Strawberry Cheesecake Bites

Ingredients

1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese

1/2 cup confectioners’ sugar

2 teaspoons vanilla extract

1Tbsp Lemon juice

12 large fresh strawberries, hulled

2 graham crackers crumbs

2 (1 ounce) squares semisweet chocolate chips

1 teaspoon canola oil

Directions

Wash strawberries and dry well.

Line a baking sheet with waxed paper.

Beat together the cream cheese, confectioners’ sugar, and vanilla extract and lemon juice in a bowl until smooth.

Spoon the mixture into a piping bag fitted with a large round tip. (You can use a ziplock bag and cut a small hole in the corner if you don’t have a piping bag)

With a sharp paring knife, cut the green top off and leave a level bottom.

With the same knife cut two slits at the other end crosswise. Do not cut all theway through.

Place the graham cracker crumbs into a shallow bowl.

Melt the chocolate and canola oil in a microwave-safe glass or ceramic bowl in 30-second intervals, stirring after each interval, until warm and smooth, 1 to 3 minutes (depending on your microwave).

Dip the unfilled ends of the strawberries into the melted chocolate and place on the prepared baking sheet; refrigerate until set.

Dip the strawberry end with the chocolate into the graham cracker crumbs.

Pipe about 1 tablespoon of the cream cheese filling into each strawberry, making sure that the filling overflows a bit out of the top of the strawberry.

You can sprinkle the leftover crumbs on top for more taste!