Cheesecake Stuffed Strawberries
These Cheesecake Stuffed Strawberries are fresh large strawberries loaded with a cream cheese filling! If you have 15 minutes, they're one of the easiest strawberry desserts you'll ever make and are the perfect quick dessert for Valentine's Day, Mother's Day or any time! As always, they're gluten free, egg free, nut free and can easily be made dairy free (vegan) with a few tweaks!
Servings: 20 filled strawberries
Calories: 94kcal
Ingredients
- 1 pound fresh strawberries , washed and dried (about 20 large strawberries)
- 8 ounces cream cheese (use full fat block cream cheese)
- 2 cups confectioners' sugar
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 1 pinch kosher salt
Instructions
- Wash and dry all the 20 strawberries.
- Carefully cut the tops off and use a small pairing knife to hollow out each of the 20 strawberries.Please do not cut your hand. Pop the hollowed out strawberries into the freezer as you make the filling.
- In the large bowl of an electric mixer, beat the 8 ounces of cream cheese until smooth and creamy. About 2 minutes.Add in the 2 cups confectioners' sugar, 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract and the 1 pinch kosher salt. Beat until smooth with zero lumps.
- Put the cream cheese filling into a piping bag or a zip top bag with the corner snipped off. Take strawberries out of the freezer. Fill the strawberries so the filling comes out of the top a bit.
- Immediately sprinkle on whatever toppings you desire. Sprinkles, mini chocolate chips, graham cracker crumbs, my graham cracker crumble, etc. Enjoy!
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Notes
Vegan: Use only gluten free and vegan cream cheese, confectioners' sugar and toppings.
Storing: The strawberries will not keep long after you fill them. Fill them and serve immediately or store them in the fridge for an hour or so until ready to serve.
If you need to prep the day before, make the filling ahead and store it in a bowl covered with plastic wrap in the fridge. When ready to use, rewhip if you want to regain that creaminess.
I do not recommend freezing this dessert.
Nutrition: The info below is a generated estimate and is not guaranteed to be accurate.
Nutrition
Calories: 94kcal | Carbohydrates: 14g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 4g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 11mg | Sodium: 38mg | Potassium: 50mg | Fiber: 0.5g | Sugar: 13g | Vitamin A: 155IU | Vitamin C: 13mg | Calcium: 15mg | Iron: 0.1mg