Who wants to make 4th of July Strawberry Poppers with me today? While Mom and my sisters were on their ridiculous road trip over the weekend, I whipped up this refreshing recipe for the upcoming holiday to share with you all! The thing I love about these refreshing treats, besides the taste, is you can eat them, and so can your dog!
Talk about simple! You only need three ingredients to make these tasty deserts!
- Strawberries
- Blueberries
- Low fat cream cheese – softened
Start out by nicely washing all the berries. It would add flavor, but detract from the look, if the berries had dirt on them!
The strawberries need to have the stems removed, and tops cut off to make a nice flat base for the berry to sit on.
Next up, carefully using a knife, cut an “X” in the other end, and push it apart creating an opening for the cream cheese. Take it easy, as strawberries will rip apart easily if you push too hard.
Put the softened cream cheese in a piping bag, or plastic bag with the tip cut open. Pipe the cream cheese into the center of the strawberry.
Top off the filled strawberry with a blueberry to give it that “pop.” I always like to use festive plates to serve my creations to make them look even better.
Never forget to taste your work. It would be terrible to serve something you have not tried out yourself. Sometimes I taste several of my creations to make extra sure they are really yummy. The hard part is not eating them all when you are tasting!
What is the only problem with my 4th of July Strawberry Poppers? They disappear way too fast! Before you know it, the plate is empty! You should give these a try! They are so easy to make, festive looking, taste great, and you can share them with your dog!
Oh my, those are so pretty and look so yummy too!
Truly festive and patriotic!
Yummmmm. These look so delicious, and so easy!
Refreshing and pretty healthy too.
Wow! We don’t like fruit but those are so cute and easy Mom is thinking about making those for the bbq she is going to!! The pics of you cooking with that hat on is so adorable! Your doodle friend Dash
They work for humans too, so she could take them along. Maybe she could find a hat like mine to wear?
Wow! I can taste them from here. They look fabulous. You are very talented Emma and so is your Mom.
Thank you. Everyone like a fantastic recipe that is simple!
Wow yummy!
They are. I snarfed mine right down.
They look delicious! Be careful with low-fat products, though, because the companies that make them often substitute extra sugar for the fat content.
Mom always reads the sugar and salt content. This was that neufchatel cream cheese stuff that is pretty good. We aren’t eating a ton of it either so it is alright. Many humans don’t check other things and just go with lowfat which is quite misleading.
Those are so cute!! I wish I had a 4th of July party to go to so I could bring some and wow both humans and dogs!
You can wow yourself at home 🙂 Nothing wrong with doing it up just for you and the family.
Oh my goodness! Those look incredible! Gotta try ’em!
And super simple…which is great because what hound want so be in the kitchen in the heat of the summer.
they look YUMMY!! I don’t think Mom will make them for us – or if she does, dad will eat them all first – he has less patience than we do. You are lucky!
My mom is picky, kind of like Madison. She loves fruit, but won’t touch cream cheese, so we get to eat them all.
My mommy says they look delish! Me,, not a fan of fruits. What is the matter with me? XOXO, Sparkle
We all like some fruits, but not too many. The cream cheese makes the fruits real yummy.
Looks super yummy and easy!! When are you coming out with a Chef Emma’s cookbook?
Not until someone comes by with a good offer. Marketing a book is way too hard.
Emma, you are the best. I’m going to buy the stuff tomorrow and make them.
You will love them and they are so easy to make!
Those look super easy and delish! Have a great 4th!
They sure are!
Emma – you rock!!!! I just adore the photos of you as the chef!!! These poppers look easy and amazingly good. I don’t do much in the kitchen (it kills my back) but you just made me tempted to try! I wonder if Shyla would like to wear a hat like yours and help me?
OMD…A treat we can share with our peeps?? We are going to have to try these out!!
xoxo,
Arty, Jakey and Rosy
A total family treat!
Aspen likes strawberries. She got a couple with a dab of whipped cream and loved them, Mica is not into fruit but left more strawberries for us. Yours looked terrific but I (mom) hate cream cheese.
My mom won’t do cream cheese either. What is up with that. Humans are supposed to love it!
I just love all of Emma’s kitchen creation posts! She is the Julia Child of the canine world, sure to become a legend for cook’s everywhere LOL!
Love & Biscuits,
Dogs Luv Us and We Luv Them
I love to be in the kitchen. It is a self rewarding behavior for me.