Patriotic Cheesecake Bites

So hard to believe that we're inching up on the 4th of July already!! I've had such a blast keeping up with Little C this summer. She's such a fun kiddo--her new favorite activities:

-Scooting. I blame this on us always saying "Scooter" (it's our dog's name). She can scoot across the living room in 2 seconds flat. Crawling is for suckers, clearly.

-Barking. Her puppy brother is a little protective (to put it kindly...), so he barks. A lot. She's taken a similar approach in her communication style.

-Kissing. This one melts my heart. She just comes right at you with a big ol slobbery open mouth kiss. It's to die for :)

Today we tested out a Little Gym in the neighborhood...and she did all three of these things on repeat with a big cheesy smile on her fave. Love. This. Girl :)

Anywho...back to the recipe!! I was dreaming up (ok...searching on Pinterest) and stumbled across something that looked a lot like what I came up with. I was just disappointed at the amount of sugar that was getting added to the cream cheese, so I brainstormed some alternatives. Not only are these little guys adorable and SO perfect for a 4th of July BBQ, they are also fairly bikini-friendly!

Patriotic Cheesecake Bites

Ingredients:
12 strawberries
24 blueberries
1 pkg neufchatel  (or reduced fat cream cheese), room temperature
1 8oz container vanilla greek yogurt
1 tspn vanilla extract
12 toothpicks

Preparation:

Whisk together the cream cheese, greek yogurt, and vanilla. Place in a large storage bag and refrigerate for at least an hour. Slice the stems and the tips of the strawberries, so you have two flat surface. Setting the strawberry on the smaller end (so where the tip was), hull out some of the center to make room for the "cheesecake" filling. Snip a corner of the storage baggie, and pipe the filling into the center of the strawberry. Push a toothpick through the center, and stick two blueberries on the end.

So easy. So delish. So stinking cute. :)