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Cheesy Chicks Easter Appetizer
Prep Time 20 minutes
Servings 1 dozen
Ingredients
- 6 oz shredded cheddar cheese
- 12 oz cream cheese
- 1/4 cup ground almonds
- Lemon salt
- freshly ground black pepper to taste
- 1 large carrot
- 12 round crackers
- 24 peppercorns
Instructions
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Chop the carrot into coins.
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Cut approx. 24 feet and 12 beaks from the carrot strips.
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Mix the cream cheese and ground almonds.
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Season with kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste.
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Lay out 12 crackers on a serving platter.
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Place a set of carrot feet at the front edge of each cracker.
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Place the shredded cheddar in a shallow bowl.
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Using moistened hands, form 12 balls from the cream cheese mixture.
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Dredge balls in grated cheese.
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Push in the beak and the peppercorn eyes.
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Place on a cracker with the feet showing in front.
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Serve.