Ladybug Appetizers

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 2 ounces cream cheese, softened
• 2 tablespoons sour cream
• 1/2 teaspoon snipped chives
• 1/8 teaspoon minced fresh parsley
• 1/8 teaspoon garlic salt
• black paste food coloring
• 36 butter flavored crackers
• 18 cherry tomatoes, quartered
• 18 large pitted ripe olives
• 72 fresh chives, pieces (about 1-1/2 inches long)

Recipe

• 1 in a small mixing bowl, beat the cream cheese until smooth.
• 2 add sour cream, chives, parsley and garlic salt; mix well.
• 3 place 1 tablespoon in a small plastic bag and tint black; set aside.
• 4 spread remaining cream cheese mixture on crackers.
• 5 arrange two tomato quarters on each for the ladybug wings.
• 6 for heads, halve the olives widthwise; place one half on each cracker.
• 7 insert two chives into olives for antennae.
• 8 use tinted cream cheese mixture to pipe spots onto wings.