Olive Penguin

here is a step by step project that makes awesome party treats take a look

- Cream cheese block cut into thirds
- Carrots
- Jumbo Olives
- Small or medium olives
- Tooth picks
- red bell pepper

make your favorite cheese ball recipe and put it in a bowl filled with plastic wrap

press the ball down well to make sure there are no air pockets so the igloo will be smooth, then wrap it in the plastic wrap

take the cheese ball out of the bowl and turn it over then smooth the rounded side with your hand

make a vertical slit in one of the Jumbo olives , this will be the body , which you will stuff with cream cheese. (You’ll use 1/3 of the block to stuff penguins. Save the rest for “icing” the igloo.)

now stuff the olives with cream cheese

smooth ot the cream cheese

wipe off the excess with a damp cloth

Set the body on a carrot slice with a notch cut out. You’ll use the notch for the penguin’s beak, so don’t pop it into your mouth. 

Now, take one of the smaller olives and cut a horizontal slit where you will put the beak

Jam the beak into the slit

Next, stab a toothpick through the body into the carrot and set the head on top

to make the santa hat, cut a side off the red bell pepper and make a straight edge for the bottom of the hat.

Cut out the hat in a size that will fit atop your penguin.

Your cheese ball should be chilled by now, so turn it out onto a platter and scoop out an entry way.

Beat 1/3 of the cream cheese block and 1-2 Tbsp of milk until creamy.

Use the mixture to “ice” the igloo

Use the final 1/3 of the cream cheese block to make the ice blocks around the igloo entrance.

Drag a toothpick to make block marks in the icing

now enjoy your treat