Ingredients
Method
- Prep the strawberries by cutting off the stems and slicing them in half. Next, cut a small sliver off of the back of each strawberry half so that they sit up straight. Use a small melon baller to carefully hollow out the middle (you don't need to take out much, just make a small enough indent so that the cream cheese filling doesn't slide off). *Pictorial Above *
- In a medium sized mixing bowl, beat the whipping cream until stiff peaks form (about 5 minutes).
- In a separate bowl, mix together the softened cream cheese, sour cream, sugar, vanilla extract, and lemon juice with an electric mixer until smooth.
- Fold the whipped cream into the cream cheese mixture until well incorporated.
- Fill a piping bag with the cream cheese mixture (I used a star tip), and pipe it onto each sliced strawberry.
- Finish with a sprinkle of graham cracker crumbs.
- Serve and enjoy!
Notes
- Want to make them low carb? Use a low carb sweetener in place of the sugar and omit the graham crackers.
- The number of strawberries you need to match the amount of cream cheese mixture really depends on the size of the strawberries. I bought a large container of medium sized strawberries from Costco, and still ended up with a bit of leftover cream cheese mixture. I had no idea what to do with it, so I just ate it all in one sitting.
- You CAN make the cream cheese mixture (including whipped cream) the day before. My leftovers were the perfect consistency the next day (again, I may or may not have been eating it with a spoon).
- The strawberries can also be cut and prepped the day before, just be sure to place them in an air tight container with a paper towel so that they don't get soggy or end up with that weird refrigerator taste.
