Cream Cheese Christmas Tree

Welcome to day 5 of our 12 Days of Christmas event! Today we are sharing holiday party food ideas and have I got an easy one for you! You can make this cream cheese Christmas tree with crackers and pepper jelly in just minutes! 🙂

You can find the “recipe” below, and at the bottom of the post check out all the other yummy party food ideas from the many talented bloggers we have joining us for this blog hop.

If you want to see what I have posted for the other days, follow these links:

• Day 1 – Finger Knitted Christmas Wreath
• Day 2 – 30 Homemade Christmas Gift Ideas
• Day 3 – Rustic Christmas Advent Calendar
• Day 4 – Paper Christmas Cookies Kid’s Craft
• Day 6 – DIY Wooden Bead Feather Ornament
• Day 7 – White Village Christmas Mantel
• Day 8 – Christmas Morning Muffins in a Jar
• Day 9 – Simple Hand Embroidered Gift Tags
• Day 10 – Blush and Rose Gold Christmas Tree
• Day 11 – Homemade Snickers Bars
• Day 12 – Knitted Christmas Stockings

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Welcome to Day 5 of the Fourth Annual 12 Days of Christmas Series!

We have teamed up with 50 plus bloggers to bring you a oodles of DIY ideas and recipes to make your holiday season merrier. There are 12 different posts in the series and we have spread them out over a four week period with three posts per week. Now is the time to subscribe!

GO HERE for the complete list of Dates and Topics plus a collection of the most popular holiday ideas including ornaments, games, recipes and more from all 50 plus talented bloggers!

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This has to be one of the quickest and easiest appetizers you will ever make! There really is no recipe because you only need 3 ingredients and it is technically more arranging than making. 😉 This is not a new idea, but I just saw a picture of it the other day and loved the idea! I thought you would too!

You will need:

• 8 oz cream cheese – I used Philadelphia cream cheese
• Crackers – I used Club Crackers
• Sweet Pepper or Jalapeno Jelly

Stick the cream cheese in the freezer for about 10-15 minutes before arranging. This will make it easier to cut and handle. Cut the cream cheese block in half diagonally. Then put the halves back together in the shape of a Christmas Tree.

I used the knife to level off the top and fill in the crack but that is really not necessary since you will be pouring jelly on the top anyway. But you can do it if you want better presentation. 🙂

Cut one of the crackers in thirds to use as the stem of the tree.

Add your jelly to the top. I used two different kinds to incorporate red and green for Christmas colors. I tried to drizzle the red on to resemble ribbon on the tree. The jelly may stay in place better if it is refrigerated first. The jellies I used were not opened yet and sitting on the counter so they were room temperature when we took these pictures.

Now just put some on a cracker and enjoy your cream cheese Christmas tree! I LOVE cream cheese with pepper jelly. I could eat it all day! The whole family devoured this snack after I was done taking pictures. That is the perk of having a mom blogger I guess. 😉 What do you think of this idea? Can you think of anything easier? I don’t think I can! Check out the links below for more awesome holiday party food ideas!

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