Chocolate Cream Puffs with Whipped Cream Cheese & Strawberries

 

I think cream puffs are such an elegant dessert.  You can make them mini, long, into a tower, or even big like I did.  No matter how you make them, they're always delicious!  This time I decided to make chocolate ones so I added some cocoa powder and sugar to my dough.  Then I made a light and fluffy filling that has cream cheese and real whipped cream...and if that wasn't enough I decided to add in some sweetened strawberries.  The combination of flavors makes a delicious, delicate and beautiful dessert!

Ingredients are as follows:

1 (16 ounce) pack of strawberries
1 Tbsp. sugar

Dough:

1 C water

1/2 C butter

1/3 C sugar

1 C flour 

1/4 C cocoa powder

4 eggs

filling:

12 oz. cream cheese, softened

1 1/2 C powdered sugar 
3/4 C heavy whipping cream

Directions:

Preheat oven to 400 degrees.

Slice the strawberries, sprinkle on the sugar and set aside.

Bring water, butter & sugar to a boil, reduce heat, stir in flour & cocoa powder.

Stir until it sticks together and pulls away from the sides.

Remove from heat; stir in eggs (one at a time) mixing well after each addition.

Continue to stir until you have a creamy consistency.

 Place six mounds of dough onto an ungreased cookie sheet.

Bake at 400 degrees for 10 minutes; reduce temperature to 350 degrees and bake an additional 30 minutes.  Carefully remove and cool on a wire rack.

Cream together the cream cheese and powdered sugar.  Slowly mix in the heavy whipping cream and whip until it's nice and fluffy.

 

Slice a cream puff open and add a layer of filling then a layer of strawberries.

Put the top on, sprinkle with some powdered sugar and enjoy!

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