Not to be sacreligious or anything, but I am not a huge fan of all sweets on the holidays, not even chocolate. I prefer salt and fat - lol.

For a Christmas party I'm going to, I want to create some sort of pastry, cut it out with cookie cutters like sugar cookies, and decorate it with, say, cream cheese colored with paprika or turmeric or avocado paste or whatever, flavored with different things, piped on just like you would on a gingerbread man or something...using bits of olive for eyes, etc.

Any suggestions for the "frosting" so far as colors and flavors and ingredients go? Any other suggestion of things to decorate them with? Any pastry suggestions? I want these to look a lot like real sugar cookies. Thanks.