Cheesecake Stuffed Strawberries
Fresh ripe strawberries stuffed with a no-bake cheesecake filling. Topped with chocolate chips & graham cracker crumbs.
- Prep Time: 30 minutes (plus 1 hour to soften cream cheese)
- Cook Time: 0 minutes
- Total Time: 30 minutes
- Yield: 24 berries 1x
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Fill
- Cuisine: American
Ingredients
Scale
- 2 dozen large strawberries
Filling
- 8-ounce block of cream cheese softened to room temperature
- 3 tablespoons sugar
- 2 tablespoons heavy cream
- 1 teaspoon lemon juice
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
Topping options
- Mini chocolate chips
- Graham cracker crumbs
- Turbinado sugar (gluten-free version)
- Chopped nuts
Instructions
- Core the strawberries. Use a small paring knife to slice off the top, then carefully cut down around the core and pull it out.
- Make the filling. Add softened cream cheese, sugar, lemon juice, and vanilla extract to a large mixing bowl. Using a hand mixer with the beater attachment, beat on medium speed until smooth and creamy.
- Fill the berries. Fit a piping bag with a large tip and fill it with the cream cheese filling. If you don’t have a piping bag, use a gallon-sized ziplock bag with a small hole cut out of the corner. Take your time to fill each strawberry with cream cheese.
- Add the topping. Dust each strawberry with mini chocolate chips, graham cracker crumbs, turbinado sugar, or chopped nuts.
Notes
- Serve immediately or refrigerate until ready to serve.
- Best made the day of. At most, you can make them the night before. Any longer, and the strawberries will start to get soggy.
- The amount of strawberries you can fill will depend on the size of the berries. The filling will be enough for 2-3 dozen strawberries.
- If you are making these in a hot climate, your filling might be a little loose when you make it. If it is too loose/runny, put it in the fridge for up to 30 minutes to firm up before piping it into the berries.
Variations
- Make them gluten-free. Leave out the graham cracker crumbs and replace them with the other toppings.
- Lower carb/lower sugar. Use powdered monk fruit sweetener in place of the sugar.
- Lower fat. Use reduced-fat cream cheese (Neufchatel cheese.) And swap the heavy cream for low-fat Greek yogurt.
- Chocolate-covered cheesecake stuffed strawberries:
- After filling the berries, dip them in melted chocolate. Or drizzle melted chocolate over them for an easier option.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 stuffed berry with mini chocolate chips
- Calories: 57
- Sugar: 4 g
- Sodium: 30.2 mg
- Fat: 3.9 g
- Carbohydrates: 5 g
- Fiber: 0.6 g
- Protein: 0.9 g
- Cholesterol: 10.3 mg
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