Making banana and strawberry Santas is an easy, tasty and fun festive activity for kids. Even toddlers can get involved in making their own healthy Santa Claus to snack on this Christmas.
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There's nothing we love more than creating some fun, healthy snacks here at Sneaky Veg.
There are so many reasons to love them:
- mainly made of fruit
- a fun simple activity that the kids can make themselves - even toddlers
- easy to adapt for dietary requirements eg use vegan yoghurt, replace chocolate spread with currants or a black icing tube
- cute to look at
- tasty to eat.
Get your kids to make them
Why not get your kids to make their own strawberry and banana Santas?
At the mini chefs toddler cooking classes that I teach, little ones as young as 18 months old have had fun making (and eating) these.
Cooking with kids is an invaluable way to get them to try new foods as well as learn some important life skills.
There's no actual cooking required to make these Santas. However, kids will still learn from the experience as they'll need to:
- slice the fruit
- spoon on the yoghurt
- pipe on the eyes - good for fine motor skills
- taste the different foods and textures.
Making ahead
These strawberry Santas are best eaten immediately.
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Ingredients
For full recipe, ingredients and quantities go to the printable recipe card at the end of this post.
To make three strawberry Santas you will need:
- 3 strawberries
- ½ banana
- 2 tablespoons thick yoghurt eg coconut, oat or Greek-style yoghurt
- 1 teaspoon chocolate spread - you could also use black writing icing* (the kind that comes in a tube) or currants or chocolate chips pressed into the banana
Equipment
To make your strawberry Santas you will just need a knife, a spoon and a chopping board.
If using chocolate spread to make your eyes you can either carefully spoon on a bit or use a piping bag*.
How to make strawberry Santas
For full recipe, ingredients and quantities go to the printable recipe card at the end of this post.
1. Remove the leaves from your strawberries and cut a slice from the leaf end. Place on a plate or board.
2. Put ½ tablespoon yoghurt on top of the strawberry slice.
3. Add a banana slice to the top.
4. Use writing icing or chocolate spread in a piping bag to make eyes (or press a chocolate chip or currant into the banana - make a small hole with a skewer first)
5. Next add the rest of the strawberry to the top so it resembles a Santa hat.
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Strawberry Santas
Equipment
- Knife
- Piping bag or tube (optional)
Ingredients
- 3 strawberries
- ½ banana
- 2 tablespoons thick yoghurt eg oat yoghurt or Greek-style yoghurt
- 1 teaspoon chocolate spread or use writing icing, currants or chocolate chips*
Instructions
- Remove the leaves from your strawberries and cut a slice from the leaf end. Place on a plate or board.
- Put ½ tablespoon yoghurt on top of the strawberry slice.
- Add a banana slice to the top.
- Next add the rest of the strawberry to the top so it resembles a Santa hat.
- Pipe or spoon the chocolate spread (see notes for alternatives) on to the banana for eyes.
- Serve immediately.
Notes
- You could also make eyes using currants or chocolate chips. Make a small shallow hole in the banana slice using a skewer or point of a knife and gently press them in.
- Nutritional information is approximate and is intended as a guide only.
Nutrition
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