Ingredients
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2 ounces cream cheese, softened
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2 tablespoons sour cream
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1/2 teaspoon snipped chives
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1/8 teaspoon minced fresh parsley
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1/8 teaspoon garlic salt
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36 butter flavored crackers
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18 cherry tomatoes, quartered
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18 large pitted ripe olives
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72 fresh chives, pieces (about 1-1/2 inches long)
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black paste food coloring
Instructions
- In a small mixing bowl, beat the cream cheese until smooth.
- Add sour cream, chives, parsley and garlic salt; mix well.
- Place 1 tablespoon in a small plastic bag and tint black; set aside.
- Spread remaining cream cheese mixture on crackers.
- Arrange two tomato quarters on each for the ladybug wings.
- For heads, halve the olives widthwise; place one half on each cracker.
- Insert two chives into olives for antennae.
- Use tinted cream cheese mixture to pipe spots onto wings.