Simple Way to Cucumber Cream Cheese Sandwich Appetizers

Cream Cheese 'N Herb Cucumber Bites

Tradition mandates that cucumbers for these sandwiches be peeled, but you can certainly break that rule if you use english cucumbers, which have more palatable skins.

Recipe Summary Cream Cheese 'N Herb Cucumber Bites

So fast and easy, hollowed out cucumber 'boats' are filled with a creamy chive and onion mixture with grated carrots, then cut into bite-size pieces.

Ingredients | Cucumber Cream Cheese Sandwich Appetizers

1 carrot, shredded, divided

½ cup PHILADELPHIA Chive & Onion 1/3 Less Fat than Cream Cheese

2 cucumbers, cut lengthwise in half, seeded

Directions

Reserve 2 Tbsp. carrots. Mix remaining carrots with cream cheese; spoon into cucumber shells. Top with reserved carrots.

Cut each cucumber half into 5 pieces to serve.

Let the kids make cucumber "boats" instead! Just fill the cucumber shells with the cream cheese mixture as directed. Then, add snow peas for the sails. Decorate with other cut-up fresh vegetables as desired to resemble colorful sailboats.

Info | Cucumber Cream Cheese Sandwich Appetizers

prep: 10 mins total: 10 mins Servings: 4 Yield: 4 servings

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