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.
Nutrition Info (per serve)
Kilojoules 100kJ
Calories 24cal
Protein 1g
Total fat 1g
–Saturated fat 1g
Carbohydrates 5g
–Sugars 3g
Dietary fibre 1g
Sodium 10mg
Calcium 20mg
Iron 0mg
Note: Nutrition composition will vary depending on the exact ingredients used. For a guide to purchasing healthier packaged goods and general grocery items see here.
Variations
Make it gluten free: Check chocolate is gluten free.
Photographer: Andy Lewis
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