Join us in Episode 16 of Gluten-Free Friday as we create delightful Strawberry Santas! A fun, festive treat that’s gluten-free and delicious.
Deliciously Festive Treats for a Gluten-Free Holiday Celebration!
Happy Gluten-Free Friday! This week features a delightful holiday treat: Strawberry Santas. This creative recipe is a fun way to celebrate the festive season while keeping it gluten-free. The idea behind Strawberry Santas is to use fresh strawberries as the base, transforming them into adorable Santa figures that can be enjoyed by both kids and adults alike.
Making Strawberry Santas is not only simple but also allows for a bit of creativity in the kitchen. The process typically involves decorating strawberries with whipped cream to create Santa’s hat and beard, along with using small pieces of fruit or chocolate for added details. This charming treat is perfect for holiday gatherings, adding a festive touch to any dessert table while ensuring that those who follow a gluten-free diet can indulge in the festivities without worry.
Delightfully Festive Treats: Crafting Sweet Holiday Cheer with Strawberry Santas!
hello everybody hello happy gluten free Friday happy gluten-free Friday we’re back with a festive one oo what are we making we’re going to be making strawberry Santas they’re small they’re sweet they can fit right in your little pocket and you can take them everywhere with you this holiday season they are.
The best little sweet treat right put them in your sleigh I don’t know if they’d hold up in your pocket they might get all over the place well pack them package them up throw them in your sleigh and and enjoy them in the snow wherever the holidays are taking you this season yeah we’re going to make some strawberries yes so the vision the.
Vision here’s the vision so we’ve got the strawberries we’re going to explain how to make it as we’re doing it but here’s the vision this is the body this is Santa’s body it’s the bottom half of a strawberry the bottom half of a strawberry well it’s the middle it’s the middle of a strawberry oh we an example yeah so we’re going to show you.
We’re going to show you but you cut off the stem these are some big strawberries by the way yeah you cut off the stem you cut a little slice in the middle then the end is his little hat okay so this is going away we not using this discard that so now I cut this in half yes does have to be exactly in half you could do the the body part a little smaller so.
That he’s got a big little hat big hat or little hat I would do it like here okay I don’t want to cut your finger okay yeah so see now he’s got his little hat and his little body it’s not a perfect science but there we go sweet so that’s the strawberry part next while Julia’s going to finish making those We Roll yeah I can cut the LA roll my.
Little sleeves to do some labor Okay so we’ve got 8 oz of whipped cream cheese get the whipped one so much easier to mix obviously we got 2 tablespoons of powdered sug oo and we got a four of a teaspoon of vanilla so you’re going to mix all them together this is going to be it’s like a cream cheese filling M that’s what the that’s what it’s giving.
I love a cream cheese filling she’s sticking to the bottom oh oh okay sorry sorry I’m getting the table dirty it’s just cleaned you can put these on a little shuder board that would be really sweet that would be really a dessert board if you will a little holiday dessert so now I’m just going to be making and Julia’s cutting my family.
They they would eat these up yeah they would eat these up they love anything festive anything festive themes holiday es a little treat it’s like strawberries and cream can even make these with your kids you know you can cut the strawberries don’t let them do the knife work but they can do this they do this.
It might be a little messy that looks really nice that looks creamy yeah it looks like it looks like fluff yes kind of looks like fluff was I going to say oh also I mean I’m going to a Christmas party tonight you can also bring them to any of your your Christmas parties to impress the guests you guys are going to be eating good yeah PJ party right it’s.
A PJ’s party we’re going to wear PJs and everyone has to bring a cookie that’s sweet my mom is also doing a cookie exchange how fun but she doesn’t Bak so she’s bringing the sweet Lauren and they’re they’re vegan as well as gluten-free so um you can actually eat them raw well I’m bringing something that we made yesterday here our little.
Peppermint bark we made vanilla peppermint bark yesterday and it was delicious stay tuned on our blog for that yeah that’s coming soon this month really yummy but I was like I’m going to bring that because it was delicious okay I think this is I think she’s good so now perfect now you can use a piping a proper Piping Bag with a proper piping.
Tip if you’re feeling fancy we’re using a bag a little gallon bag we’re going to shove her in there okay this might be a two people job and then we’re going to cut a little we’re going to snip a little corner and then we’re going to pipe her on so the the cream is basically going to be Santa’s little body his beard his.
