Give 'em the googley eyes with frozen meatballs dressed up with cheese, olives, and squiggles of ketchup.
Menacing Meatball Eyes
- Prep Time 10 min
- Total 40 min
- Ingredients 5
- Servings 36
Ingredients
- 36 frozen cooked meatballs, 1 inch (from 16-oz bag)
- 18 fresh ciliegini mozzarella cheese (cherry-size) balls, halved
- 1/3 cup sliced ripe olives
- 3/4 cup ketchup
- 36 toothpicks
Instructions
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Step1Heat oven to 350°F. Line cookie sheet with sides with foil. Place meatballs on cookie sheet.
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Step2Bake 20 to 25 minutes or until hot. Place 1 halved cheese ball, cut side down, on each meatball to look like white of eye; place olive slice in center to look like pupil of eye. Poke toothpick in center of each to hold in place.
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Step3Bake 1 to 2 minutes longer or until cheese is slightly softened. Serve with ketchup for dipping.
Nutrition
40
Calories
2g
Total Fat
2g
Protein
2g
Total Carbohydrate
1g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Appetizer
- Calories
- 40
- Calories from Fat
- 20
- Total Fat
- 2g
- 3%
- Saturated Fat
- 1g
- 4%
- Trans Fat
- 0g
- Cholesterol
- 10mg
- 4%
- Sodium
- 130mg
- 5%
- Potassium
- 50mg
- 1%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 2g
- 1%
- Dietary Fiber
- 0g
- 0%
- Sugars
- 1g
- Protein
- 2g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 0%
- 0%
- Vitamin C
- 0%
- 0%
- Calcium
- 0%
- 0%
- Iron
- 0%
- 0%
Exchanges:
0 Starch; 0 Fruit; 0 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 1/2 High-Fat Meat; 0 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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