Berry Cute Santas Recipe

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“We make these fruit and cake Santas every Christmas,” writes Crystal Duncan of Fayetteville, Arkansas. “They go together easily and are fun to make,” she adds.

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Berry Cute Santas Recipe

Prep/Total Time: 30 min.

Yield: 12 Servings

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Ingredients

1 loaf (10-3/4 ounces) frozen pound cake, thawed
1 package (8 ounces) cream cheese, softened
1/2 cup confectioners' sugar
12 red-frilled toothpicks
12 large strawberries, cut in half widthwise
24 miniature semisweet chocolate chips
12 fudge-covered cream-filled chocolate sandwich cookies

Directions

Cut twelve 1-in. cubes from pound cake (save remaining cake for another use). For icing, in a small bowl, beat cream cheese and confectioners' sugar on high speed until light and fluffy. Cut a small hole in the corner of a pastry or plastic bag; insert a #18 star tip. Fill bag with icing.
For each Santa, thread a frilled toothpick through a pointed strawberry half, then through a cake cube and a second strawberry half. For eyes, place a dab of icing on the bottoms of two chocolate chips; press onto cake. Pipe icing to form beards and to add fur brims below strawberry hats. Place each Santa on a cookie; serve immediately. Yield: 1 dozen.

Nutritional Facts 1 serving (1 each) equals 167 calories, 10 g fat (5 g saturated fat), 30 mg cholesterol, 153 mg sodium, 17 g carbohydrate, 1 g fiber, 3 g protein.

Originally published as Berry Cute Santas in Simple & Delicious November/December 2006, p17