Beard SL the mids section of his body and the tip of his hat and the tip of his little hat sweet I’m hoping this works I think it’ll be cute can I can I give it a smell you can give it a taste if you want to lick the spoon okay I was going to okay smells cute give it a taste is it cream cheesy or is it sweets.
Cream cheesy sweet it is a little cream cheesy if it were me I would add more sugar add more sugar I just like I like sweet things do we want to add more sugar I’m gonna say stick with the recipe okay if you like sweeter things then add a little bit more I would add another tablespoon of sugar if it were me I I just like a sweet treat that it.
Has a nice balance of sweet and salt though okay so I think with the strawberry it might be more balanced so balance but the feeling on its own not bad okay there’s also I got a little powder sugar on me we’re also going to be putting icing on it so might sweeten a little bit as well okay sweet I can cut the tip cut the tip you cut it okay.
Yes I’m scared yeah oh wow that was really an okay I don’t want to to be to be are you guys watching Christmas movies tonight that’s a great question what would be your goto what’s your go-to Christmas movie I mean the first one I watch this season like and usually every season is elf like that’s it’s a classic it’s so it’s so.
Quotable yeah like I know the most about it poking you okay should we go for it yeah do it okay how I would yeah I would just go oh cute I yeah just go a little ciry okay I’ll let you top okay so now he gets his little hat you could also make Mrs claws ones look with.
Eyelashes sweet oh I keep stabbing you I’m sorry I say might been too much on that one wait let’s flip her so I can get the hats on my side I’m trying to make like a a little bit of a decorative a little bit of a Decor no a piping tip would make it a little a little bit more festive yeah I’m some of.
These are are lacking a point they’re more just rounded so but that’s okay what about this what about my scalloped oh okay I don’t know we’re trying things oh wow what is that nothing okay it’s nothing I felt that wait they’re so cute have you seen the new Netflix holiday movies with.
Lindsay Lohan the one about there’s one with um hot Frosty I think it’s called where it’s a snowman who turns into a real this one might need a little bit more a real person no I’ve never heard of this and he defrosts and he has to like learn everything from scratch I never heard of her thank you we’ll have to check out the the Netflix holiday.
Section I’m sure we’re going to be watching movies tonight but the main thing is we’re going to be making like a as we have on our on our blog that just came out this month sorry a booy hot chocolate booy hot chocolate y booy hot chocolate and yeah eating cookies I don’t know what else I’m.
Bringing the peppermint bark I hope that there’s going to be actual food and not just sweets cuz sometimes you go to a Christmas party and everyone’s just baked and I’m like where’s where’s the where’s the dinner well or what are we eating listen I went to one of your parties with your friends and let’s just say their cooking is amazing I they love.
To cook they love to make things they love to the vegan meatballs were the star of the night besides you cuz it was your birthday it was my birthday part um what was I going to say that’s actually my friend’s mom’s recipe wow so a family recipe will never do you dirty yeah she she’s a queen do you think she can make us gluten-free things she probably can.
She makes a lot of vegan okay we’ll put her to the test okay we’ll have her mom on gluten-free Friday oh sorry I’m sorry I’m getting creme all over me it’s it’s not a bad I’ll lick it off it’s not a bad place all right you know I could have probably done a little bit wait how did we end up with one oh I didn’t put.
One on one I was like I was like what’s going on okay we to put that one we’ll keep it here yeah this one got a big top sorry Big Top a little lopsided okay okay sweet now what do we do so do you want to do the nose or the eyes um I’ll do the nose you do the eyeballs so you’re going you’re going to have red food coloring gel and black food.
Coloring gel okay and they’re going to have you use chocolate chips yeah or chocolate chips like little baby mini minis little chocolate chip eyes or little black icing eyes and a little red nose Okay so let’s figure out how we’re going to do this oh well you messing it out okay he’s crying yeah this one is this one no it’s his little oh it’s it’s.
His tie it actually kind of looks like him yes I’m going to get a paper towel okay can I practice one you can practice you going to do eyes and nose both with red both with red oh she’s looking a little spooky to be honest that’s scary Santa I think he’s cute do you guys think he’s.
