Low-Carb Cream-Filled Strawberries

This recipe came from Taste of Home's Low-Carb Recipes. I made these strawberries for a dinner party once and they turned out great. You will probably want to make the pudding mixture a little bit ahead of time so that it has firmed up some before you pipe it into the strawberries.

• Ready In: 30 mins
• Yields: 18 strawberries

Ingredients

• 18  large fresh strawberries
• 1  cup  cold milk
• 1 (1 ounce) package sugar-free instant vanilla pudding mix or 1 (1 ounce) package  vegetarian sugar-free instant vanilla pudding mix
• 2  cups heavy whipping cream, whipped
• 1⁄4 teaspoon vanilla extract

Directions

1. Remove stems from strawberries.
2. Cut a deep "X" in the top of each berry.
3. Spread berries apart.
4. In a bowl, whisk milk and pudding mix for 2 minutes.
5. Fold in WHIPPED cream and vanilla extract.
6. Pipe or spoon about 5 teaspoons into each berry.
7. Chill until serving.