Description
These delightful Santa Hat Cheesecake Bites are a festive and easy-to-make holiday treat featuring creamy cheesecake, fluffy whipped cream, and fresh strawberries arranged to resemble Santa hats. Perfect for holiday parties or a seasonal dessert, these bite-sized delights require no baking and come together in just 10 minutes.
Ingredients
Scale
Cheesecake
- 1 plain cheesecake (homemade or store-bought)
Whipped Topping
- 1 1/2 cups whipped cream or Cool Whip
Fruit
- 12 strawberries, tops sliced off
Instructions
- Cut Cheesecake Bites: Using a round biscuit cutter, punch holes out of the cheesecake to create bite-sized rounds. Depending on the size of your cheesecake, you should be able to get 8 to 12 cheesecake bites.
- Pipe Whipped Cream Layer: Transfer the whipped cream or Cool Whip to a piping bag and carefully pipe a generous layer on top of each cheesecake bite, mimicking the fluffy trim of a Santa hat.
- Add Strawberry Hat: Place a strawberry on top of each cheesecake bite with the sliced side facing down, forming the red part of the Santa hat.
- Finishing Touch: Pipe a small dot of whipped cream on the tip of each strawberry to resemble the pom-pom of the Santa hat, then serve immediately.
Notes
- Use chilled cheesecake and whipped cream for best results to maintain shape.
- If you don’t have a piping bag, use a ziplock bag with the corner snipped off.
- For variation, try adding a small mint leaf or a dusting of powdered sugar for extra holiday flair.
- These bites can be prepared a few hours in advance and stored in the refrigerator until serving.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cheesecake bite (approx. 40g)
- Calories: 150 kcal
- Sugar: 10 g
- Sodium: 90 mg
- Fat: 10 g
- Saturated Fat: 6 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 3 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 12 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 2 g
- Cholesterol: 35 mg
