Strawberries And Cream Pie

Total Time: 25 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1 1/2 cups chocolate graham cracker crumbs (about 9 full or long crackers, just throw them in a gallon bag, zip, and crush with a rolling pin.)
• 5 -6 tablespoons butter, melted
• 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, room temperature
• 1 cup whipping cream, plus 1 t
• 1/3 cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• strawberry, sliced (1 carton)
• 1/2 cup chocolate chips (optional)

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 375.
• 2 in a small bowl, mix together graham cracker crumbs and melted butter until a crumbly, moist mixture forms.
• 3 gently but firmly press the graham cracker mixture into the bottom/sides of a pie dish.
• 4 bake for 10 minutes. set aside to cool completely.
• 5 in a medium bowl, use an electric mixture to beat your cream until it holds firm peaks. set aside.
• 6 in a separate, larger bowl, mix cream cheese, vanilla, and sugar until smooth and creamy.
• 7 fold about 1/3 of the whipped cream into your cream cheese mixture to lighten it, then add the rest. gently fold until evenly incorporated and smooth.
• 8 spoon filling into your cooled pie crust, and spread it out in an even layer.
• 9 layer sliced strawberries in an overlapping rows around the top of the cream.
• 10 melt chocolate + 1 tbsp cream, and stir until smooth and liquid. drizzle melted chocolate over the top of the strawberries.
• 11 stick the pie in the fridge for a few hours to allow the creamy filling to firm up.