A Recipe for Chocolate Dipped Stuffed Strawberries
Published September 7, 2010
Happy Day after Labor Day, my reading friendlies!
So how was it? Did you labor or relax?
I’m delighted to say I relaxed.… I read (Anne Rice). I wrote. I hung out with my in-laws (you know–the ones who do the whole “cooking with dog” thing that sounds traumatizing but tastes awesome). We laid around among the vineyards (because that’s what you do when you live in wine country—you lay next to grape vines and watch the wild pigs run by) and swam and drank and ate and took gobs of photos of my newest nephew who likes me better than he likes the rest of them.
Which all served to remind me that I’ve never told you about the years I worked for two local wineries. More specifically…for a CHEF at two local wineries. It’s rough work, I assure you. All that sampling and serving and sampling and sampling and wine pairing…I seriously don’t know how I survived without gaining 500 gazillion pounds.
Anyhow, Chef-man would make these extraordinary stuffed, dipped strawberries. Describable only as a bit of heavenly cheesecake surrounded by sunshine freshness and bathed in dark chocolate (it is for these–above all else–that Chef-man has my undying gratitude for EVER). And I think you should have a shot at them too (and then you can tell me how I have your undying gratitude forever). So here you go…this recipe is my variation of his fantabulous one. And as to the price you must pay (for said recipe), you have two comment options today. (1) How was your Labor Day (tell us what you did)? Or (2) What do you think Suzanne Collins will write next???
A Recipe for Chocolate Dipped Stuffed Strawberries
- 2 baskets strawberries (washed, hulled, and dried)
- 1 package cream cheese (softened)
- ¼ tsp cinnamon
- ¼ cup sugar
- 1 package dark chocolate
- ½ tsp butter
- 1 cup graham cracker crumbs
- ½ tsp cinnamon
- Mix cream cheese, ¼ tsp cinnamon, and sugar until thoroughly blended. Using a small spoon, stuff the cream mixture inside each hulled and dried strawberry and set aside.
- Melt the dark chocolate and add the butter, stirring until smooth.
- On a cookie sheet, mix the graham cracker crumbs with the ½ tsp of cinnamon, and then spread out over the sheet in a semi-thin layer.
- Dip the cream stuffed strawberries into the dark chocolate and immediately set on the graham crumbs to dry. Once finished, you can store them in the fridge or delve in as quickly as possible.
Tags: chocolate recipes, reading recipe, recipes, strawberry recipes, Suzanne Collins
09.7.2010 / 2:57 pm
These sound soooo good. Thanks for the recipe.
09.7.2010 / 4:06 pm
Thanks, Leisha!
And everyone else…meet Leisha. You can find her blogging about life and writing at http://www.leishamaw.blogspot.com/.
09.8.2010 / 1:30 pm
I’m drooling just looking at the photo.
09.8.2010 / 8:10 pm
These strawberries are divine! Thank you Mary for the recipe! Labor day – In the morning I was quite protective but later we barbecued and watched Edward Sissorhand. Jonney Depp is so strange and incredible cool at the same time.
09.9.2010 / 10:04 am
I want some! Those look delicious!
09.9.2010 / 10:04 am
i do not like looking at food and not eating it. this is one of those times.
09.9.2010 / 10:05 am
I need my strawberries to be stuffed with chocolate and bathed in chocolate.
09.9.2010 / 10:06 am
I’ve not heard of stuffing strawberries . . . sounds yummy.
09.10.2010 / 8:26 am
@mchristineweber these were delishamazing! (I just made up that word for you.)
09.10.2010 / 8:33 am
Thanks everyone
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09.13.2010 / 11:29 pm
they were quite amazing – when you bit into it the cheesecake puffed out a bit and the chocolate kinda crackled – then the whole thing melted in your mouth quite nicely….
– sorry M, just couldn’t resist! xo
I hung out with my daughter’s in-laws in the vineyards and did all the same stuff Mary did and I took pics of my grand-boy who likes me even better than his Aunt Mary….
09.14.2010 / 12:20 pm
Haha! Oh very nice, Lisa. Fine…. I concede!
09.15.2010 / 11:14 pm