Chocolate-Covered Cheesecake Strawberries

Okay, so I was planning to have this Body Shop party, and when I found this recipe at Tami's Kitchen Table Talk, it was like fate. I was definitely going to make them and have them at the party.

But then everyone got busy and as it turns out, I had to cancel the party. So I had all these strawberries and cheesecake filling lying around, and I decided "to hell with it, I'll just make them anyway." And so I did.

Did you know that cheesecake filling only comes in tubs of individual "serving sizes" and enormous tubs?! That's right, so I have half a tub o' cheesecake filling just sitting around. Blarg.

Anyway, the berries were a success. They look absolutely adorable. Kaitlin proclaimed that I should make them for her wedding and Mike just shoved them into his face, which is his way of saying he likes it. Ahahaha. And the great thing about it is, it's SUPER easy. I didn't even bother that much with measurements-- I just grabbed two cartons of strawberries, two bars of chocolate and the ginormous tub o' cheesecake. So here's the recipe (and my own pictures this time!)

Chocolate-Covered Cheesecake Strawberries:

Strawberries
Baking chocolate (I used Ghirardelli 60% Cacao)
Philadelphia cheesecake filling

Wash the strawberries, then cut their tops off. Carefully cut out the centers and set aside. Take a plastic baggie and reinforce the corners with masking tape. Cut off the corner and hold it shut while you fill the baggie with some cheesecake filling. Fill each strawberry, using the baggie like a pastry bag. Set on a baking sheet covered in wax paper and set in the fridge for a while to set. Then melt the chocolate in a double boiler and dip each strawberry in about 3/4 of the way, and set on the wax paper. Drizzle the rest of the chocolate over the strawberries, then put them in the fridge again.

And voila. They look super fancy and everything.