Easy Ladybug Cracker Appetizers
Adorable easy ladybug cracker appetizers with flavored cream cheese, crisp lettuce, and cherry tomatoes. A no bake party snack for gatherings.
- Prep Time: 30 min
- Cook Time: 0 min
- Total Time: 30 min
- Yield: 36 1x
- Category: Appetizer
- Method: no cook no bake
Ingredients
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- 36 savory crackers (or Ritz or salty crackers)
- 6 oz (170 g)cream cheese
- 1/2 cup of Greek yogurt (or sour Cream)
- 3 teaspoons of minced chives
- 1/4 teaspoon of garlic salt
- 2 Tablespoons of minced fresh ground parsley or 1 of dried parsley
- 18 red cherry tomatoes, cut in quarters (or grape tomatoes)
- 18 black olives, pitted and halved.
- 72 fresh chive pieces (about 1/2 to 1 inch. long for antennas)
- sesame seeds (for eyes) or use the cream cheese.
- lettuce leaves
Instructions
- In a medium bowl, add your cream cheese and Greek yogurt, mix them together well until nice and smooth.
- Add in your ground chives and parsley with the garlic salt and mix in further to combine all together.
- Spread some cream cheese over the crackers, place a piece of lettuce on the cream cheese of each cracker.
- Place two pieces of tomatoes on the cream cheese to represent the lady bugs wings. Take one half of the olive and add it to the front of the wings (tomato). With the open end facing the wings and this will be the head.
- Use your chives sprigs for two antennas, and place in front of the olives.
- To make the spots use sesame seeds or you can dot them with your cream cheese mixture. (much easier) Add a few on the red tomato (wings) and make two eyes on the olives.
- Serve for snacks or appetizers on holidays or any event.