Strawberry Cream Filling for Chocolates

Make your own filling for chocolates! These sweet and creamy Strawberry Cream Truffles are very easy to make and the kids absolutely love them. All you need are a few ingredients, your microwave, and your refrigerator!

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• 👩🏻‍🍳 Easy Filling for Chocolates
• 🥘 Ingredients Needed
• 🔪 Instructions
• 👪 FAQs
• 💭 Top Tips
• 📖 Variations
• 🍮 Additional Dessert Recipes
• Strawberry Cream Filling for Chocolates
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👩🏻‍🍳 Easy Filling for Chocolates

Who can resist a good truffle? Today I am sharing a quick and easy recipe for making a strawberry cream filling for chocolate truffles, just in time for the holidays! These sweet and creamy treats are perfect for gift giving and the kids absolutely love them.

And the best part is that the recipe only requires a few ingredients, a microwave, and a refrigerator. You can easily make a double or triple batch for holiday celebrations.

But don't limit yourself to just the holidays. These are so easy they can be made anytime for a quick yet decadent dessert. And they can be customized to fit any holiday or special occasion!

For another great truffle recipe, you've got to try these Pumpkin Truffles!

🥘 Ingredients Needed

• strawberry cream cheese - forms the base of this filling for chocolates.
• strawberry extract - helps accentuate the flavor of the cream cheese.
• white chocolate chips - adds extra creaminess to the filling.
• semi-sweet chocolate chips - melt them down to make the exterior chocolate coating.
• red candy melts - these are optional and just for drizzling over the finished product!

🔪 Instructions

1. Mix the cream cheese in a bowl with a hand mixer until smooth, and then add the strawberry extract and thoroughly combine.
2. In the microwave, melt the white chocolate chips on 50% power for 1 minute, then stir. Add time in 15-30 second intervals until the chocolate is melted, then add into the cream cheese mixture.
3. Stir the white chocolate and cream cheese mixture until well combined.
4. Using a small cookie scoop, scoop the mixture onto a wax paper lined tray and refrigerate the truffle balls for at least an hour.
5. Melt the semi-sweet chocolate chips just like you did the white chocolate, then dip the truffle balls in and place back on the wax paper. Refrigerate until hardened.

👪 FAQs

💭 Top Tips

• It can be tricky to find strawberry extract, so you can substitute something citrus flavored if needed. The strawberry cream cheese will help hold the strawberry flavor anyway!
• If you have a double boiler this is a great way to melt chocolate chips and candy melts, but using the microwave is really handy as long as you're careful.
• Here's a great way to keep the chocolate melty while you're rolling your truffles: Make sure you melt the chocolate in a bowl that will fit inside a larger bowl. Fill the larger one up about a third of the way with hot water, then place the bowl with the chocolate inside so the bottom is covered. If you do this, test it out first to make sure you don't have so much water that it spills over.
• If you change up the color of the candy melts you use to drizzle or add some sprinkles or other toppings, you can make these truffles fit any holiday or theme!
• If you decide to go ahead with a decorative candy melt drizzle, an easy way to do this is to melt the red candy melts in the microwave (or whatever color you like - follow the package directions), then spoon it into a sturdy plastic bag (the quality bags with more substance work better than the inexpensive, flimsy bags.) Cut a small hole in one of the bottom corners and then squeeze the bag to drizzle the melted candy. It's a good idea to practice on a plate or piece of wax paper to get the hang of how much pressure gives you the best result.

📖 Variations

• There are so many options for different toppings that can change these truffles entirely! Dust with some powdered sugar, sprinkle with crushed walnuts or peanuts, or even grate on a little bit of lemon or orange zest for a citrus-y burst of flavor!
• If you want to make a different flavor entirely, use plain cream cheese and an extract of your choice. Lemon and orange would be delicious, as well as something more simple like vanilla or something a bit fancier like hazelnut.

🍮 Additional Dessert Recipes

If this filling for chocolates has you craving even more sweets, check out these great recipes!

Strawberry Cream Filling for Chocolates

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Update Notes: This post was originally published in February 2014, but was republished with tips, step by step photos, and a recipe change in November 2020.