With the festive season in full swing, we thought we’d kick things up a notch and share our two easy & extremely delicious Christmas recipes that anyone can make – we know, we’ve been trying them out all week! Strawberry Santas Ingredients: Fresh strawberries Chocolate buttons Coconut cream or any vegan cream – it must contain fat so plant-based milks won’t do the trick Instructions: Prep the strawberries by removing their stalks and leaves, and cutting 1/3 of the top of the strawberry. Whip the cream. Place a dollop of whipped cream in the strawberries and pop the ‘Santa hats’ back on. Place a couple of teeny tiny dots on their hats as well as bellies like in the photos (can make a piping bag to help you get neat little rounds). Finish off the Santa’s by giving them eyes in the form of two choc buttons. Tubbles: spoonable fudge Forget the trifle or pavlova this festive season and bring on Tubbles! You might be wondering ‘What in the world is a Tubble?’ Great question. Tubbles are simply balls of spoonable fudge that are frozen and dipped in chocolate. Yep, you read that right. Morish fudge balls dipped in even more chocolate. YUM! Makes: 300g of fudge Ingredients: 118g sugar 100 chocolate - good quality dark chocolate is essential, otherwise you may as well skip this one altogether and go to the next recipe. 22g vegan butter 69g coconut cream or any vegan cream – it must contain fat so plant-based milks won’t do the trick 22g Glucose syrup Extras: Chopped nuts, caramel swirl, hokey pokey chips etc. Instructions: Mix all ingredients together in a medium sized pot. Boil until the mixture reaches soft ball stage*. Remove from heat and wait until it fully cools - DO NOT STIR while hot!! Whip for 5-7 minutes until it looks dull. Mix in extras – our favourite is chunky chopped nuts and caramel swirl. This is where you can stop and eat the spoonable fudge as is. But, if you want to proceed to the extra for experts and create Tubbles, keep on reading. Scoop the fudge into little balls Dip in melted chocolate Freeze Once made, the mixture will last 2 months. We recommend storing it in a cool, sealed container in room temperature - not in your fridge or freezer. *Soft ball stage is specific terminology which references the temperature of the fudge mixture being 112-115°C (234-240℉). Nigella Lawson so kindly states that you can also test for soft ball stage by using a glass of cold water. When the fudge has boiled for about 10 minutes, start to test by dropping a little of the mixture into a glass of cold water. Leave it to cool for a little bit and then pick up the mixture – if it’s sticky and can be molded in your finders easily, it’s good to go. Discover more: Ethique Gift Guide 10 Eco-friendly gift wrapping ideas How to repurpose Christmas waste 6 ways to reduce food waste