WTF Do I Do With
Prime Time Bell Peppers ?!

1 To create the stars: Slice the sides off the colorful bell peppers. Trim the insides so that its a little more flat and even. Use a 1" and 1½" star cookie cutter to cut stars out of the different colors. You will want 9 of each size star, making 18 total. Mix and match the colors how you like.

2 Add the whipped cream cheese to a piping bag with a star shaped end. Pipe the whipped cream cheese onto 9 rice crackers in a thin, pretty layer.

3 Press a larger star onto the cream cheese. Add a small amount of cream cheese to the center of the big star, and add a smaller star on top. Repeat with all 9 crackers.

4 To create the wreaths: Slice the mini peppers into rings and remove the seeds. Pipe the cream cheese into a thin, pretty layer onto 9 crackers. Place the sliced peppers in the center. Carefully place 2 pink peppercorns at the bottom of each slice, then carefully place 2 small parsley leaves below, using the stems to stick securely into the cheese. Repeat for all 9 crackers. Tip: Use toothpicks or cocktail pins to place peppercorns and parsley.

5 To create the gifts: Spoon 1½ teaspoons of goat cheese into a square cookie cutter and evenly fill to the sides and press down to keep the goat cheese together. Gently ease up the cookie cutter, leaving a square, and transfer to a rice cracker. If you don’t have a square cookie cutter, use a knife to create the square shape. Continue until you have 10 squares of goat cheese on crackers.

6 Use kitchen scissors to cut each chive into 2 pieces the length of the square. Lay one down across the center of the goat cheese square. Cut the other in half and lay perpendicular to make a cross. Carefully, stick a teeny tiny bit of goat cheese to a pink peppercorn. Place the peppercorn in the center of the chive “ribbon.” Add 2 tiny parsley leaves on the sides.

7 Serve all appetizers together on a tray and enjoy!

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