Strawberry Santa Hats
Add a festive touch to your holiday treats with these cute and tasty Strawberry Santa Hats! This Christmas strawberry dessert requires just a few ingredients and is bursting with flavor! Even better, these Santa hats are so easy to make that kids can create them entirely on their own.
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While you are making these Christmas strawberry treats, consider adding these adorable marshmallow snowmen or other no-bake Christmas treats to the mix! You can also use any extra strawberries to make these sweet strawberry yogurt bites! Or, consider serving these Santa hats as dessert after our Holiday caprese kabobs or Christmas sliders!
👍 Why We Love Santa Strawberry Hats
- Festive– This Christmas strawberry dessert makes the perfect side or dessert for your next Christmas gathering. They also make great holiday treats for school or playdates!
- A fruit treat! The best part is you won’t feel bad about your kids indulging in these fruit Santa hats, since they are made of mostly fruit!
- No cooking involved– There’s zero cooking involved when it comes to making these strawberry Santa hats and they come together so quickly, making them a perfect last-minute party treat.
- Kid-friendly. Kids can make this treat on their own! Plus, this activity supports developing fine motor skills, like cutting, stacking and following instructions.
🛒Ingredients
Notes on key ingredients are provided below. Please see the recipe card for a full list of ingredients and quantities.
- Strawberries– stems removed
- Bananas– sliced into rounds
- Whipped cream– only a small amount is needed to hold strawberry and banana slices together
- White melting wafers– a dollop for the top of each hat
👩🍳 How to Make Strawberry Santa Hats
Step 1: Peel and slice a banana into thin, round slices. Next, slice off strawberry stems.
Step 2: Squirt a dollop of whipped cream on top of each banana slice.
Step 3: Place flat side of sliced strawberry on top of the whipped cream-coated banana.
Step 4: Add a final, small dot of melted wafers to the top of your strawberry Santa hats. Now, serve and enjoy your festive treat!
🥮 Variations and Substitutions
There are also tons of other strawberry Santa hat recipes out there worth checking out, like Mama Cheap’s Brownie Bite Santa Hat Strawberries and A Cowboy’s Life Blog’s Santa Cheesecake Hats. If you want to change things up, consider:
- Swapping bananas for a sweeter, more sugary treat, like marshmallows, brownies, or mini cheesecakes.
- Using Cool Whip or white frosting instead of whipped cream to hold your strawberries and bananas together.
- Topping hats with marshmallows or white chocolate chips, secured by toothpicks or frosting, to the tops of your hats instead of melted wafers.
✔️Expert Tips and Tricks
- Serve fruit Santa hats right away, as whipped cream can melt quickly. If they stand too long, they tend to fall apart.
- If your Santa treats are a little wobbly, you can use sucker sticks or toothpicks to hold them together.
- If kids are taking the lead on the chopping, we love these Curious Chef Children’s Knives for little hands.
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🎅 Strawberry Santa Hats
Equipment
- 1 knife
Ingredients
- 10 strawberries (stems removed )
- 1 banana (sliced )
- whipped cream
- 1/3 cup melting wafers (white )
Instructions
- Peel and slice a banana into thin, round slices. Slice off strawberry stems.
- Squirt a dollop of whipped cream on top of each banana slice.
- Place flat side of sliced strawberry on top of the whipped cream-coated banana.
- Add a final, small dot of melted wafers to the top of your strawberry Santa hats. Now, serve and enjoy your festive treat!
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Notes
- Serve strawberry Santa hats right away, as whipped cream can melt quickly. If they stand too long, they tend to fall apart.
- If your Santa treats are a little wobbly, you can use sucker sticks or toothpicks to hold them together .
- If kids are taking the lead on the chopping, we love these Curious Chef Children’s Knives for little hands.
Nutrition
The nutrition facts provided are calculated using a third-party tool and are estimates only. Actual nutritional content may vary based on the ingredients and brands you use, as well as portion sizes. For accurate results, please consult a registered dietitian or nutritionist.
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