Description
Strawberry Santas are a delightful and festive holiday treat combining fresh strawberries with a creamy sweet cream cheese filling, decorated to resemble charming Santa faces. This no-bake recipe is perfect for Christmas parties and is easy to assemble, making it a fun and visually appealing snack for all ages.
Ingredients
Scale
Cream Cheese Mixture
- 8 ounce package cream cheese, softened
- 1¼ cups powdered sugar
Strawberries and Decorations
- 20 large strawberries
- 1.3 ounce tube black decorating icing
- 20 round red sprinkles or 1 (.67 ounce) tube orange/red decorating icing
Instructions
- Prepare Cream Cheese Filling: Use a mixer to beat the softened cream cheese until fluffy. Gradually add powdered sugar while mixing on low speed until fully combined and smooth.
- Prepare Strawberries: Remove the stems from the strawberries to create a flat surface on the bottom, resulting in a cone-shaped berry. Cut each strawberry about three-quarters of the way up from the bottom to create a smaller cone that will serve as the Santa hat. Set these hat sections aside.
- Fill Piping Bag: Place the cream cheese mixture into a piping bag fitted with a round tip, such as a Wilton 2A or any medium to large piping tip suitable for detailed decoration.
- Create the Santa Face Base: On each larger bottom portion of the strawberry, pipe the cream cheese mixture in an upward swirl with two layers to form Santa’s beard and face.
- Add Facial Features: Using the black decorating icing, pipe two small dots on the cream cheese swirl to represent Santa’s eyes. Place a single red round sprinkle or use the orange/red decorating icing to create the nose in the center.
- Assemble the Santa Hat: Place the smaller strawberry cone (hat) on top of the cream cheese swirl. Pipe a small dot of cream cheese frosting onto the tip of the hat to make the pom pom, swirling in the direction of the strawberry hat for a cute effect.
Notes
- Make sure the cream cheese is completely softened to achieve a lump-free cream cheese mixture.
- If you don’t have a piping bag, you can use a Ziploc bag and snip off a corner to pipe the cream cheese mixture.
- Store finished Strawberry Santas refrigerated and consume within 1-2 days for freshness.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 Santa (approx. 30g)
- Calories: 90
- Sugar: 8g
- Sodium: 40mg
- Fat: 5g
- Saturated Fat: 3g
- Unsaturated Fat: 1.5g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 9g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 1.5g
- Cholesterol: 15mg
