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These adorable Cream Cheese Appetizers with grape tomato hearts shaped like cherries are so charming and fun!
Serve them to your favorite people on Valentine’s Day, birthdays, anniversaries, or other special occasions. Everyone will love the combination of soft cream cheese, sweet, juicy grape tomatoes, and peppery, fresh basil.
Feel free to swap rye bread for brioche or sourdough toast, and use garlic or goat cheese instead of cream cheese for a flavorful variation.
Other Beautiful Appetizers
- Goat Cheese with Honey Appetizer
- Feta Cheese Dip
- Goat Cheese Crostini
- Hummus Platter
- Phyllo Feta Fries
Cream Cheese Appetizers
Rye bread appetizers topped with cream cheese and a grape tomato heart.
Equipment
Ingredients
- 6 grape tomatoes
- 3 tablespoons cream cheese
- 6 slices rye bread
- 12 basil, stems
- 6 basil , leaves
- sea salt, to taste
Instructions
- Use the heart cutter to shape the bread.
- Top the bread with cream cheese.
- Halve the grape tomatoes at a slant.
- Slice each half through the middle.
- Turn the two sets of halves around and match them together to resemble hearts.
- Place the hearts on the broadest part of the bread.
- Use basil stems for the cherry stems and top with a basil leaf.
- Sprinkle sea salt on top, and enjoy.
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Nutrition
Calories: 112kcal, Carbohydrates: 17g, Protein: 3g, Fat: 4g, Saturated Fat: 2g, Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.4g, Monounsaturated Fat: 1g, Cholesterol: 7mg, Sodium: 217mg, Potassium: 107mg, Fiber: 2g, Sugar: 2g, Vitamin A: 305IU, Vitamin C: 3mg, Calcium: 34mg, Iron: 1mg
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
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