Vickys Strawberry Santas with Dairy-Free Option

1. 1

   Rinse the strawberries, cut a thin slice off the wide end so they sit flat on the plate and cut off the pointed tops, about a quarter of the whole strawberry.

2. 2

   Dig out the inside of the main part of each strawberry with a paring knife from the end that the tops came off.

3. 3

   Keep the tops as these are used for the Santa hat

4. 4

   Put the cream cheese, powdered sugar and vanilla extract into a mixing bowl and beat until creamy.

5. 5

   Add enough powdered sugar to make it taste as sweet as you like it.

6. 6

   Put the mix into a piping bag

7. 7

   To make the Santa faces, pipe the mixture inside the hollowed out strawberry.

8. 8

   Add a small amount of the mixture to the top of the strawberry to make the face part and place the tops you cut off back on

9. 9

   Pipe a couple of dots onto the body strawberry for buttons and a blob on top of the hat part for a pom-pom.

10. 10

    Place 2 poppy seeds on the face part for eyes

11. 11

    Instead of the seeds you could use chocolate sprinkles or an icing pen

* Per serving · 4 servings · Values may vary.