Strawberry Cheesecake Bites

Who knew that with fair trade products you could create delicious recipes! One recipe you could create with fair trade ingredients is Strawberry Cheesecake Bites and the outcome is absolutely amazing. These bite-sized treats are simple to make and fun to eat!

Ingredients

- 1 (8 oz) package of cream cheese

- 1/2 cup fair trade certified confectioners' sugar

- 2 TSP fair trade certified vanilla

- 12 large fair trade strawberries

- 2 TBSP graham cracker crumbs

- 2 fair trade certified semisweet chocolate chip squares (optional)

- 1 TSP canola oil (optional)

Instructions

1. Line a baking sheet with waxed paper

2. Beat together cream cheese, confectioners' sugar and vanilla into a bowl until smooth

3. Spoon the mixture into a piping bag

4. Cut a cone shape out the top of each strawberry to leave a small hallow

5. Pipe about 1 TBSP of the cream cheese filling into each strawberry

6. Place graham cracker crumbs into a bowl and dip the filled side of the strawberry into the crumbs, coating the exposed filling

7. Melt the chocolate chip squares and canola oil in a microwave safe bowl in 30 sec intervals, stirring until warm and smooth, 1 to 3 mins

8. Dip the unfilled ends of the strawberries into the melted chocolate, place on baking sheet and refrigerate until ready to eat

9. Enjoy! :)