Here Comes Santa Sundae

Fri, Dec 23, 2011

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HO! HO! HO! and Merry Christmas from my itsy bitsy foodies family to yours.

My older son just turned three years old and this is the first year that he has really keyed into Santa Claus. He is intrigued, obsessed, curious and excited. Every knock on the door leads to whoops and hollers: is it Santa Claus?! So, I thought it would be fun to make him a Santa Claus ice cream sundae.

This is a quick, easy and festive dessert that can also become a fun art project for your older kids. I decided to keep the design simple, with a Santa Claus hat ice cream cone and a paper belt adorning the red paper cup. Use the ice cream of your choice. Happy Holidays!

Here Comes Santa Sundae

Recipe Type: Dessert

Author: Itsy Bitsy Foodies

Prep time: 30 mins

Total time: 30 mins

Serves: 1+

This Santa Claus Sundae is a quick, easy and festive dessert that can also be a fun art project for your older kids.

Ingredients

Ice cream
Sugar ice cream cones
Red Wilton candy melts
Red sprinkles, optional
Buttercream frosting, homemade whipped cream or melted white chocolate
Red paper cups
Black and yellow construction paper

Instructions

Ice Cream Cone Santa Hat

Melt the red candy melts in a tall cup.
Swirl the cone into the melted candy, using a spoon to help coat the entire outside of the cone. {You can hold the cone by the bottom rim because it will be covered by a rim of frosting or whipped cream.}
Tap off the excess chocolate.
Sprinkle the red chocolate with red sprinkles if desired.
Stand the cone on a sheet of waxed paper and let it harden.
Using an icing piping bag, pipe buttercream frosting, whipped cream or melted white chocolate along the bottom rim of the cone and add a poof at the top of the cone.

Santa Claus Cup

Cut a thick strip of black construction paper for Santa’s belt and tape it around the center of the cup using double-stick tape.
Tape a yellow belt buckle in the center of the black strip of paper.

Santa Claus Sundae