Strawberry Santas with Cream Cheese Icing
Look no further if you are always searching for a cute and delicious treat to serve during the upcoming Holiday season. These Strawberry Santas with Cream Cheese Icing are beautiful and tasty! And don’t worry about spending unlimited hours in the kitchen. This sweet snack comes together quickly and can be made in advance.
Is there a better combination in the dessert section than cream cheese and fresh ripe strawberries? I think not! These cute little Santas capture the season’s magic while offering fresh fruit with just a hint of sugar. The cream cheese frosting also adds a nice tanginess and a creamy texture to the sweet strawberries. While that may not seem important, I beg to differ.
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My kids love fruit, but if I neglect to put it as an option on the table, they will inevitably reach for the cookies, cake, and candy every single time. They are so overloaded with sugar in their everyday life, so I like to bring fruit to the forefront whenever possible to offer a sweet alternative.
While I love EVERYTHING about the Christmas season, especially the food, I often feel it is carb-heavy and saturated with so much sugar that I feel bloated and slightly sick. As I’ve gotten older, I’ve diligently tried to incorporate more fruits and vegetables into the dinner and dessert table to alleviate these uncomfortable side effects of delicious but incredibly unhealthy food.
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Another thing that makes this sweet treat irresistible is that it is shaped like little Santas! (I don’t know why, but they are much more fun when things are miniature versions of themselves.) This will also entice the kiddos to try them.
What are the benefits of eating more strawberries?
This cute dessert is also perfect for warmer weather, especially during Summer, the strawberry season where I live. But instead of making Santas, chop up the strawberries, place them in a medium bowl, and toss them with a cream cheese glaze. (Thin the glaze with the same icing ingredients by adding heavy cream.)
For another delicious variation:
Homemade Strawberry Cake Salad
- Bake a white cake mix.
- Let the cake cool to room temperature.
- Chop the moist cake into small squares.
- Add the cake, chopped fresh strawberries, and cream cheese frosting to a large bowl.
- Toss with whipped cream, sift confectioners’ sugar over the top, and serve!
Optional elements for the Strawberry Cake Salad:
- Add a little lemon zest and lemon juice to the strawberries for an extra brightness in flavor.
- Add strawberry extract to the whipped cream for another layer of strawberry goodness!
- Cutting strawberry jello into small squares would compliment the fresh strawberry flavor well.
- Add strawberry jam to the cream cheese to make a sweet strawberry icing.
Tips for Strawberry Santas with Cream Cheese Icing:
- Place the chopped strawberries, cut side down, on paper towels to absorb the extra liquid. If you skip this step, the cream cheese frosting will slide off the strawberries, and you won’t have Santa’s anymore!
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Strawberry Santas with Cream Cheese Icing Ingredients:
- 20 fresh strawberries
- 2 oz. Marshmallow fluff
- 4 oz. Whipped cream cheese
- 2 oz. vanilla frosting
- 1 tsp. vanilla extract
- black food coloring (toothpick)
Strawberry Santas with Cream Cheese Icing Instructions:
- First, cut the leafy tops off the fresh strawberries to make a flat bottom and place the flat side down.
- Second, cut the tip of the strawberries off right above the middle mark and set aside. (About 1/4 from the tip of the strawberry)
- Third, place the cut pieces of strawberry on paper towels to absorb all the moisture.
- Next, let them sit on the paper towels for 15-20 minutes.
- Turn them over and let the second side of the strawberries sit on paper towels to absorb moisture.
- Then, combine the vanilla frosting, whipped cream cheese, vanilla extract, and marshmallow fluff in a mixing bowl to make the icing.
- Fill a Ziploc or a pastry bag with the icing to make filling the strawberries easier, and use a star tip to make the right design on top.
- Next, pipe some icing onto the bottom half of the strawberry.
- Then, place the tip of the strawberry on top of the icing.
- Using the star tip, pipe one final dot of icing on the tip of the strawberry.
- Using the toothpick, dip the tip into the black food coloring and make two eyes on the Santa.
- Place the strawberries in the fridge until ready to serve to preserve the stiffness of the icing.
- Finally, enjoy these sweet little Santas with your favorite party foods for the Christmas season!
Storage for Strawberry Santas with Cream Cheese Icing:
- Place the filled and leftover strawberries in an airtight container covered with plastic wrap for 1-2 days in the fridge.
What are the Macros for Strawberry Santas with Cream Cheese Icing?
Makes 20 servings (Nutritional information below is for 1 serving = 1 strawberry)
- Calories – 19.4
- Protein – .2 grams
- Carbs – 2.03 grams (net)
- Fat – 1.2 grams
Check out some of my other Christmas recipes!
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Christmas White Trash Snack Mix
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Strawberry Santas with Cream Cheese Icing
Equipment
- 1 large plate
- 1 toothpick
- black food coloring
- 1 Mixing bowl
Ingredients
- 20 fresh strawberries
- 2 oz. Marshmallow fluff
- 4 oz. Whipped cream cheese
- 2 oz. vanilla frosting
- 1 tsp. vanilla extract
- black food coloring toothpick
Instructions
- First, cut the leafy tops off the fresh strawberries to make a flat bottom and place the flat side down.
- Second, cut the tip of the strawberries off right above the middle mark and set aside. (About 1/4 from the tip of the strawberry)
- Third, place the cut pieces of strawberry on paper towels to absorb all the moisture.
- Next, let them sit on the paper towels for 15-20 minutes.
- Turn them over and let the second side of the strawberries sit on paper towels to absorb moisture.
- Then, combine the vanilla frosting, whipped cream cheese, vanilla extract, and marshmallow fluff in a mixing bowl to make the icing.
- Fill a Ziploc or a pastry bag with the icing to make filling the strawberries easier, and use a star tip to make the right design on top.
- Next, pipe some icing onto the bottom half of the strawberry.
- Then, place the tip of the strawberry on top of the icing.
- Using the star tip, pipe one final dot of icing on the tip of the strawberry.
- Using the toothpick, dip the tip into the black food coloring and make two eyes on the Santa.
- Place the strawberries in the fridge until ready to serve to preserve the stiffness of the icing.
- Finally, enjoy these sweet little Santas with your favorite party foods for the Christmas season!
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