The BEST Cheesecake Stuffed Strawberries
I’d like to think of these cheesecake stuffed strawberries as the more relaxed and refreshing cousin to chocolate covered strawberries. We’ll take the same sweet, tart, and plump berries, but instead of dipping them in chocolate, we’ll fill them with lightly tangy and creamy cheesecake and top them with crushed graham crackers. Yum 😋 Many recipes use just cream cheese, vanilla, and sugar in the filling, but I take a few notes from my no-bake cheesecake and whip some heavy cream in there as well. This creates a lighter, less rich, yet still creamy and flavorful filling. I use actually use it in my cheesecake bites too, so if you like them, you’ll enjoy these too. These berries are such a great summer treat; definitely try them while strawberries are still in season. They are my quickest no-bake dessert yet!
What You Need
One of the best things about this recipe is how simple it is–just 6 ingredients! Let’s go over them briefly before we begin.
Strawberries. Use fresh strawberries that are large (save the small ones for the topping on your strawberry cheesecake). Make sure your berries are ripe, but not overripe, as they will be difficult to carve if they’re too soft. Cream cheese. If you’ve made any of my cheesecake recipes before (like my key lime cheesecake), then you already know the drill here: use a brick-style, full-fat cream cheese and make sure it’s softened before you get started! Do not use tub-style or low-fat cream cheese, as the filling would be runny. Heavy cream. Whipping cream or double cream would also work. If you’ve struggled with whipping cream in the past, make sure your cream is nice and cold beforehand and try using a cold metal bowl and beaters. Vanilla. Just a splash adds wonderful depth of flavor to our cheesecake filling. If you have some homemade vanilla extract lying around, put it to good use here! Powdered sugar. We’ll use just enough powdered sugar for sweetness and stability. Graham cracker crumbs. Just a few tablespoons for garnishing, which gives the strawberries that graham cracker crust flavor and subtle texture that anything cheesecake needs. You can either use the pre-crushed crumbs or pulverize the crackers yourself.
SAM’S TIP: Don’t have a piping bag? No problem! Snip the corner off a large Ziploc bag and use that instead. You can place a piping tip in beforehand, or you can just pipe straight from the bag since we’re topping these with graham cracker crumbs anyway. Remember, this is just an overview of the ingredients I used and why. For the full recipe please scroll down to the bottom of the post!
How to Make Cheesecake Stuffed Strawberries
SAM’S TIP: Be gentle when folding your whipped cream into your cream cheese mixture; if you are too rough, you could deflate the air you just spent time whipping into it. This could result in a runny filling. Love cheesecake? Be sure to check out my cheesecake stuffed cookies and cheesecake stuffed cake too! Enjoy! Let’s bake together! I’ll be walking you through all the steps in my written recipe and video below! If you try this recipe, be sure to tag me on Instagram, and you can also find me on YouTube and Facebook
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