Cucumber Cream Cheese Bites

These Cucumber Cream Cheese Bites are fresh, easy snacks that add a Tex-Mex twist to the humble cucumber appetizer with taco seasoning.

Course Appetizer, Snack

Keyword cucumber bites appetizer, Cucumber Cream Cheese Bites

Prep Time 18

Total Time 18

Servings people

Calories 276kcal

Author Christina Koncker

Ingredients

1 cucumber seedless
¼ cup sour cream
4 ounces cream cheese (½ package)
1 tablespoon taco seasoning (I used Ortega)
4-5 dashes hot sauce (I used Tabasco)
black olives (sliced, optional, for garnish)
pickled jalapenos (sliced, optional, for garnish)
red pepper flakes (optional, for garnish)

Instructions

Let the cream cheese come to room temperature. Meanwhile, cut the cucumber into ¼” slices and lay them on a paper towel.* When you’re finished slicing, put a paper towel over the top of the cucumber slices to soak up excess moisture. I do this for about 10 minutes.
4 ounces cream cheese, 1 cucumber
Combine sour cream, cream cheese, taco seasoning, and hot sauce in a bowl. Mix until smooth, creamy, and free of lumps. A hand mixer works quickly and effectively here.
¼ cup sour cream, 1 tablespoon taco seasoning, 4-5 dashes hot sauce
Put the taco topping in a sandwich bag and seal. Cut the tip of the bag and pipe the topping onto each slice of cucumber.
Garnish! I chose to put three slices of black olive on a few, and a single pickled jalapeno slice on others. Plus a few red pepper flakes.
black olives, pickled jalapenos, red pepper flakes
Eat! You can prepare these a few hours ahead of serving, but these are best eaten the same day they were prepared.

Notes

*To peel or not to peel your cucumbers, that is up to you! I like to leave the peel on for these bites, but if you're not a fan of that idea peel the cucumber before slicing.

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