Fire Ants On A Log 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 CAKES

Steps:

• Trim the long sides of each pound cake at an angle using a serrated knife. Use the knife to carve out a 1/2-inch-deep, 2 1/2-inch-wide channel down the center of each cake.
• Cover the cakes with the frosting, leaving the bottom of the channel unfrosted. Use the back of a fork to make grooves in the frosting. Put the cakes in the freezer until the frosting sets, about 20 minutes.
• Meanwhile, make the peanut butter filling: Beat the butter and peanut butter in a large bowl with a mixer on medium-high speed until light and fluffy. Beat in the confectioners' sugar on low speed until smooth. Set aside.
• Mix a few drops of green food coloring in a small bowl with a drop of yellow food coloring and a splash of water. Brush onto the frosting. Adjust the color with more food coloring or water as needed.
• Spread the peanut butter filling into the channel in each cake using the back of a spoon.
• Arrange the prunes on top of the peanut butter filling.

ANTS ON A LOG

Steps:

• Cut the celery stalks in half. Spread with peanut butter. Sprinkle with raisins.

ANTS ON A LOG

Steps:

• Fill celery with cream cheese spread.
• Top with raisins.

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.

ANTS ON A LOG

Steps:

• Take each celery stick and put 1 Tbs of peanut butter on each one.
• Stick four rasins on each celery stick.
• Dig in.

ANTS ON A LOG RECIPE

Steps:

• Spread celery with cream cheese spread.
• Top with grapes.