Adult Ants On A Log Blue Cheese Stuffed Celery Recipes

FIRE ANTS ON A LOG

Steps:

• In food processor, place cream cheese, pesto, lemon juice, salt, black pepper and red pepper. Cover; process until smooth.
• Spoon mixture into quart-size resealable food-storage plastic bag; seal bag. Cut off small corner of bag; twist bag above cheese mixture. Squeeze bag to pipe cheese mixture into celery pieces. Arrange bell pepper pieces on filling to look like ants. Serve or refrigerate.

ANTS ON A LOG (LUNCH BOX SURPRISE)

Steps:

• Fill celery with cream cheese spread and smooth with knife.
• Add a row of raisins for the "ants.".

FANCY ANTS ON A LOG

Steps:

• Optional Step: Soak raisins in just enough rum to cover for at least one hour, or overnight. You can cook the rum first for a nonalcoholic version for kids. Drain before using.
• Cut the celery stalks into 2-3 inch logs.
• Cream together the cream cheese, peanut butter, and honey (the cream cheese and peanut butter can be eyeballed to equal parts; the honey is more to taste. When I'm done, it tastes almost like cheesecake).
• Spread the peanut butter mixture into the valleys of each log. Alternatively, fill a dessert decorator and pump the peanut butter mixture into the valley like frosting.
• Line up raisins along the center.
• Variation:.
• I won't put up a different recipe for every nifty ants on a log idea I come up with, so here are a couple of ideas:.
• Spread nutella down the valley of the celery and garnish with raisins.
• Or, spread Recipe #120220 over the valley of the celery and garnish with raisins.