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itallstall34

Reviewed: May 5, 2013

These are adorable and get a lot of attention when you bring them to a party. Easy to make!

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Denise

Reviewed: Apr. 19, 2013

I made this for a New Year's Eve gathering. They were the hit of the night. I added a packet of ranch dressing dip mix to the cream cheese for flavor and to enhance the color. I sautéed the strips of red bell pepper in olive oil and water while I continued my prep of the olives. I know a lot of folks like meat with their snacks, so I cut up a salami to make their feet. When I ran out of that, I used carrots as the recipe suggests. I did try to create an igloo out of the cheese ball but it was so soft I couldn't do it. But everyone was so in love with the penguins they didn't really want the cheese ball anyway. I will definitely be making these again. It was a process but as long as you have everything prepped before you begin it is much simpler to get things going like an assembly line. These are definitely worth the effort.

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Feather

Cooking Level: Expert

Reviewed: Apr. 10, 2013

These just made everyone smile, so charming. Most of those here love black olives anyhow, and the cream cheese flavour blended in nicely.

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Loretta's Recipe Journal

Living In: Carleton Place, Ontario, Canada

Reviewed: Mar. 30, 2013

My kids helped assemble these for our Christmas gathering.

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Lisa B!

Cooking Level: Expert

Reviewed: Mar. 21, 2013

These are just brilliant! I originally just made them because they looked so funny, but everybody loved the mixture of tastes as well! Using olives of the same size works just as well, really. Just don't do what I did the first time I made them and buy olives with stones - it's really fiddly and takes ages to get out the stones in a way that leaves the olives intact enough to be transformed into penguins! (Cute and cuddly, boys, cute and cuddly!)

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attiladashuhn

Reviewed: Feb. 26, 2013

So cute and easy!

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jdelarroz

Reviewed: Feb. 12, 2013

People LOVE these and they're sooo cute! Definitely a conversation starter at any winter time party.

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Jessica

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Reviewed: Feb. 6, 2013

I made a full flock of these little guys for my holiday table. Once I got the process down it was smooth sailing. I tripled the recipe and had the bunch "marching" along in no particular order across my buffet table. What a delightful addition! The prime rib was nice, the homemade pie was good. But several months later I'm still getting comments about the penguin troop.

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Cookbook Thea

Reviewed: Feb. 1, 2013

So cute! I made these for a work party, along with an igloo shaped cheese ball, two years ago and people are STILL talking about them :0) Helpful tip: Use a pastry bag (or a zip lock bag with one corner cut off) to pipe in the cream cheese filling. It'll be way easier and much less messy than trying to spoon it in!

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