Mascarpone Cheesecake Filled Strawberries
Transform luscious, juicy berries into a bite-sized dessert with this delectable recipe for Mascarpone Cheesecake Filled Strawberries.
These Cheesecake Stuffed Strawberries are as tasty as they’re beautiful!!
Why You Must Make
- I have been making cream cheese-stuffed strawberries for many, many years. They are a gorgeous addition to a fruit tray or even as a healthier sweet on a dessert buffet.
- The iconic combination of strawberries and cream is perfectly demonstrated in this easy recipe.
- My latest twist was to try Mascarpone Filled Strawberries. Don’t they look scrumptious? They’re “almost” a guilt-free dessert!
Ingredient Notes
- Large Strawberries – Look for ripe, fragrant berries without white, yellow or green areas around the stem end. The seeds shouldn’t look dehydrated and the skin should be a deep red with a slight sheen.
- Mascarpone Cheese – Look for a firmer brand if you want to pipe the filling into the berries. I found that Vermont Creamery’s version was too loose.
- Heavy Cream – 36% butterfat.
- Sugar
- Vanilla Extract – Never use artificially flavored vanilla. The bottle should say real vanilla extract.
Recipe Tips
- You don’t need a fancy piping bag and tip to make these. I have always used a Zip-loc bag with the corner cut off to fill my strawberries. Feel free to top yours with sliced almonds; they add a nice crunch to contrast with the sweet juicy berries and creamy filling.
- You can stuff from either end of the berries. If you choose to fill from the tip end (top photo), first cut off the stem so the bottom is flat. Then from top to bottom, cut almost all the way through with two perpendicular slices. Make sure not to cut all the way through the berries.
- Alternatively, you can fill the strawberry from the stem end. In this case, I cut a small slice off the tips of my berries. This allows them to sit upright on a platter without wobbling. Then using a paring knife, I open up a cavity in the stem end for the mascarpone mixture.
- These mascarpone-filled strawberries would be a nice surprise for your sweetie on Valentine’s morning. I think mine would faint if I made him breakfast!!! Granted, he does leave the house before 6 AM. At least that’s my excuse for now.
- PRO-Tip: Some mascarpone is looser than others. You’ll need a firmer version, more like cream cheese, or your filling will be too soft to pipe or stuff your berries.
I’ve used Martha Stewart’s version with cream cheese, powdered sugar, and vanilla, which were topped with toasted sliced almonds. I shared this recipe early in my blogging career, and it was recognized by the now-defunct Foodbuzz as one of their Top 9 posts. Such a thrill for a new blogger.
Frequently Asked Questions
There are two seasons for beautiful, ripe strawberries here in the Midwest. Local strawberries ripen in late spring, then California strawberries fill in the gap for the rest of the summer. Around November, Florida’s crop is available, just in time for the holidays.
When choosing your strawberries, look for bright red berries with no white or green around the stem area. The exterior should look glossy and the tiny seeds should look fresh, not dry. There should be no blemishes, soft spots, or signs of mold.
Inhale and you should smell the lovely aroma of sweet berries. If they don’t smell like strawberries, they won’t taste like fresh ripe berries.
There are a few techniques. First, you can cut off the stem end and use a paring knife to carefully remove the core and expand the opening if needed.
There are also special (affiliate link) coring tools designed especially for strawberries. You can also use a sturdy straw as your coring device. Remove the leaves and insert the straw into the core. It leaves a nice round opening that will need to be enlarged for stuffing.
And I haven’t tested this, but have heard you can grab the stem end, twist, and pull to remove the leaves and core.
Mascarpone is a soft, rich, buttery double to triple cream cow’s milk cheese that originated in the Lombardy region of Italy.
If you have trouble finding mascarpone in your market, it’s easy to make Homemade Mascarpone Cheese in your kitchen! You may also substitute cream cheese in a pinch.
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- Try my Homemade Mascarpone Cheese, too!
Mascarpone Filled Strawberries Recipe
Sweet ripe strawberries filled with sweetened mascarpone cream.
Ingredients
- 16 large strawberries
- ½ cups Mascarpone cheese
- ¼ cup cream
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
Instructions
- Prepare strawberries. To make the presentation in the top photo, trim off the stem end, then place the stem end down on a cutting board.
- Cut each berry into quarters from the top to almost the bottom of the berry, taking care not to cut all the way through. Place berries stem side down of serving platter.
- An alternative is to trim a bit off the non-stem end to allow for the berry to stand upright. Slice off the stem end and remove the core. Place these on the platter with the stem side up.
- To make the filling, beat Mascarpone with cream, sugar, and vanilla till smooth.
- Put filling into a piping bag fit with a star tip or even a Zip-loc bag with just a corner cut off.
- Pipe the filling into the middle of each berry. Garnish with a small sprig of mint if desired.
