The dental school had a holiday party last night and in one of the emails concerning the party they said “Feel free to bring a dessert if you like to bake”. Even though I got this message the night before, I put my game face on and got creative with the ingredients I already had in the apartment. Since our winter break starts at 12PM today (wahooooooo!), I had a lot of strawberries to eat before I left and knew I could put the little ones to good use:
So cute, and so so easy. I highly recommend you to bring these to any holiday party in the coming days. Your friends and family will go crazy for them, I know mine did! Check out this picture my friend Alyssa snapped about 15 minutes after we arrived at the party (note the clear cake plate I had the Santa hats on):
Those cookies in the back right were mine too, and they were definitely delicious, but not as visually enticing as these adorable santa hats. I’ll be sure to share the recipe for those molasses-gingerbread cookies later! Apparently everyone really, really likes strawberries, most of the chocolate covered strawberries are gone too. Unfortunately they are quite expensive this time of year, but I recommend splurging once and impressing your guests!
Did I mention how easy these were yet? Bake some brownie mix in mini muffin tins, top them with strawberries, and decorate with piped melted white chocolate or buttercream. Beautiful and impressive, go make them now!
Santa Hat Brownie Bites
Adapted from The Crafty Kook
1 box brownie mix
24 small strawberries
2 cups white chocolate chips
– Preheat oven to 350 degrees and grease 1 mini-muffin pan
– Prepare brownie mix according to box’s instructions and fill cavities 3/4 of the way full (I had some leftover brownie mix that I just baked off as regular brownies because I didn’t have enough strawberries)
– Bake for 25 minutes, or until cake tester comes out clean
– Let brownies cool and use this time to hull and clean the strawberries
– Once cool, place strawberries upside down onto brownie bites
– Melt white chocolate in a double boiler and transfer into a piping bag
– Pipe a ring around the base and a small dot on top — work quickly, the white chocolate can dry fast and clog up your tip!
2 weeks off from school = lots and lots of baking, keep checking back for yummy recipes!
Erica, I am glad you made my Strawberry Santa Hats on Chocolate Brownie Cake and that they were a success! Those are some of my favorite treats to bake. I like how you adapted it and used melted white chocolate chips instead of buttercream frosting.
Just a heads up – you should always credit the original recipe on your blog (or any other websites where you have posted it) to avoid copyright infringement. Editing this post, and your entry on TastyKitchen.com, to add “Adapted from The Crafty Kook” will be sufficient (including the link to the original recipe on my blog: http://www.thecraftykook.com/2009/12/strawberry-santa-hats-on-ganache.html).
Thank you!
River
That was the fastest reply ever! Thank you for adding the link, and I hope you are having an awesome 2010! :-)
These have to be the cutest things I have seen a long time!! Love them and looking forward to making them this Christmas!!!
tanks for this recipe Im so going to try these as I live in New Zealand strawberries are in season at christmas.
Your look so beautiful.
I love these santa cupcakes! Cutest thing ever! I am not a sweet tooth per say (sorry!)… BUT these are just too cute to resist! My boys will have so much fun making these! Thanks!!!
So I definitely made these for a party last night and they were a huge hit, thanks for the idea! But since I was running low on time, I decided to use Cool Whip instead of making frosting, and it worked great! I think they looked better too because the white part was fluffier. Great idea, thanks!
@Resplendent Dreamer, i was thinking to use cool whip from a can(did u)? it didnt melt?
thanks,
stacey
Just made these tonight. Used jell-o no bake cheesecake and they’re DELICIOUS!! Thx for the recipe!
How adorable! This is a must for the holidays!
I don’t have a piping bag or a double boiler. I was thinking of using icing that’s in a spray can for the white part. Has anyone tried this or have any suggestions of what else to use?
Put your frosting in a sandwich bag, or ziploc type bag. Seal it and the just snip the bottom corner of, instant pipping bag. Just toss when done, no clean up.
How cute and creative… I’ll definitely be trying these soon. Absolutely perfect for the holiday season.
xo,
Katie
wonderful thank you. use buttercream frosting?
You can use whatever kind of frosting or chocolate you want! Even whipped cream or cool whip if you’re in a rush. As far as not having a double boiler, just place a heat-proof bowl over a pot of simmering water or microwave the white chocolate in 30 second intervals. Good luck!
