Chocolate Covered Cheesecake Strawberries
Chocolate covered strawberries are the classic go-to Valentines dessert. It's sweet and luxurious. Trust me, I get it. I thought I might upgrade these a little bit with a slightly sweet and tangy cream cheese filling that give these a big step up from the original
Ingredients
- 1 lb. strawberries hulled
- 1 block cream cheese softened
- 1/2 cup powdered sugar
- 1 tsp. vanilla
- 8 oz. chocolate candy melts or almond bark
- luster dust optional
Instructions
- Wash and rinse the strawberries and hull them. Hulling means to take out the center white bit. Let them sit out and dry for 1-2 hours. You dont want any moisture on the surface.
- Melt down the candy melts in the microwave in 30 second increments while stirring vigorously in between each interval.
- Dip the each strawberry and refridgerate for 15 minutes or until chocolate is hardened. Decorate optionally with luster dust and a dry brush.
- In the meantime cream together the cream cheese, powdered sugar, and vanilla until you get a frosting-like consistency. Fill in a piping bag, or a ziploc with the corner cut off.
- Pipe the cream cheese mixture into each strawberry and serve!