Ladybug Appetizers

Ingredients:

• 2 oz cream cheese, softened
• 2 Tbsp. sour cream
• 1/2 tsp. snipped chives
• 1/8 tsp. minced parsley
• 1/8 tsp. garlic salt
• Black paste food coloring
• 36 butter-flavored crackers
• 18 cherry tomatoes, quartered
• 18 large pitted ripe olives
• 72 fresh chive pieces (about 1 1/2" long)
  

Directions:

1. In small bowl, beat cream cheese until smooth. Add sour cream, chives, parsley, and garlic salt; mix well.
2. Place 1 Tbsp. in small bag, tint black; set aside.
3. Spread remaining cream cheese mixture onto crackers.
4. Arrange two tomato quarters on each cracker for ladybug wings.
5. For heads, halve the olives width wise; place one half on each cracker.
6. Insert 2 chives into olives for antennae.
7. Use tinted cream cheese to pipe spots on wings.

Makes 3 dozen. Instead of making the cream cheese mixture I have used Garden Vegt Cheese Spread, or French Onion Dip. I rarely add the antennae, and our kids still know its a ladybug!