Ingredients
6 ounces cream cheese, softened1/2 cup sour creamBlack paste food coloring3 teaspoons minced chives1/4 teaspoon garlic salt2 tablespoons minced fresh parsley36 butter-flavored crackers18 cherry tomatoes, quartered18 large pitted ripe olives72 fresh chive pieces (about 1-1/2 inches long)
Preparation
In a small bowl, beat cream cheese and sour cream until smooth. Remove 2 tablespoons to a small bowl and tint black. Place tinted cream cheese mixture in a small plastic bag; set aside.
Add the chives, garlic salt and parsley to the remaining cream cheese mixture. Spread over 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.
