1 (1 lb., 13 oz.) can pears
8 drops red food coloring
1/4 c. water
2 (3 oz.) pkgs. cream cheese, softened
1 tbsp. finely chopped candied ginger
Stick cinnamon

Drain pears, reserving syrup, dry on paper towel. Add food coloring to 1/4 cup water; dab on pears to tint. Combine 1 package of cream cheese with ginger, beat with enough reserved syrup to make fluffy. Use cheese mixture to fill pears hollows and to seal two pear halves together. Using other package of cream cheese in cake decorator, pipe ruffles around sealed edges of pears. Add tiny pieces of cinnamon. Makes 4 servings.