Strawberry Santas
These low-cost strawberry Santas will quickly become a summertime family favourite and guaranteed to be your go-to Christmas time healthy treat.
Serves: 20 (makes 20)
Time to make: 15 mins
Total cost: $5.20 / $0.26 per serve
(at time of publication)
Ingredients
- 20 medium-large strawberries, hulled for a flat base
- 100g Philadelphia Light cream cheese
- 4–6 teaspoons gluten-free icing sugar, to taste
- 40 mini dark-choc bits or chocolate chips
Instructions
1 Cut the top third off each berry and reserve. Stand berry bases on a serving platter.
2 Mix cream cheese and icing sugar until smooth and creamy.
3 Pipe or spoon 1 teaspoon cream onto flat berry tops. Place reserved berry tops on top. Use the smallest piping nozzle to pipe mixture onto the tip of each strawberry ‘hat’ (pompom) and onto ‘chest’ (button).
4 Use tweezers to place 2 chocolate pieces onto each cream ‘face’ (eyes). Refrigerate until ready to serve.
Variations
Make it gluten free: Check chocolate is gluten free.
Nutrition Info (per serve)
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Calories 24cal
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Kilojoules 100kJ
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Protein 1g
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Total fat 1g
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–Saturated fat 1g
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Carbohydrates 5g
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–Sugars 3g
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Dietary fibre 1g
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Sodium 10mg
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Calcium 20mg
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Iron 0mg
Note: This nutrition analysis is a guide only. Nutrition composition will vary depending on the exact ingredients used. See our guides on your optimal daily nutrition intake, and supermarket shopping.
Photographer: Andy Lewis
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