YUMMM…strawberry chocolate chimichangas!
These delish flavour packed treats make the PERFECT Valentine’s dessert! The best part, they’re filled with things you might already have in the fridge and pantry!
strawberry chocolate chimichangas
These delish flavour packed treats make the PERFECT Valentine’s dessert! The best part, they’re filled with things you might already have in the fridge and pantry!
Servings 6 servings
Equipment
- Stand mixer or electric hand mixer
- Sheet pan
- Parchment paper
- cutting board
- knife
- pastry brush
- bowl
- Spatula + or Whisk
- Frying Pan if you'd prefer to fry yours
- Small saucepan to heat the cream
Ingredients
- ¼ cup Butter for frying
CHIMICHANGA FILLING
- 1 block cream cheese room temperature
- 2 tbsp sour cream
- 2 tbsp brown sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla extract You could also use almond extract
- 1½ cups strawberries cut into small pieces/chunks
COATING
- ¼ cup white sugar OR powdered sugar/icing sugar
TORTILLAS
- 6 small soft flour tortillas If you want to make more chimichangas, just have more tortillas on hand!
CHOCOLATE GANACHE TOPPING
- ½ cup chocolate chips semi sweet or milk or dark
- ¼ cup heavy whipping cream
OPTIONAL TOPPINGS
- ½ cup slivered almonds
- ¼ cup coconut
- Sprinkles
Instructions
- In a bowl, combine cream cheese, sour cream, vanilla, and brown sugar. Using either a hand mixer or stand mixer, combine it all until it’s super smooth and creamy.
- Fold in half the chopped strawberries
- Spread mixture evenly down the center of the small flour tortillas and roll up, brushing each one with a little melted butter to “seal” the seam.
- Place seam side down on a foil or parchment covered sheet pan and brush each one with oil. Dust the tortilla in sugar
- Bake at 350 for about 12 minutes until the tortilla is crispy. You could also pan fry them until golden, one or two at a time.
MAKE THE GANACHE
- While the tortillas are baking, melt the whipping cream in a small saucepan over medium heat and then pour over chips in a bowl.
- Let it sit for about a minute then whisk until smooth
- When tortillas are out of the oven, serve warm drizzled with ganache
want more din-spiration?
Want more chocolate goodies? Then you NEED to try triple chocolate drip cake!
SOO GOOD! Enjoy! Meg xo
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