This time we are going to talk about luscious, creamy pie loaded with strawberries, drizzled with chocolate, on a sweet graham cracker crust. A pie that’s so rich, so decadent, yet somehow so light that every bite just melts in your mouth.  Mmmmmm.

If you like peaches & cream, strawberries & cream, or any other fruit & cream combo, you’ll love this. And once you take the first bite you’ll find that you can’t put your fork down until every last crumb is gone.

Strawberries and Cream Pie

INGREDIENTS

Crust

• 1-1/2 cups graham cracker crumbs (About 9 full/long crackers -- just throw them in a gallon bag, zip, and crush with a rolling pin.)
• 5 tbsp butter, melted

Filling

• 2 8oz blocks of cream cheese, room temperature
• 2 cups heavy cream + 1 tbsp
• ⅔ cups sugar
• 2 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 carton strawberries, sliced into thirds or halves
• ½ cup chocolate chips (optional)

DIRECTIONS

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. (This is the only baking that you need to do for this recipe, so don't forget to turn the oven off!)
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 ⅓ 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.
12. Slice and serve immediately. Enjoy! (FYI, strawberries go fast, so this won't keep very long. Try to eat everything within 3-5 days.)

NOTES

For the filling, Crumbly Cookie's original recipe called for only 1 block of cream cheese and 1 cup of cream, but that didn't fill my pie dish all the way and I wanted a really thick/deep-dish pie, so I doubled the recipe.

And find out more about this recipe HERE

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