Strawberry Cheesecake Bites

Name: Strawberry Cheesecake Bites
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 12
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 teaspoon canola oil (optional); 118 milliliters confectioners sugar; 227 grams package cream cheese; 2 Tbsps graham cracker crumbs; 57 grams semisweet chocolate chips (optional); 12 larges fresh strawberries, hulled; 2 teaspoons vanilla extract

Strawberry Cheesecake Bites requires about 45 minutes from start to finish. This recipe makes 12 servings with 131 calories, 2g of protein, and 9g of fat each. This recipe covers 2% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. It can be enjoyed any time, but it is especially good for Mother's Day. If you have graham cracker crumbs, semisweet chocolate chips, cream cheese, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it.

Instructions

Line a baking sheet with waxed paper.

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Baking Sheet

Beat together the cream cheese, confectioners' sugar, and vanilla extract in a bowl until smooth.

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Powdered Sugar

Vanilla Extract

Cream Cheese

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Bowl

Spoon the mixture into a piping bag fitted with a large round tip.

With a sharp paring knife, cut a cone shape out of the top of each strawberry to leave a small hollow.

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Strawberries

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Knife

Pipe about 1 tablespoon of the cream cheese filling into each strawberry, making sure that the filling overflows a bit out of the top of the strawberry.

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Cream Cheese

Strawberries

Place the graham cracker crumbs into a shallow bowl. Dip the filled side of the strawberry into the graham cracker crumbs, coating the exposed filling with crumbs.

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Graham Cracker Crumbs

Strawberries

Dip

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Bowl

Melt the chocolate and canola oil in a microwave-safe glass or ceramic bowl in 30-second intervals, stirring after each interval, until warm and smooth, 1 to 3 minutes (depending on your microwave).

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Canola Oil