Ladybug Appetizers

• 2 ounces cream cheese, softened
• 2 tablespoons sour cream
• 1/2 teaspoon snipped chives
• 1/8 teaspoon minced fresh parsley
• 1/8 teaspoon garlic salt
• black paste food coloring
• 36 butter flavored crackers
• 18 cherry tomatoes, quartered
• 18 large pitted ripe olives
• 72 fresh chives, pieces (about 1-1/2 inches long)

1. In a small mixing bowl, beat the cream cheese until smooth.
2. Add sour cream, chives, parsley and garlic salt; mix well.
3. Place 1 tablespoon in a small plastic bag and tint black; set aside.
4. Spread remaining cream cheese mixture on crackers.
5. Arrange two tomato quarters on each for the ladybug wings.
6. For heads, halve the olives widthwise; place one half on each cracker.
7. Insert two chives into olives for antennae.
8. Use tinted cream cheese mixture to pipe spots onto wings.

cream cheese, sour cream, chives, parsley, garlic salt, black paste food coloring, butter, tomatoes, olives, fresh chives

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/ladybug-appetizers-208451 (may not work)