Strawberries filled with Oh My Goodness!!

I think always and forever strawberries will be one of my favorite foods! They are just enough sweet, juicy, crunchy, and delicious! There are many ways to fix strawberries. My all time favorite go to is to clean them, and put a dollop of sour cream on a plate and a dollop of brown sugar and use both as a dip! My mouth is watering just thinking about it! I saw this recipe the other day and decided to make a plate and let me tell you folks we devoured these bad boys in about two minutes! Sadly, we didn't even put them in the fridge to chill because we both wanted to "try one" and then just couldn't stop ourselves! So for a fun and easy afternoon snack (or you can make a whole bunch of them for a cookout party or family get together) here is what you're going to do...

First off clean the strawberries in a strainer and pat dry. Next slice the top of each strawberry so that it has a nice flat surface and place them on a hard surface. Now you're going to take your knife and cut an "x" in the top (which is literally the bottom) of the strawberry. Don't cut all the way through just enough so you can open it up to make a "pit" to fill up!

These are cut you just can't see it very well

 Just trying to show you how you open them up once they are cut

In a small bowl you are going to mix 11 ounces of softened cream cheese, 1/2 of a cup of confectioners sugar (powdered sugar), and 1/4 of a teaspoon of almond extract. You are going to beat this mixture until it becomes nice and fluffy! After you have it mixed, spoon it into a small Ziploc bag and cut the corner of the bag off to make a piping tool! (This part is much easier if you have two people working on it). Have one person open up the strawberry like in the photo above. The other person is going to "pipe" the cream cheese mixture into the middle of each strawberry and once you have the amount you want close the strawberry and it will ooze out the sides and the top. 

Once you have all the strawberries filled you are going to take a block of your favorite chocolate (we used semi-sweet although dark chocolate would be divine) and grate the chocolate over the strawberries to give them a nice chocolatey dusting!

Once you have all the strawberries filled and sprinkled you will want to stick them in the fridge to chill BEFORE you try one and eat them all up and then take them out about an hour later or when you're ready to serve them up! Your mouth, friends and family will thank you for these delicious delights! (You can add your own flavor of extract like orange or whatever tickles your fancy).

I got this recipe off of TasteofHome.com and my Pinterest page! Here is the run-down of these delicious summery snacks...
~Happy Eating~

3 dozen large fresh strawberries
2 packages (one 8 ounces, one 3 ounces) cream cheese, softened
1/2 cup confectioners' sugar 
1/4 teaspoon almond extract 
Grated chocolate

Cut the stems and tops off each strawberry and to make a flat bottomed strawberry and place on plate. Cut a "x" in the tops of each strawberry, being careful not to cut all the way through. 

In a small bowl combine the cream cheese, powdered sugar, and almond extract until fluffy. Pipe the cream cheese mixture into each strawberry then grate the chocolate over the tops for a light dusting!

Chill and enjoy!

Photo courtesy of walldesk.net