olive penguins appetizer

Massapequa Park, NY
Updated on Nov 28, 2013

I found this recipe in a magazine and forgot about it. I discovered it again in my recipe file, and decided to make it. They are so cute. My photos

prep time 30 Min
cook time
method No-Cook or Other
yield 18 penguins (or more as you wish)

Ingredients

  • 18 - jumbo black olives, pitted
  • 18 - small black olives
  • 1 package (8 oz) cream cheese, softened
  • - carrots

How To Make olive penguins appetizer

  • Step 1
    Cut a slit from top to bottom into one side of jumbo olive. Carefully insert 1 tsp. cream cheese into olive.
  • Step 2
    Cut carrots into 1/4 inch thick rounds. Cut a small notch out of each carrot slice to form feet. Save the cut out piece and press into center of small olive to form beak. If necessary cut a small slit in olive before inserting the beak.
  • Step 3
    Set a big olive, large hole side down, onto a carrot slice. Then set a small olive onto the large olive, adjusting so that the beak, cream cheese chest, and notch in the carrot slice line up. Secure with a toothpick.

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