Notes
Look for red, fragrant strawberries for the best results.
The recipe is adapted from Driscoll's.
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Nutrition Information:
Yield:
8Serving Size:
2 strawberriesAmount Per Serving: Calories: 86Total Fat: 8gSaturated Fat: 5gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 2gCholesterol: 23mgSodium: 62mgCarbohydrates: 4gFiber: 0gSugar: 3gProtein: 1g
74 Comments on “Mascarpone Cheesecake Filled Strawberries”
What a delightful dessert. Looks so elegant and delicious.
I love the combination of strawberries and whipped cream and strawberries and chocolate, but the addition of mascarpone sounds even better to me! Loving the extra decadent and rich kick from mascarpone. And they look stunning and elegant, too!
A very pretty and delicious dessert!
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These are so pretty! I’ve never piped anything. Nothing never. Not a piper. Maybe this way I could learn?!
what a combo! sweet perfection! A must try in my book
This is one of my fav ways to eat strawberries! These are really easy to prepare but so elegant, and, best of all, delicious! Perfect on their own or as part of a dessert spread!
The strawberries are a fun dessert for the holidays. We love them.
Just found this recipe! I’m so excited to try it. Quick question though…I don’t have cream, will whole milk work as a replacement?
Hi, Jennifer, since the whole milk isn’t as thick as cream, I’d cut it back to 2 tablespoons. I just don’t want your filling to be too runny 🙂 Feel free to slowly add the other 2 tablespoons, one at a time, if it happens to be too thick. Hope you enjoy!!
MMM I love strawberries and can’t wait to try this simple recipe out. Bet it’s BERRY delicious : )
Thanks, Rachel! Hope you love these as much as we did!
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Thanks for sharing these yummy looking strawberries at my link party last weekend!
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My trial was good, I did take a shotsnap but they don’t look as pretty as yours.
These are beautiful and I love your photos! Thanks for sharing on Foodie Friends Friday. Please come back by today to vote.
Such a simple and elegant dessert! Looks beautiful too!
So simple, but also so tasty! I am obsessed with mascarpone and it’s the perfect filling!
I saw it on IG and I immediately love it! So cute, so easy, perfect quick dessert!
I am loving this combination. Mascarpone is one of my fav cheese to work with. I am making this for Valentine’s day dinner and I am going to drizzle some chocolate sauce on top. Sounds so yuM!
Last spring when I guest posted for you, I discovered the sweet combination of strawberries and mascarpone cheese! These are just gorgeous Liz! And I LOVE the presentation! So pretty, so yummy and so easy! PERFECT!
xoxo
Roz
Ooh how fun! I LOVE these, Lizzy! Not only they look so adorable but they have mascarpone filling – yummers!
Oh Yum!!! Those are gorgeous!
I can see why your strawberries were in Foodbuzz’s top picks. Oh my goodness, you present such elegant dishes…I’d never thought of mascarpone in strawberries, but why not? Bravo, Liz for this discovery =)
i absolutely love edible bites! especially strawberries, they are just so pretty! the color is amazing.
Simply lovely…wouldn’t a tray of these be wonderful to wake up to on Valentines…well after 6 a.m.!
What an elegant dessert! Sometimes I think the best desserts are the simple ones, just a piece of fruit with something to liven it up. These strawberries look wonderful.
Just what I need to look at before getting hit with 2 feet of snow. I hope my sweetie makes some for our breakfast.
Oh Lizzie, this strawberries filled with mascarpone awesome…so simple and elegant.
Gorgeous pictures as always.
Hope you are enjoying your week!
Ooh I love these, and Driscolls strawberries are the ultimate for Valentine’s Day. I’ve seen a similar recipe on the back of InStyle Magazine one year and tore it out. It was a recipe to one of the stars. It sounds wonderful and looks so pretty. I never did try it but now that I see your version I need to. So simple yet it looks irresistable!
Wonderful Mascarpone-filled strawberries! I just love stunning but easy to make desserts like this, Liz!
These are strawberries are really gorgeous! I love how you arranged them on the plate – very elegant looking. Thank you, Liz!
Driscoll’s are wonderful but a tad expensive here 😛 😀 It’s strawberry season in our side of the world , cheap and sweet , that is , if I’m lucky lol That delicious combo is a sure winner ! Your photos are as gorgeous as that dessert 😉
One of my friends introduced me to cream cheese stuffed strawberries and I was hooked – whenever I make them, I’m sure to make “too much” of the cream cheese filling so that I can sneak spoonfuls of it. In allllll my days, I have never used mascarpone and love the idea of trying it for this delicious and decadent treat! Your strawberries are gorgeous and this is so fresh and tasty for whipping up any night of the week or for a special occasion like Valentine’s Day! My boyfriend will be thanking you after I make up a batch of these pretty guys! 🙂
This is a beautiful treat for Valentine’s day, Liz! I could eat my weight in strawberries and I love the mascarpone!