How do you transport them in a car?
I am planning to make these tonight for a party tomorrow and I was wondering if the strawberries will be soggy and perhaps I should wait to do this tomorrow. My 2nd question is, Which TASTES better? buttercream frosting or melted white chocolate?
Beautiful and so festive. I will feture it as article of the week today, just a thumb and link to your website post, if you don’t mind.
Have a wondeful weekend, Margot
Such a cute idea! I’ll have to keep it in mind:) along with the billion other things I’m trying to keep in mind right now!
These are so darn cute! LOVE them!
Love these! Just shared them on our Fun Finds Friday… http://kitchenfunwithmy3sons.blogspot.com/2011/12/fun-finds-friday_09.html
Cutie-patootie!
Just in time for the holidays, I’ve just GOT to share on my party blog, today….thanks and Cheers!
http://pinkpartyblogspot.com
Your ideas are so amazing!! Thanks
My daughter fell in love with these as soon as we saw them posted on Pinterest, and we made them tonight for her Girl Scout party! Thank you for the inspiration!
i fell in love with these cute brownies. ♥ I’m going to make them for Christmas.
Best wishes from Germany.
So excited to make these as treats for the kiddies during our annual gingerbread house decorating party! Going to try homemade lemon buttercream with a Wilton star tip.
Great idea- and here in Australia we are having summer so strawberries are fairly cheap! thanks – and we dont have all those canned things like you so we will have to settle for melted choc or buttercream icing.
LOL! The Krafty Cook’s website is in Japanese! Too funny! :)
Making these for Christmas Eve, thanks to both of you! :)
Making these for christmas!!!
I made these with the icing in a spray can and everyone loved them. Be careful if you make them a head of time because the strawberries will run down the icing.
Totally making these with ‘krispie’ bottoms! Thanks
Just went to the Crafty Kook too….even thought I’d translate it …. lol….has NO mention of brownies never mind and “K”ooking :D unless there is something in “Shizuoka tombstone/grave” :/
So I tried the site link River posted in her very first comment and this is URL is no longer found.
BUT I searched she can now be found at “wingitvegan” so http://wingitvegan.blogspot.com.au/2008/12/christmas-morning-pancakes-and.html :D
Thank you so much, Sarah! I am so grateful that you looked me up! I guess I should have kept the Crafty Kook domain name, but I didn’t think ahead. I hope you love the Santa Hats too if you make them! :)
Hi, my son helped make these for his school Christmas dessert assignment to take to school last week. We had a lot of trouble with the white chocolate. It was too warm and just ran everywhere… any tips?
Carolyn instead of white chocolate use read whip from the can i found they taste better and it doesn’t run! Hope this is helpful!!
Is “Kooky Vegan” insinuating she’s the first ever to think of flipping a strawberry upside down and making it into a santa hat? My Great Grandmother used to do this and put them on her cheesecakes around the holidays! Ridiculous. Erica, while you were sweet to do so, if you didn’t get this recipe from said nut job you don’t have to add anything to your post. She didn’t “invent” this idea…haha! Merry Christmas!!
Diane, I was thinking the same thing. I like how “Kook” said “thanks for making my recipie”! I have been making this dessert since the 90’s with buttercream . I flipped the strawberries and made them Santa hats. Did “Kook” invent cupcakes too?! Like Diane said, flipping strawberries to look like santa hats is not a new thing. FYI, I just tried white chocolate for the first time. Yum!
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My grandma used to make these with cream frosting. That vegan chick is way over her head. In fact, I think SHE is infringing on my grandmas copyright.
These are better than the original recipe! Thank you!
Great idea and very cute! Just one question… can I put these in the fridge until ready to serve or can they be kept at room temp? Thank you!
Erica — November 11th, 2016 @ 9:23 am
I would suggest keeping them in the fridge. They can be left out during a party though!
Absolutely super tasty, and it is really easy to make. can I put these in the fridge until ready. https://gharelutotke.com/hepatitis-ka-ilaj-in-hindi/
Do you bake “cake” like or “fudge” like brownies?
Fail for me…. The white chocolate was so melted and just went everywhere! Needless to say they became chocolate covered strawberries and brownie bites