Red White & Blueish Strawberry Cheesecake Bites

Whip upward a platter total of red, white, & blue Strawberry Cheesecake Bites for an slow quaternary of July ... or any  time ... treat.

Summer is upon us, too the quaternary of July is rapidly approaching.  Which has had me thinking lately nigh watching the quaternary of July fireworks equally a fry ...and how easy  it was for our draw of piece of occupation solid unit of measurement to scout our town's fireworks celebration.  Yes, nosotros were real fortunate too really couldn't convey had it much easier at all.  All nosotros had to exercise was ... pace out on our deck!

Seriously.

No driving.  No schlepping of lawn or camping ground chairs to sit down in.  No parking topographic point hunting.  And no waiting-forever-for-the-parking-lot-to-empty subsequently the fireworks were over.

See, I grew upward inwards a small-scale town inwards Vermont that was pretty much a valley inwards the center, surrounded past times hills on each side.  Our town's fireworks were ready off from the machine racing rail {a small-scale quarter-mile speedway that I loved  going to every summertime Th night!} that sat atop i of the town's hills.

Just cutting exactly about large strawberries inwards half.  I similar to larn out the leafage cap on too exactly cutting correct through it ... the leaves human activeness equally a niggling 'handle' to concord onto when eating these tasty niggling bites.

And our house?  Well, it exactly too thus happened to move located on the opposing loma to the race rail ... alongside our deck offering a perfect thought of the gorgeous fireworks equally they exploded over the treeline.

Watching fireworks doesn't larn much easier than that, does it?

Now these red, white, too bluish Strawberry Cheesecake Bites may non move quite  as slow equally exactly stepping out on the deck to scout the fireworks.

But they're pretty darn close.

To whip upward a platter total of Strawberry Cheesecake Bites, exactly cutting exactly about large strawberries inwards half.  I similar to larn out the leafage cap on too exactly cutting correct through it ... because {one} it looks pretty, too {two} the leaves human activeness equally a niggling 'handle' to concord onto when picking upward too eating these tasty niggling bites.

If the berry halves don't sit down level, cutting a teeny tiny spell from the rounded platter-side of the strawberry to give it a apartment topographic point to sit down upon.

Place the strawberry halves, cut-side-up, on a platter.

If the berry halves don't sit down level, cutting a teeny tiny spell from the rounded platter-side of the strawberry to give it a apartment topographic point to sit down upon.

Then pipage on a combat of cream cheese-confectioner's saccharide mixture too plow over alongside a duo of fresh blueberries.

And that's it!

Easy equally that, you've got a perfect platter of red, white, too bluish Strawberry Cheesecake Bites for enjoying during your quaternary of July ... or any  time ... festivities.

Thank you lot for stopping past times .  We'd beloved to convey you lot dorsum soon!

Red White & Blue Strawberry Cheesecake Bites
Source:  A Tracey creation
(Printable recipe)

Ingredients

• 10 large strawberries
• 40 blueberries
• 4 oz. cream cheese, softened
• 1/4 c. confectioner's sugar
• 1/8 to 1/4 tsp. almond extract

Directions

1. Place softened cream cheese, confectioner's sugar, too almond extract inwards a small-scale bowl; stir until good combined too smooth. Chill for nigh 10 to xv minutes.
2. While cream cheese mixture chills, rinse strawberries too pat dry out alongside newspaper towels. Leaving leaves on, spell each strawberry inwards one-half lengthwise too ready aside on a plate or serving platter alongside the cutting side up. {If strawberry halves exercise non sit down marking on the platter, cutting a real tiny spell from the rounded side of the berry one-half to exercise a apartment topographic point for it to sit down upon.}
3. Spoon cream cheese mixture into a piping bag {I piece of occupation a disposable piping bag} fitted alongside a large star tip. {If you lot don't convey a piping bag, you lot tin piece of occupation a zip-top baggie. Cut off i of the bottom corners of the handbag too piece of occupation it to pipage through.} Pipe cream cheese mixture onto each of the strawberry halves.
4. Top each strawberry one-half alongside 2 blueberries. Serve at in i lawsuit or refrigerate for upward to nigh three hours.

Enjoy!

You mightiness likewise savour these other berry-licious treats:

Strawberry Cheesecake Strawberry Bites

Triple Berry Salad alongside Vanilla Syrup

Southern Strawberry-Coconut Punch Bowl Cake

Scrumptious Strawberry Cobbler

Blueberry Crisp

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