce) squares semisweet chocolate chips (Optional)
  • 1 teaspoon canola oil (Optional)

Instructions

  1. Line a baking sheet with waxed paper.
  2. Beat together the cream cheese
  3. confectioners’ sugar
  4. and vanilla extract in a bowl until smooth.
  5. Spoon the mixture into a piping bag fitted with a large round tip.
  6. With a sharp paring knife
  7. cut a cone shape out of the top of each strawberry to leave a small hollow.
  8. Pipe about 1 tablespoon of the cream cheese filling into each strawberry
  9. making sure that the filling overflows a bit out of the top of the strawberry.
  10. Place the graham cracker crumbs into a shallow bowl. Dip the filled side of the strawberry into the graham cracker crumbs
  11. coating the exposed filling with crumbs.
  12. Melt the chocolate and canola oil in a microwave-safe glass or ceramic bowl in 30-second intervals
  13. stirring after each interval
  14. until warm and smooth
  15. 1 to 3 minutes (depending on your microwave).
  16. Dip the unfilled ends of the strawberries into the melted chocolate and place on the prepared baking sheet; refrigerate until set.

Prep Time: 20 mins

Cook Time: 5 mins

Total Time: 45 mins

Servings: 12

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