Cute the problem with this is It’s So runny should we try the chocolate chips I don’t think we have a little baby teeny teensies can we do the regular just have big eyes wait if I like just really do it really good oh well it’s not even open that could be my my first.
Problem that’s okay okay why is it screaming at me okay there you go cute nose oh oh oh okay now we know oh Santa wait he looks a little messed up I’m sorry it’s exact science it doesn’t they don’t have to be perfect that one.
Was on me they don’t have to be perfect look at all the the black I didn’t even know they made black food coloring it’s actually cookie icing you know I should maybe shake it I give a shake okay here’s his nose okay maybe if I shake it it’ll get thicker okay imagine just going everywhere.
Okay he’s screaming kind of looks like a snowman yeah he’s melting in a Santa outfit he’s kind of cute okay that’s that’s sweet cute cute that’s cute um okay I don’t know if the decorating is my forte yeah we’re not doing we’re not we’re not this one’s a little thin I think the gel the gel food coloring I don’t know this.
One is thin as well maybe do the chocolate chips as the eyeballs that’s that’s creepy I think we should just eat one we could just eat one so you can use your imagination and just not do the the eyes and the nose or if you have like a thicker gel I’m sure the the when you buy them fresh they’re probably yeah thick this is not a fresh.
One yeah so same with this but you could also use chocolate chips just do the would be cute too you get creative yeah get creative use sprinkles let the kids do whatever you want do whatever you want okay you you go which one do you want I want this one I think you go you go for that one I was eyeballing that one but I’m going to go for this.
One well you can have this no no no I took this one how how do we want to eat it I’m going to do this oh okay we’re doing like a splitting apart I’m going to do that it’s like an Oreo or gluten-free Oreo or a cupcake like when you do the cupcake and this is IC I’ve seen that and people like cut it in half and they oh my gosh.
Okay well Cheers Cheers oh it does smell cream cheesy M mhm yummy that’s yummy I do say more sugar one more tablespoon of sugar maybe even more mhm taste as you go taste as you go cuz you the.
Strawberry is sweet is sweet but the cream cheese flavor is very prevalent it is and that’s not a problem I like cream cheese it’s not bad me too but if you want it sweet add more pwy chy add more powdered sugar that’s the translation yeah nothing I say on this is right no every sing Everything has an abbreviation every single episode I.
Think every glutenfree Friday SE something has an abbreviation for something that we make yeah they’re something yeah I think that’s I think they’re sweet um last week with our little Christmas trees this week with our Santa you know the creativity it’s all in the Christmas spirit yeah the vision and the magic is in the Christmas.
Spirit yeah um but close your eyes and like squint like it’s Santa yeah Santa’s here we do have a very special week planned next week oh yes sorry I’m like what’s next week so next should we reveal yeah let’s reveal okay so next week we did this last year I think it was before it was like Thanksgiving time though I don’t think it was right before.
Christmas it was around some the holidays sometime yeah so we’re doing another holiday drink off it’s not going to be us though it’s gonna be Angela and her friend a special guest special guest is a bartender m/ somal yes I don’t know maybe some one of the other I don’t know but she’s got something she she hasn’t even really told us she’s cooking up.
Something she’s doing a craft cocktail um Angela kind of gave her us a sneak peek of what she’s thinking about doing guys it’s cute festive drinks they will be alcoholic you can make them also mocktails we’ll be doing that we’ll be in our Christmas spirit we’re going to have our little holiday party and we’re going to be judging it’s going to be.
Angela and her friend and me Julia and Claire as judges so you’ll see all of us well we’ll be judging and we are not going to go easy yeah we’re going to be we’re going to pick a winner and then also in the comments y’all can comment who who you think want we we love a Christmas drink yeah so yeah drink drink off yeah drink off um nothing better to.
Ring in the holiday season than a little competition it brings out the best of people right then we have our holiday party right after yeah we will be drinking those the drinkies and we will be driving safely we will we will we’ll Uber home yeah we can ubering but anyway enjoy your special.
Festive snacks and we’ll see you guys next week yeah we’ll see you guys next week well you we’ll see you for a a smidgen but you’ll see Angela and her friend for making fun drinks so look forward to that let them know what drinks you want them to make in the comments cuz they’re still maybe are undecided I don’t know but yeah so we’ll.
See you guys next week for a drink off yeah bye bye
