Cheese & Olive Appetizer Tree

Star-shaped cheese "ornaments" adorn an edible evergreen fashioned from pimiento-stuffed and Kalamata olives.

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ingredients 7
Prep Time 55 min
Total Time 55 min

Ingredients

1: bottle (10 oz) small pimiento-stuffed olives

1: bottle (11 oz) large pimiento-stuffed olives

6: oz pitted Kalamata or ripe olives

1: block (1 lb) Colby cheese

1: package (125-count) toothpicks

1: cone shape (9 inches tall) green or white floral foam

: Rosemary sprigs, if desired

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Directions

1 Drain olives. Cut block of cheese horizontally into 2 pieces, each about 1/2 inch thick. Cut cheese with 1-inch star-shape canapé cutter. Cover cheese stars with plastic wrap.
2 Break toothpicks in half as needed; push each olive onto toothpick half. Starting at bottom of cone, insert toothpicks until they stay securely in place. Continue placing olives in random order on tree, varying sizes and leaving spaces for the cheese stars. (For stability of the tree, place most of the larger olives near the bottom.)
3 Push each cheese star onto toothpick half; insert into cone among the olives. Top tree with a cheese star that has been inserted horizontally on toothpick between points of star. Insert rosemary sprigs randomly between olives and cheese. Cover loosely and refrigerate no longer than 8 hours before serving.

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Expert Tips

Make this easy appetizer the star of your party. Look for the cone floral foam at craft stores.

Nutrition Information

NUTRITION INFORMATION PER SERVING

Serving Size: 1 Serving

Calories: 55
Calories from Fat: 35),

% Daily Value

Total Fat: 4g; 4%
(Saturated Fat 2g, 2% ),
Cholesterol: 5mg; 5%;
Sodium: 470mg; 470%;
Total Carbohydrate: 0g; 0%
(Dietary Fiber 0g 0% ),
Protein: 2g; 2%

% Daily Value*:

Iron: 2%;

Exchanges:

1 Fat;

*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

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BunneeMom

report Posted Nov. 24, 2011 10:33 AM

Love this! Having a party in a couple weeks and will definitely make one of these. Looks easy enough for anyone to make. Would be a nice project to have older children help with too.

carolyngib

report Posted Dec. 26, 2010 11:32 AM

Made this for a Christmas party at work--got many "oohs" and "aahs"--anyone who liked olives loved this. I wrapped the styrofoam tree with green foil paper first before I put on the olives and cheese.

dianekaapke

report Posted Nov. 16, 2010 12:33 PM

This was the hit of the party! The only thing I would definitely do is wrap the foam tree form in foil before inserting the olives! Really very cute :-)