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This snowman bocconcini recipe is the perfect Christmas party dish. 

A plate of salad arranged with mozzarella and tomato snowmen, each with black dots for eyes and mouth, and a carrot nose, on a bed of greens—fun bites that make healthy food recipes festive. Cherry tomatoes form Santa hats at the center of the dish.
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Serve it as an impressive side salad, or line up the snowmen to make fun appetizers. Just plate them in one long row with a few rosemary twig ‘Christmas trees.’

A plate of salad with skewers arranged in a circle, each decorated to look like snowmen using mozzarella, tomatoes, and arugula. A festive string of lights surrounds the plate.

I like to keep it simple and arrange the snowmen on top of a crisp arugula salad, but you can serve them with any salad you like. A tomato, red onion, and pomegranate salad, or even a Christmas Caesar salad will work wonderfully. 

A plate of salad arranged with mozzarella and tomato snowmen, each with black dots for eyes and mouth, and a carrot nose, on a bed of greens—fun bites that make healthy food recipes festive. Cherry tomatoes form Santa hats at the center of the dish.
5 from 2 votes
Servings: 5 people

Snowman Stick Platter

Fun and festive arugula salad topped with mozzarella ball and cherry tomato snowmen.
Prep: 45 minutes
Cook: 0 minutes
Total: 45 minutes
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Equipment

Ingredients 

Snowmen

  • 5 grape tomatoes
  • 25 bocconcini
  • 1 carrot, small
  • 20 fresh basil leaves
  • 1 teaspoon chia seeds

Arugula salad

  • 100 grams arugula
  • 2 tablespoons balsamic glaze
  • 3 tablespoons olive oil
  • sea salt, to taste
  • pepper, to taste

Instructions 

  • Cut the grape tomatoes in half and slice a bocconcini.
  • Place half a tomato onto a canapé stick and a bocconcini slice to make a hat.
  • Position one bocconcini onto the canape stick, then a rolled basil leaf (the scarf), and then another bocconcini.
  • Slice a carrot and cut a small triangle to make the nose.
  • Use chia seeds for the eyes and buttons.
  • Repeat to make the other snowmen.
  • Place the arugula on a platter.
  • Dress the salad with olive oil, balsamic glaze, sea salt, and pepper.
  • Arrange the snowmen sticks on the platter.
  • Top with sea salt and pepper again.
  • Serve.

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Nutrition

Calories: 187kcal, Carbohydrates: 6g, Protein: 7g, Fat: 16g, Saturated Fat: 4g, Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g, Monounsaturated Fat: 6g, Trans Fat: 0.002g, Cholesterol: 12mg, Sodium: 39mg, Potassium: 161mg, Fiber: 1g, Sugar: 3g, Vitamin A: 2739IU, Vitamin C: 6mg, Calcium: 167mg, Iron: 1mg

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

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4 Comments

  1. Sabrina Veiga says:

    5 stars
    Love this! Will certainly make it for Christmas, this year! Thank you! Happy Thanksgiving!

    Reply
    1. Sine says:

      Happy Thanksgiving! Can’t tell you how happy that makes me Sabrina!

      Reply
  2. Lois Marie says:

    5 stars
    I made this recipe for a Christmas book club I hosted and people loved it. It was really easy and a festive way to serve a caprese salad. I love this site. People enjoy food served in fun ways. 🥰 Thank you foodbites.

    Reply
    1. Sine says:

      Thank you so much for sharing the pictures with me. You made them so perfectly. So thrilled to hear your book club enjoyed them, yay! Lots of love and Merry Christmas, Sine

      Reply