Stuffed Strawberries

By srumbel

one that my family and I have served at countless baby and bridal showers, brunches and meetings and parties, is our recipe for cream cheese-filled strawberries. They’re pretty fantastic–I mean, they’re gorgeous and light and go with just about anything.
from ourbestbites.com

Ingredients

• 1 lb. strawberries, washed
• 1/2 cup chocolate hazelnut spread (I used Jif salted caramel spread)
• 1/2 cup cream cheese (low-fat is fine)
• 3 tablespoons powdered sugar
• 2 tablespoons caramel sauce
• 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt

Preparation

Step 1

Carefully cut each strawberry from the tip until you almost reach the stem. If you want, you can cut in the opposition direction, forming an “X” (this can help with smaller berries). Set the berries aside, stem-side up.

In a small mixing bowl, whip together the cream cheese, powdered sugar, caramel sauce, and kosher salt until light and fluffy, then spoon the mixture into a small decorating bag. In another small decorating bag, place the 1/2 cup of chocolate hazelnut spread. For detailed directions with pictures on this process, check out this post. Flatten out each bag and place them on top of each other, then snip off about 1″ of the bags. Place the two flattened bags inside another decorating bag fitted with a large Wilton tip (like 1M). Squeeze the bag just enough so both of the fillings are coming out at the same time.

Carefully place the tip into the bottom of each cut strawberry and squeeze the filling into each berry being careful not to overfill. Serve immediately.