Strawberry Cheesecake Santas for Christmas!

Ingredients

• 16 oz package fresh strawberries washed
• 8 ounces of philly cream cheese softened at room temp!
• 5 tablespoons powdered sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• Black gel icing black sprinkles or mini chocolate chips, for eyes

Instructions

1. Please remember to start with very soft cream cheese so you can mix it with the powdered sugar easily- Cold “cheesecake” filling is pretty difficult to squeeze out of the piping bag!.
2. As described above with the pics, slice the stem off the strawberry off but try to cut it as "flat" as possible since that will be the base of our santas..
3. Cut the tops of the strawberry, this will be used as the "hat", set them aside from each.
4. In a medium mixing bowl, beat cream cheese, powdered sugar, and vanilla extract.
5. Place the mixture inside a piping bag, or even a ziplock bag works if you snip one corner off!
6. Put half a teaspoon of Graham cracker crumbs in each.
7. Top strawberry base with cheesecake filling, top with the strawberry hats, and squeeze additional filling on top of the hat.
8. For his belt and buttons I used the gel icing.
9. Use the gel icing or mini chocolate chips or chocolate sprinkles to decorate Santa's eyes.
10. Serve immediately or store in the refrigerator!
11. Do not freeze or use frozen strawberries for this recipe..
12. Once they are all fully assembled, refrigerate stuffed Santas so they can hold their shape.
13. If you are bringing these to a party, I recommend making them a few hours earlier.
14. ENJOY!