Lil Penguins Appetizers

by Maria R
(Wichita, KS )

Lil Penguins Appetizers

Lil Penguins Appetizers

These are as easy as they are adorable! They are always a hit especially at baby showers.

Things You’ll Need:
* 18 Jumbo pitted ripe Olives
* 1 package (8-ounce)firm cream cheese
* 18 small pitted ripe Olives
* 1 carrot(at least 16 inches long and 1-inch diameter)
* toothpicks


First you will need to fill the penguins "bellies" with cream cheese. To do so, cut a slit lengthwise down each of the Jumbo olives on one side. Insert cream cheese through the top hole of the olive or through the slit that you just cut. Then you should be able to just pipe the cream cheese right into the olive I use a baby spoon and it works perfecto!

Now for the feet. Take your carrot and cut it into eighteen 1/4 inch rounds. Cut a "notch" or a triangle out of each round of carrot. Now the feet are ready to go! (save the triangle pieces you cut out to make beaks)

Next you make the heads. Take the small olives put them on their sides and insert the small carrot triangles that you cut out in the previous steps right into the olive. They should go in easily and be stay secure in the olive. If needed cut down the pieces so they fit better.

Now you get to assemble your penguin, the easiest way is to start from top to bottom. Take your toothpick and insert it into your penguin "heads" with their beaks facing outwards. Insert your penguins body onto the toothpick with the open cream cheese section facing outwards as well, and then stick on your feet.

These little guys are almost too cute to eat!
If you want to get really creative you can make a little igloo
out of cheese, or little snow hills out of dip or even a pool of blue jello to display them on.



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