Ladybug Appetizers - cooking recipe

Ingredients

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)

Preparation

In a small mixing bowl, beat the cream cheese until smooth.
Add sour cream, chives, parsley and garlic salt; mix well.
Place 1 tablespoon in a small plastic bag and tint black; set aside.
Spread remaining cream cheese mixture on 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.