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If you’re looking for an impressive appetizer for Valentine’s Day, try these adorable Cheddar Bear Crostini.

Six slices of toasted bread, each topped with cheese shaped like a bear holding a green grape “heart,” arranged on a round white plate.

The crispy crostini are topped with creamy white cheddar bears (shaped with a few cookie cutters) and juicy grape hearts. Black sesame seeds for the eyes and nose really bring them to life!

A hand holds a slice of bread topped with cheese shaped like a bear holding a green grape arranged as a heart.

These sweet bites are perfect for lunchboxes, Valentine’s Day parties, and romantic dinners.

Recipe Tip

Leave the crostini plain like I have (since the slices are crisp and buttery), or top them with mango chutney, cranberry jam, garlic cream cheese, pesto, sundried tomato pesto, or olive tapenade.

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Servings: crostini

Cheddar Bear Crostini

By Sine Siemkowicz

Sweet cheddar bears holding grape hearts, topped on crostini.

Prep: 25

Cook: 5

Total: 30

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Equipment

Ingredients

Instructions

Cut 6 slices of baguette.
Heat a pan on medium-high.
Add three tablespoons of butter to the pan.
Place the bread in the hot pan and brown on both sides until golden (about two minutes per side).
Shape the bear’s body with cheddar and the medium round cutter.
Cut the cheddar face with the small round cutter and the mouth with the mini round cutter.
For the ears, use the petal-shaped cutter (tuck the pointy end under).
Cut out the cheddar hands and feet with the metal straw (you can remove them from the straw using a skewer).
Arrange the elements for the bear on top of the crostini.
Top with the sesame seed eyes and nose.
Cut the oblong grapes at a slant and halve each half symmetrically.
Match the opposite halves to make two hearts and place one on each bear.
Serve.

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Nutrition

Calories: 137kcal, Carbohydrates: 17g, Protein: 4g, Fat: 6g, Saturated Fat: 3g, Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g, Monounsaturated Fat: 2g, Trans Fat: 0.2g, Cholesterol: 10mg, Sodium: 233mg, Potassium: 60mg, Fiber: 1g, Sugar: 2g, Vitamin A: 119IU, Vitamin C: 0.1mg, Calcium: 65mg, Iron: 2mg

Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.

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