Categories: Fruit Dessert

Ingredients

• 1 lb. strawberries
• 2 oz. Neufchatel or one-third less-fat cream cheese (about 1/4 cup), softened
• 1 tsp. sugar or equivalent sugar substitute
• 3/4 oz. bittersweet or semisweet chocolate, finely chopped
• 1 tsp. grated orange zest

Directions

1. Cut each strawberry in half lengthwise through the cap. Arrange strawberry halves, cut side up, on a serving plate. Trim a thin slice if necessary to make each half sit evenly. Using a small spoon

2. or melon baller, scoop out a hollow in the center of the cut side of each strawberry.

3. Reserve the strawberry scraps for another use (or eat them).

4. In a small bowl combine the cream cheese and sugar; stir in the chocolate and orange zest. Divide the cream cheese mixture into the hollows in the strawberries and serve.

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