Deviled Strawberries with Cheesecake Filling

 

Deviled Strawberries with Cheesecake Filling

Ingredients
  

  • 18-24 large strawberries
  • 1 8 oz. pkg. cream cheese, softened
  • 1 cup heavy cream
  • 1/3 cup sour cream
  • 2/3 cup white granulated sugar
  • 1/2 cup graham cracker crumbs
  • 1 tsp. vanilla extract
  • 1 Tbsp. lemon juice optional

Instructions
 

  • Prep strawberries by cutting off stems and slicing them in half. Next, cut a small sliver off of the back of each strawberry so they sit up straight and don’t roll. Then use a small melon baller to carefully hollow out the middle (You don’t have to take out much, just enough to hold the cream cheese so it doesn’t slide off.) Place the softened cream cheese, sour cream, sugar, vanilla extract, and lemon juice in a medium mixing bowl (DO NOT add heavy whipping cream). Beat with an electric mixer until smooth. In a different medium sized mixing bowl, beat the heavy cream until stiff peaks form (about 5 minutes). Fold the whipped cream into the cream cheese mixure until well incorporated. Fill a piping bag with the cream cheese mixture and pipe it onto each sliced strawberry. (A star tip looks nice!) Finish with a sprinkle of graham cracker crumbs.