These Mini Cheesecake Bites are Shaped Like Santa’s Favorite Hat!
Grab a store-bought cheesecake and make these adorable Santa hat mini cheesecake bites that’ll bring instant holiday cheer.
Bring a little North Pole charm to your party with easy cheesecake bites! 🎅
If you want a holiday dessert that is adorable, delicious, and simple to make, these strawberry cheesecake bites treats are perfect. They look fancy but they are surprisingly easy thanks to a biscuit cutter, a store-bought cheesecake, and a little whipped cream for the finishing touches.
Hip Tip: This is the first time I have tried the cheesecake from Walmart, and I was honestly very impressed with the creamy texture and flavor for under $6 each! Highly recommend.
How to Make Cheesecake Bites
Start with a chilled cheesecake so it holds its shape. Use a round biscuit cutter in whatever size you like. I used the smallest one in my set. Press the cutter straight down into the cheesecake to create clean circles. These circles will be the base of your Santa hats.
Prepare your strawberries by cutting the tops flat. Place a strawberry upside down onto each cheesecake round so the point becomes the top of the hat. Add whipped cream around the bottom edge of the strawberry to create the fluffy hat trim. Add a tiny swirl of whipped cream on top for the pom pom.
Santa Hat Mini Cheesecake Bites
yield: 18 SERVINGS
prep time: 15 MINUTES
total time: 15 MINUTES
Whipped cream, strawberries, and cheesecake create the cutest Christmas bites.
Ingredients
Directions
1
Use the biscuit cutter to cut pieces of the cheesecake into small circular bites. Place them on a platter. Add whipped cream to the top.
2
Slice the tops of the strawberries off. Place them on top of the cheesecake with the pointy side up.
3
Finish with a little more whipped cream on the very top. Enjoy!
More tips for making Santa hat cheesecake bites:
- Be sure to add the whipped cream and compile right before serving as it tends to start weeping quickly. As an alternative, you could use a white frosting.
- If you spray the biscuit cutter with nonstick spray first, there is less sticking.
Don’t waste the scraps of cheesecake. Make an easy dip!
All I did was add it to a mixing bowl with about a tablespoon or two of heavy whipping cream and used a hand mixer to whip it together. I topped it with chocolate chips and used graham crackers for dippers. This honestly turned out amazing and was a big hit.
I may even do this in the future without making the hats! We loved it so much. You could also consider adding fresh strawberries as dippers. The graham cracker crust in the cheesecake added to the delclious flavor!
Make perfect cut-out sugar cookies this year using this easy recipe!
Lina, you always make cute foody items.
Going to have to try this for my potluck next month. Thanks for the cute idea.
Oh thanks so much and I am so glad you are liking this! Enjoy April! ❤️
Looks really tasty. I imagine the “scraps” are fun to nibble on too, while making the hats. Or save them for a chocolate fountain/dip set up.
Lina made a yummy dip with the leftovers, but I love the idea of dipping them in a chocolate fountain too! 🍓
Oh, this is so cute!
Glad you enjoyed this one Cinye! Thanks for stopping by!