They are so pretty Liz! I can’t wait for the strawberry season to begin!
What a great combination! A perfectly perfect Valentine’s Day treat. (I can’t believe it is almost here!) Sharing that scone recipe anytime soon?
The scone recipe is coming up on February 25…drop me an email if you’d like it sooner, Debra 🙂
Liz, what a delicious combination – fresh ripe sweet strawberries and mascarpone whipped cream, this certainly sounds like a delectable dessert and it is so very pretty. By the way the Vanilla Bean Scones sound wonderful, Now I am curious which recipe you used.
What a pretty presentation!
Very pretty Lizzy 😉
I like simple recipes, your strawberries make a lovely Valentines dessert 🙂
I don’t know why ? But I realized today that I’m not getting your blog updates in my email anymore, so I’ll subscribe again and hope it works!
Hi Lizzy, I just had a chicken curry accepted on Tastespotting and what did I see right beside it? Your gorgeous strawberries. What were the odds! And these would be just perfect after an Indian curry xx
The strawberries turned out beautiful. I love this idea and I think it would be great for a valentine treat too.
That’s areally nice way to serve strawberries!
Lovely Miss Lizzy! Just lovely! I’m going to hope someone gives me a plate of these for Valentine’s day, oh and I’d like that pretty towel and little glass cake plate too please!
These are beautiful and so perfect for Valentine’s Day! I can only imagine how wonderful they must taste!
I don’t like whipped cream, but i LOVE mascarpone, so these sound amazing! What a great, healthier Valentine’s day treat!!
Mascarpone makes everything better! I just about always have some in my fridge because you can use it in so many different ways. Just gorgeous Liz!
This is amazing Liz, so pretty and this will be my valentine’s dessert. Can I fill them with a night or few hours before?
They couldn’t be simpler and yet are so effective visually. I was wondering how come you had strawberries in the middle of winter but I guess these days they can produce anything anytime by imitating nature. I do love mascarpone.
Those are gorgeous, Liz! Mascarpone is one of my favorite things and I NEVER turn down strawberries!
Lizzy,
The strawberries look delicious. What a wonderful presentation.
These strawberries look so fancy and pretty. I love how you did them in both directions. 🙂 It will make any Valentine’s Day or any day special. 🙂
Lizzy these are the most beautiful strawberries I seen
Love them so much
Gorgeous, Liz! You can never go wrong with strawberries and mascarpone :).
So easy and elegant – Love these, Lizzy!
I always use a plastic bag with the corner cut off for my piping bag, too. Makes cleanup tons easier, and it works extremely well. Anyway, good stuff here. These absolutely say Valentine’s Day. Thanks for this.
Yes, the strawberries look fantastic.
And the recipe for vanilla scones is where?
What a lovely valentine’s day treat, Liz, just lovely. May I suggest drizzling with balsamic vinegar, I have a very old one I can bring by 😉
Yeah Mascarpone trumps the original recipe, they look amazing. And nice strawberries in winter, wow
Great idea, easy and so pretty .. love it!
They look so pretty and elegant!
UUMMM, hello!! So delicious!
What a strikingly beautiful image in the middle of winter! I love this idea (especially since I don’t like whipped cream a lot…).
Wow, those do sound and look amazing. Hubby would faint too, by the way, and he doesn’t leave until 7:15. Sooooo, will you be posting the vanilla bean scone recipe or is it already somewhere else on here?
Scone recipe to come 🙂
SO pretty Liz! These are perfect for Valentines Day! Can you make the filling ahead? Or does it deflate like whipped cream?
You can definitely make the filling ahead, Kristina…great idea!
Lovely! This really is a great idea for a little treat without shoving an entire hunk of cheesecake into your mouth. Although, around here we’d likely do both. 😉
Lizzy,
I love strawberries in any way , and these are amazing. I had my first strawberries of the season, and they weren’t that good, but they weren’t Driscoll’s either. Pinning these!
So pretty – upright or inverted!! What a great idea for Valentine’s Dinner or any occasion for that matter! Your vanilla bean scones also sound like a wonderful companion to this. Yummmmm.
I shouldn’t really wish my life away but hurry up June, so I can make this with the strawberries from my garden!
Simple,easy and delicious,I can’t wait to try this 🙂
These are so simple and must taste amazing! I always like a new way to use mascarpone, though I´d die if someone made these for breakfast Liz!
I love this idea! Mascarpone on soft fruits is bound to be a popular dessert option in my household. Thanks for the idea.
Yes please:) Sounds and I am sure it is a very refreshing dessert. Perfect to end a good dinner.