I was not planning on making a dessert this year for my husband’s work place since I was travelling a few days earlier than usual to visit my family in New England. However, my husband insisted that I send something in as I do every year for his job (he always works Christmas). This year I made a cheesecake covered in chocolate ganache with a graham cracker crust. To dress it up a little, I made some of these little cuties to put on top:
They are essentially strawberries with cream cheese frosting (or you could do whipped cream frosting).
Strawberry Santa Recipe
What you’ll need:
- Strawberries (one package)
- Chocolate ganache or chocolate syrup
- 2 oz. of cream cheese
- 4 Tbsp unsalted butter
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
- sandwich bags (for piping)
- toothpicks (for painting santa’s face)
How to Make Them:
- Cut the stems off of your strawberries as straight as possible. This is the base for your strawberry santa.
- Cut the tip off of your strawberries as straight as possible and leave them on top of your strawberries. The tip will act as the hat.
- To add the face, first make cream cheese frosting: beat the cream cheese and butter together using an electric or hand mixer. Then beat in the powdered sugar and vanilla extract until smooth.
- Place the frosting in a sandwich bag and cut off a small tip. This will act as your piping bag.
- For each strawberry, remove the hat and pipe a face on top. Either swirl the frosting in a circle or begin in the middle and push straight down and up with the bag. Place the hat back on and pipe a little pom-pom on top.
- Using a toothpick, paint eyes and a mouth using chocolate ganache or chocolate syrup. (I used ganache as I had some left over from the cheesecake I was making earlier).
Happy Holidays Everyone!
A Crafty Mom 
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