Eva Likey

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Friends, countrymen, lend me your ears! This may be the pièce de résistance of all the desserts in my arsenal. Rarely do I find one that is the girl’s ultimate dream. Gorgeous, decadent, easy to make and actually low calorie.

I have a weakness for cheesecake. A serious problem. As in if I were four years old and a stranger tried to lure me away with cheesecake instead of candy, I might not be here today. Heck, if a stranger wants to lure me away now, I would not put up a fight. Not much has changed since I was four years old, you see.

This dessert is lovely. The fruit-to-cheesecake-decadence ratio is completely reversed, so it’s much easier to justify seconds (or thirds, or..). I’ve seen these floating around pinterest and various blogs, so I have no idea which is original. That said, my notion of following recipes involves little more than scanning the ingredients list and making up the rest as I go. And I completely invite you to do the same. These probably won’t keep too well, so I made the fillings and hollowed out the strawberries a day ahead of time and assembled shortly before serving.

{Berries in various stages of decadence}

Ingredients

2 lbs strawberries (I bought 2 boxes)
100 grams cream cheese (about half a package of Philadelphia cream cheese)
1/8 - 1/4 cup confectioner’s sugar (depending on preference)
Vanilla
3-4 digestive cookies (or graham crackers)

Directions

Wash strawberries and pat dry.
Combine cream cheese, vanilla and sugar until smooth
Crush digestives until fine, and place in a separate small bowl (if desired, can flavor with a little bit of cinnamon and sugar)
With a small knife, cut the tops off and hollow out the insides. Strawberries naturally have a little space, but be careful not to cut too much of the flesh, just try to cut out the white parts
With a small butter knife (or fill a piping bag) fill each strawberry
After filling, dip each strawberry into crumb mixture to form a small crust
Serve immediately