Description
Strawberry Santa's with Cream Cheese Frosting are a festive and delightful holiday treat. Juicy strawberries are transformed into adorable Santas with a creamy vanilla-flavored cream cheese frosting, mini chocolate chip eyes, and a snowy touch of powdered sugar. Perfect as a sweet appetizer or dessert for holiday gatherings.
Ingredients
Scale
Frosting
- 4 ounces cream cheese, softened
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/4 cup powdered sugar
- 1 cup heavy cream
Santas
- 12 strawberries
- Mini chocolate chips (for eyes)
- Additional powdered sugar for dusting (optional)
Instructions
- Prepare the frosting: Place cream cheese, vanilla extract, and powdered sugar into a medium bowl. Mix until creamy and smooth.
- Whip the cream: Add heavy cream to the mixture and beat for 4-5 minutes until the frosting is thick, smooth, and creamy.
- Prepare piping bag: Transfer the cream cheese frosting into a piping bag to use for decorating.
- Prepare strawberries: Wash the strawberries carefully and dry them completely so the frosting will adhere properly. Remove the stems and slice about 1/4 off the top of each strawberry to create Santa’s hats. Set hats aside.
- Assemble the Santas: Pipe the cream cheese frosting onto the larger bottom pieces of each strawberry to create Santa’s beard.
- Add hats: Place the top smaller strawberry pieces (Santa hats) on the frosted bottom parts.
- Decorate: Optionally dust powdered sugar over the hats for a snowy effect. Use the piping bag to add a white pom-pom to the tip of each hat and pipe two side swirls for Santa’s mustache.
- Add eyes: Place two mini chocolate chips on each Santa for eyes.
- Chill and serve: Refrigerate the decorated Strawberry Santas until ready to serve. Enjoy your festive treat!
Notes
- Make sure strawberries are completely dry before frosting to prevent slipping.
- You can substitute mini chocolate chips with small edible pearls if preferred.
- Use softened cream cheese to ensure smooth frosting consistency.
- Adjust powdered sugar quantity if you prefer a sweeter frosting.
- These treats can be prepared a few hours ahead but are best served fresh.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 serving
- Calories: 110 kcal
- Sugar: 8 g
- Sodium: 50 mg
- Fat: 8 g
- Saturated Fat: 4.5 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 3 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 7 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 2 g
- Cholesterol: 30 mg
