I always have mixed emotions on Mother’s Day. It’s a beautiful day to celebrate and recognize all that moms do. I’m so grateful to be a mother but always feel like there’s room for improvement on my part. My own mother is amazing and I can only hope to be half the mom she is.
We let the kids play with them first.
After we did a little BTR (build-the-relationship), I couldn’t bring myself to cook them. I made my husband do it.
Mother Nature was celebrating Mother’s Day too. These baby birds just hatched in our Bougainvillea. Every time I peek my head in they open their mouths for food.
The best part about the day was that my husband cooked dinner. Steaks, crab cakes, potatoes au gratin, and these cheesecake stuffed strawberries that I’ve seen all over Pinterest. Our strawberries were the size of small apples! In case you want the recipe…it’s below.
Ingredients
- 1 lb large strawberries
- 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
- 1/4 - 1/2 cup powdered sugar (depending on how sweet you want it)
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/4 - 1/2 cup graham cracker crumbs
Instructions
- Rinse strawberries and cut around the top of the strawberry. Remove the top and clean out with a paring knife, if necessary (some of them are hollow already. Prep all of the strawberries and set aside.
- In a mixing bowl, beat cream cheese, powdered sugar, and vanilla until creamy. Add cream cheese mix to a piping bag or Ziploc with the corner snipped off. Fill the strawberries with cheesecake mixture.
- Once strawberries are filled, sprinkle or dip the tops with graham cracker crumbs. If not serving immediately, refrigerate until serving.
Notes
slightly adapted from The Sweet's Life
I’ve seen these all over Pinterest too and have yet to try them. Brett would love them though!
Tell Brett they are 80 calories per strawberry. John figured it out for his food journal.
That meal sounds heavenly and your pictures are beautiful!! I feel the same way on mothers day…very bittersweet.
So glad you had a wonderful day. These strawberries have been on my must try list for a while too.
What in the world? These look delicious! I have to try it!
I just did Nutella stuffed strawberries! But I’ll definitely have to try these, too! Yum.
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Yum! What a great Mother’s Day!
Wow – these look SO good! I missed them for Mother’s Day but they’re on the menu for this weekend!
Thanks for the fabulous recipes and beautiful photos!
Warmly,
Amy McCready
Positive Parenting Solutions
That picture of the baby birds is amazing! Great photos!
What could be better than tiny newborn birds on Mother’s Day?? Adorable. And I am so trying those strawberries.
Looks like you had a fun weekend! So what did you do with the lobsters if you couldn’t bring yourself to cook them? I trust that beautiful little Gracie isn’t still playing with them.
The strawberries look delicious!
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Those look delicious! Where did you get Gracie’s headband?
I actually made it. Well I bought the flower and added netting and then made rosettes out of fabric.
I’ve made these before and then dipped them in chocolate too…makes them even better!!!
That’s a great idea! They look really easy, not to mention tasty (which, of course, is the most important element)
@selvegeedge,
Haha! No, I made my husband cook them!
I agree Mothers Day is mixed emotion wise. I miss my Granny and my Grandma and my Mother-In-Law. My Mom is in the USA and I am here in Greece. Anyway! I enjoyed your pictures and how you spent your day. Your strawberries look very good!
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You stuffed those, wow thats a new one on me and looks great! Richard
Those look AMAZING!! I so making them the next time I want to impress my guests! Thank you!!
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How about just a little bit more decadence – dip them in dark chocolate?
This looks incredible. I can’t wait to try it.
Hi from Australia, these look amazing! Have to try very soon…would also be great with a chocolate flavour cream i think…
CHEESECAKE FILLED STRAWBERRIES?!?! What a revelation, my mind is blown!
Omg I made these today and we just had them! They are delicious!!!!
Omg I made these today and we just had them! They are delicious!!!!
I made the strawberries with my daughter with her using creamy white frosting from a can. Colored some frosting blue…left some white and piped it into berries for Memorial Day…looked and tasted great!
HI, I found this recipe on homestead and it links right to this page so I think that they shared it which is great for you because it spreads the word about your blog. The strawberries look great and I am going to try them for my next book club.
Why not take these one step further – and make them chocolate dipped, cheesecake stuffed strawberries . . . . evil.
I made these for a party and everyone loved them. I also dipped them in white chocolate then added blue sugar sprinkles for Memorial Day. One comment I have is to not make them ahead of time. Eat them the same day. I noticed that the next day they had a liquor taste to them and they were pretty soft.
WOW.. I need my mom and I to make this someday! Looks Yummy!
What a delightful idea. I think it’s great, thanks!!!
I’ve had these and they are delicious!! I’m actually making some today and I’m going to dip half in chocolate…mmm
FYI — You can cut the bottom of the strawberry to make a flat surface and they will stand upright on a serving try. Don’t slice so much that the filling will come out when you pipe it. A small flat surface is all they need.
This was my first Mother’s Day without mine so, also very bittersweet for me.
Sounds like you’ve got a great family!
Very good tips
Lovely… How many strawberry cheesecake does 8oz/1package of cream cheese make?
@Aurora,
Of course it depends on the size of the strawberries but I would say around 25 strawberries.
Thank you so much for this recipe! I make them all the time now! They are super easy and so yummy!
I have made these a few times since first seeing the recipe in May. They r a huge hit! Everyone loves them and they r super easy! Thank you!
What a wonderful meal!
I made these strawberries for a potluck gathering today and they were a huge hit!! I transported them in a lidded plastic container for deviled eggs, which kept them nice and neat since they didn’t move. This recipe is a real winner!!
I just made these for tonight’s dessert…they were a HIT!!!
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Hello Christy:
What a beautiful family you have, I love all the photos that you have included. Hope to learn more recipes from you, I really did enjoy my stay here in your page…Thanks a lot.
I made something similar for Christmas eve instead of making cheesecake filling i used white chocolate cream cheese. It was delicious!
I just made them for my fiance for her birthday, I used the already made cheesecake mix from Philadelphia cream cheese, and drizzaling chocolate over top of them too.
I love this idea, it will be so yummy!!
I followed a link here to read the cheesecake recipe. I was touched by your opening words – as one of those “want to be moms” (we’ve been trying for six years), Mother’s Day is one of the most painful times of the year for me. My husband and I both have rockstar supermom mothers, and I enjoy celebrating them, but it takes all of my energy to not cry all day. It’s nice to know that someone cares and thinks about people like me on that day. I hope it doesn’t diminish your celebration too much, though. As a person who thinks about others so deeply, I bet you’re a fabulous, caring mother who deserves to be celebrated.
Thank you Joy. I will think of you. Your babies will come to you some day. I’m sure of it.
You lied! This isn’t cheese cake! You cook cheese cake! PHONY
Um sorry.
But seriously. These tasted really good
I tried to make this and I cut my thumb and got 6 stiches. ON MOTHERS DAY!! When we got back from the ER, we finished them and they are amazing!!!!
Oh my gosh! I’m so sorry. That’s awful!!! I hope you feel better.
Such a cute idea..love these! Thanks for sharing, will try these at my next party or catering event!