How to Convert an Illustrator File Into a (PSD? PDF?) File With Editable Text and Embedded Fonts

This is pretty specific, but I'm hoping someone can offer some insight!

TLDR: I need a way to send something with text that can be edited on a client's computer while retaining the fonts and font attributes that I set.

- I am working in Illustrator to design some labels for a client. 

- After I pass the files off to the client, I would like the client to be able to make edits to certain fields. 

- The designs have to be very specific fonts (activated from Adobe fonts) and some have been stretched or had leading/kerning adjusted, and it's important that those changes be retained.

- The clients are open to obtained any programs or software needed, but I'm trying to avoid sending them an Illustrator file because they are not designers an want it to be as simple as possible.

What I have tried:

- Exporting from Illustrator as a PDF and using the text edit function in Adobe Acrobat to change the text. The problem is that some of the text has a stroke around it, and the stroke becomes a separate object for some reason when exported as a PDF. So the text is editable, but the outline of the previous text stays behind it.

- Saving the Illustrator file as a Photoshop file with editable layers. This seemed to work perfectly, but some of the files do not retain the fonts that I used. If there is a way to embed the fonts when saving from an Illustrator file to a Photoshop file, that would be great.