Chocolate Cheesecake Strawberries

Total Time: 1 hr 50 mins Preparation Time: 1 hr 30 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 30
• 30 medium strawberries
• 1/4 new york cheesecake (i used #57025)
• 1 1/2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips
• 2 tablespoons corn syrup
• 6 tablespoons butter (3/4 stick)

Recipe

• 1 wash strawberries and pat dry. place on paper towels until they reach room temperature.
• 2 mash cheesecake with a mixer until the graham cracker crust in mixed throughout. cheesecake mixture should be soft and workable, like a cookie dough.
• 3 with your fingers, pick up a small ball of cheesecake and press against the strawberry, leaving the stem and leaves visible. bottom 1/2 to 2/3 of the strawberry should be covered with the cheesecake. set aside on waxed paper. may need to be chilled until ready to dip.
• 4 melt chocolate chips, corn syrup and butter in a double boiler, stirring occasionally.
• 5 remove from heat and dip each cheesecake-covered strawberry into chocolate, coating ¾ of strawberry.
• 6 allow excess chocolate to drip off, then return strawberry to the waxed paper covered baking pan or cookie sheet.
• 7 refrigerate until set, about 15-20 minutes.
• 8 strawberries should be stored in refrigerator until ready to serve.