Creative fall or Halloween snack recipe ready in just 20 minutes! Arrange red bell pepper over cream cheese and tomato pesto mixture on celery stalks to resemble fire ants on a wood log.
Fire Ants on a Log
- Prep Time 20 min
- Total 20 min
- Servings 24
- Ingredients 8
Ingredients
- 6 oz (from 8-oz package) cream cheese, softened, cut into cubes
- 2 tablespoons refrigerated sun-dried tomato pesto
- 1 teaspoon lemon juice
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- 1/8 teaspoon ground red pepper (cayenne)
- 16 stalks celery, cut into 2 1/2-inch pieces
- 2 tablespoons finely chopped red bell pepper
Instructions
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Step1In food processor, place cream cheese, pesto, lemon juice, salt, black pepper and red pepper. Cover; process until smooth.
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Step2Spoon mixture into quart-size resealable food-storage plastic bag; seal bag. Cut off small corner of bag; twist bag above cheese mixture. Squeeze bag to pipe cheese mixture into celery pieces. Arrange bell pepper pieces on filling to look like ants. Serve or refrigerate.
Nutrition
35
Calories
3g
Total Fat
1g
Protein
2g
Total Carbohydrate
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Serving
- Calories
- 35
- Total Fat
- 3g
- 0%
- Saturated Fat
- 1 1/2g
- 0%
- Sodium
- 95mg
- 0%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 2g
- 0%
- Dietary Fiber
- 1g
- 0%
- Protein
- 1g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 0%
- 0%
- Vitamin C
- 0%
- 0%
- Calcium
- 0%
- 0%
- Iron
- 0%
- 0%
Exchanges:
1/2 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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