There are times when I just need a nibble of dessert.
Or there are times I’m going to a potluck party and I want to provide a dessert that makes it easy to eat, walk around, and chat with people.
Or there are times when I really want strawberry cheesecake but know that I will eat the whole pan and will realize my pants aren’t going to fit right in a couple of days.
If any of those things sound familiar, you need to try this Strawberry Cheesecake Cookie Bites Recipe. It’s a simple six ingredient recipe that provides all the creamy-yumminess of cheesecake, with the crunch of a cookie and the tender sweetness of strawberries. Plus, substitute reduced-fat cream cheese, and it becomes a lower-calorie dessert option vs regular cheesecake.
And the presentation is really, really pretty…so people will think you’ve spent hours, when really you spent under 15 minutes.
And if you have budding chefs in training, because it is no-bake, your kiddos can easily get involved and help you create and lick the bowl when you are done.
Strawberry Cheesecake Cookie Bites Recipe
This kid-friendly six-ingredient no-bake strawberry cheesecake cookie bites recipe is an easy and lower calorie alternative to strawberry cheesecake.
Recipe Yields: 20 Cookie Bites
Ingredients
2 packages of Cream Cheese, softened (16 oz. total)
1 package Marshmallow Crème (7 oz.)
1 teaspoons of Vanilla
1 cup of Powdered Sugar
1 package of Lorna Doone Shortbread Cookies (10 oz.)
20 Strawberries, sliced vertically into for slices
Instructions
1. Mix the cream cheese, marshmallow crème, and vanilla until smooth.
2. Add the sugar 1/3 of a cup at a time, mixing between each addition.
3. Put the mixture into a piping bag with a star tip. (Or cheat and use a ziploc with a hole cut in the corner.)
4. Pipe the mixture onto the cookie, working along the edges then filling in the middle.
5. Place 2 slices of strawberry on top of the cream cheese mixture, slightly fanning them apart.
6. Serve or refrigerate covered until ready to serve.
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