Recipe: Delicious Chocolate-covered strawberry cheesecake

Chocolate-covered strawberry cheesecake. This Chocolate Covered Strawberry Cheesecake is made with strawberry cheesecake filling and chocolate Oreo crust, all covered in chocolate ganache and chocolate covered strawberries! Keywords: mini cheesecake, chocolate covered strawberry mini cheesecake, strawberry cheesecake, classic cheesecake, fluffy cheesecake. Tag @awayfromthebox on Instagram and hashtag it #aftbeats.

So there are some foods that I am scared of. Chocolate Covered Strawberries are the perfect treat to give to someone you love. Add a cheesecake filling and they become an extra Who doesn't love a chocolate covered strawberry? You can cook Chocolate-covered strawberry cheesecake using 20 ingredients and 12 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Chocolate-covered strawberry cheesecake

1. Prepare of Crust.
2. It's 2 1/2 cup of Graham cracker crumbs.
3. It's 1/4 cup of White sugar.
4. It's 1 stick of softened butter.
5. It's of Filling.
6. Prepare 32 oz of Cream Cheese (room temperature).
7. Prepare 1 cup of White sugar.
8. It's 3 tbsp of All purpose flour.
9. You need 1 tsp of Salt.
10. Prepare 5 of eggs (room temperature).
11. It's 1/3 cup of Heavy whipping cream.
12. It's 2 tsp of Vanilla extract.
13. It's 1 tbsp of lemon zest.
14. Prepare of Optional Topping (Preferred if you use it).
15. It's 1/3 cup of heavy whipping cream.
16. It's 2 lb of Medium-sized strawberries.
17. Prepare 1/2 cup of White sugar.
18. Prepare 2 tsp of Cornstarch.
19. You need 1 1/2 packages of Milk Chocolate chips (I prefer Ghiradelli).
20. You need 1/4 cup of water.

But the cheesecake filling is what really sets this recipe apart. I was literally having to fight my family. Chocolate-covered strawberries are the quintessential Valentine's Day sweet. Chocolate-covered strawberries are a classic V-Day treat.

Chocolate-covered strawberry cheesecake step by step

1. Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C). Combine ingredients for crust and spread across the bottom and about 1 inch up the sides of a 9 inch springform pan..
2. Cream together (for filling) the cream cheese, salt, flour, and sugar on medium for 2 minutes..
3. Beat in the eggs, 1 at a time, for about 30 seconds each..
4. Beat in the whipping cream, vanilla extract, and lemon zest for another minute..
5. Pour into the crust and place in the preheated oven for 15 minutes, then without taking the cake out, lower the oven temperature to 250°F (120°C) and leave in another 60-90 minutes until the center is just a little wet looking and still wobbles when you shake it..
6. Run a butterknife around the edge of the pan to keep the cheesecake from cracking while it cools. Let it cool on the counter for about 30 minutes, then put it in the fridge for at least 2 hours..
7. At this point, the cheesecake is done and very delicious as is, but the following steps give it its name..
8. Melt the milk chocolate in a double boiler and dip about 1 pound (~20) strawberries to make chocolate covered strawberries. Put on either wax or parchment paper and leave them in the fridge for about 30 minutes to harden..
9. Braise 1/3 cup heavy cream, and pour it over 1.5 cups of chocolate chips. This makes a ganache. Pour it over the cooled cheesecake and let it settle down the edges without any coaxing..
10. Cut remaining strawberries into thirds and put them into a saucepan with the cornstarch water and sugar and bring to a boil on medium heat and keep it at that heat for 10 minutes, stirring occasionally. Keep Warm.
11. Put your chocolate covered strawberries along the edge of the cheesecake and pour your warm strawberry sauce into the middle of the chocolate covered strawberries. If you want, add a few whole strawberries on top as a little more adornment.
12. Enjoy.

Serve them on top of tiny cheesecakes for an extra special dessert. In a large bowl, beat cream cheese until smooth. Add strawberry puree and powdered sugar and beat until incorporated and smooth. When the cheesecake bites are super frozen, the chocolate hardens right away! Store the strawberry cheesecake bites in the fridge so they keep their shape, or in the freezer if you like a melt-in-your-mouth treat.