Dipped strawberries are a fabulous addition to an elegant dessert platter. Make them extra-special when you add a layer of flavored cream cheese beneath the chocolate.
Dipped Cream Cheese Strawberries
- Prep Time 25 min
- Total 1 hr 25 min
- Ingredients 9
- Servings 12
Ingredients
- 1 package (1 lb) fresh strawberries
- 6 oz cream cheese (from 8-oz package), softened
- 24 vanilla wafer cookies, finely crushed (3/4 cup)
- 3 tablespoons powdered sugar
- 1 teaspoon grated orange peel
- 1 bag (12 oz) semisweet chocolate chips (2 cups)
- 2 oz bittersweet baking chocolate, chopped
- 1/2 cup white vanilla baking chips
- 1 teaspoon vegetable oil
Instructions
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Step1Rinse strawberries; pat dry with paper towels. Line cookie sheet with waxed paper. In medium bowl, beat cream cheese, cookie crumbs, powdered sugar and orange peel with electric mixer on medium speed until mixed. Press about 1 rounded tablespoon cream cheese mixture over bottom half of each strawberry, molding to fit the strawberry. Place on cookie sheet. Refrigerate 30 minutes.
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Step2In 1-quart saucepan, melt semisweet chocolate chips and bittersweet chocolate over low heat, stirring frequently. Holding strawberry by the leaves, dip each strawberry into chocolate mixture, covering cheese mixture. Place on cookie sheet. Refrigerate about 30 minutes or until chocolate is completely set.
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Step3In small microwavable bowl, microwave vanilla baking chips and oil uncovered on High 1 minute, stirring every 30 seconds, until melted. Continue to microwave at 15-second intervals if necessary to melt chips. Drizzle melted vanilla chips over dark chocolate on strawberries. Place each in paper baking cup. Store in tightly covered container in refrigerator no longer than 24 hours.
Nutrition
330
Calories
20g
Total Fat
4g
Protein
34g
Total Carbohydrate
27g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Strawberry
- Calories
- 330
- Calories from Fat
- 180
- Total Fat
- 20g
- 31%
- Saturated Fat
- 12g
- 60%
- Trans Fat
- 0g
- Cholesterol
- 15mg
- 5%
- Sodium
- 90mg
- 4%
- Potassium
- 220mg
- 6%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 34g
- 11%
- Dietary Fiber
- 3g
- 13%
- Sugars
- 27g
- Protein
- 4g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 4%
- 4%
- Vitamin C
- 35%
- 35%
- Calcium
- 4%
- 4%
- Iron
- 10%
- 10%
Exchanges:
1 Starch; 0 Fruit; 1 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 4 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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