They loved these delightful small snacks when I first brought them to the family 11 years ago. The secret to the most incredible flavor you’ve ever tasted is to consume all the components at once!
| Prep Time: | 10 mins |
| Total Time: | 10 mins |
| Servings: | 20 |
| Yield: | 20 appetizers |
Ingredients
- toothpicks
- ½ pound fully cooked kielbasa or Polish sausage, cut into 1/2-inch pieces
- 1 (10 ounce) jar red or green maraschino cherries, drained
- 1 (5 ounce) jar small green olives
- 1 (8 ounce) package processed cheese food, cubed
Instructions
- Onto each toothpick, place one piece of sausage, one cherry, one olive and one cube of cheese. Arrange them neatly on a plate. Eat the entire contents of the toothpick at once, but don’t eat the toothpick!
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 96 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 5 g |
| Cholesterol | 17 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 0 g |
| Protein | 4 g |
| Saturated Fat | 3 g |
| Sodium | 412 mg |
| Sugars | 1 g |
| Fat | 7 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
These were excellent. I’ll update only if the family doesn’t agree. I used Bordeaux cherries and they really added something special. I mixed up the olives and cheeses too. It was fun sitting with my SIL and putting them together.
Great appetizer!
If one doesn’t care for this flavor profile, mix it up! Try different meats, ham, turkey, beef, pepperoni, and different cheeses. I also use marinated mushrooms, artichoke hearts, pickles, pepperoncini peppers, etc. Have been making variations on this theme since the 60’s and always well received.
It is a weird combination, but actually was a hit. I’ll make them again.
ended up eating the toothpick. do not recommend
Absolutely Delicious! Now a holiday family tradition. Don’t knock it until you try it. All ingredients at once, chew and enjoy a taste you’ve never experienced before.
Super easy and delish! Even my picky eaters enjoyed this!
These are fabulous! Quick, easy and no cooking required.
This was very tasty. Great for potlucks or appetizer get togethers. You must eat them all together. I understand what the original poster meant.
Despite this odd grouping of food and my first instinct to run far, far away, I tried this recipe on my family before serving it for Christmas appetizers this year. Thank goodness I did, because these are absolutely awful. Not one of us even remotely liked this appetizer. Sometimes it’s best to just go with your first instinct and SKIP this recipe.
Made for Thanksgiving. Big Hit!
Delicious. My family and guests love them.
This is a great combination. Very beautiful display as well. Thank you, I am making again for Christmas dinner.
I have to admit that it was the unusual combination of ingredients as well as the reviews that made me try this recipe. It was really funny- “Interesting” was the first descriptive word 90% of my guests said after partaking. I agree. The consensus was: it was neither loved nor hated. Just INTERESTING. Thanks for the recipe, but I won’t be making it again.
I don’t know why someone thought they were suppose to warm the meat. It is already cooked. It is a delicious appetizer for Thanksgiving and Christmas. The family loved it. Thank you for this unusual and fantastic recipe! I think we will keep it!
These were really good when i put them on the toothpick right after heating the meat, but once i took them to my sisters for thanksgiving and the meat was cold they were not that great.
I wasn’t quite sure how these would come out, but I had to try something new and different. My daughter and I assembled these and we had no idea what to expect. When we finished the tray, they looked really nice. We each tried one and watched eachother’s face. They were good!! All the different flavors compliment eachother nicely. Some of my Thanksgiving guests refused to try one, but the ones that did really liked these. I recommend everyone give this a try.
My mom and I decided to make this for an early Thanksgiving get together. It was very good and there wasn’t any more left. Thank you for this new “tradition” we will have in our house for the holidays.
This sounded so strange that I just HAD to try it. It was actually quite a treat. I made a few and had each of my kiddos try one.. altho I had to half the olive and cherry (none of them are big fans of these) they winced at first when putting everything in their mouths.. then said.. “it’s really good”.. lol Maybe not for everyone.. but sometimes the “strange sounding” recipes are the best ones! 🙂
I was truly hesitant to try this, but very glad that I did. We will always have these for Christmas appetizers! Just about everyone who tried these couldn’t stop eating them.
Festive looking but not tasting…my family did not like it.