Cheesecake Filled Strawberries

Our dad finds some of the best little gadgets/do-hickys/decorations/overall presents.  Today, he came home with a few new 'kitchen toys' including things like a handheld lemon juicer, mini carrot peeler, and strawberry corer.  The last item grabbed our attention because we had previously thought of buying one for ourselves, basically with only two recipes in mind: cheesecake filled strawberries and jello shot strawberries.  Seeing as this was a calm night at our house, we opted for the former choice.  However, don't think that there wasn't alcohol being consumed while we made these.


This corer thing adds a whole new level of fun to strawberry cleaning.  Buh bye to the awkward attempt to cut off the strawberry tops and hello fun gadget.  Check it out!

Then it's time to whip up the cheesecake.  This part is terribly easy and just requires cream cheese, powdered sugar, and vanilla.  The recipe can be found here (they opted to dip them in graham crackers, however we were feeling more like SPRINKLES today)


In short, mix 8 oz pkg softened cream cheese, 1/2 cup powdered sugar, and 1/2 tsp vanilla.  Put this into a piping bag, and fill!


Then, decorate with whatever you choose- sprinkles, graham crackers, whatever you want!

Then if you are craving chocolate like we were, dip them into some melted chocolate (melt chocolate chips in microwave- use 1 min increments to check/stir chips as they melt)

and PRESTO CHANGO......

Cheers

j&s