# Components:
→ Produce
01 - 2 large cucumbers
02 - 1 green bell pepper
03 - 1 cup green grapes
04 - 1 cup sugar snap peas
05 - 12 black olives, pitted
→ Dairy
06 - 3 ounces cream cheese, softened
→ Pantry
07 - 24 mini pretzel sticks
08 - 24 edible candy eyes or black olive slices
09 - 12 toothpicks
# Directions:
01 - Slice cucumbers into 3/4-inch thick rounds to create the base for the alien faces.
02 - Spread a small dollop of softened cream cheese atop each cucumber slice to act as adhesive.
03 - Place a whole green grape or half a sugar snap pea on each cucumber round to form the alien’s head bump.
04 - Use black olives, sliced or whole, to form mouths or antenna bases on the cucumber rounds.
05 - Gently press two edible candy eyes or olive slices above the mouth area on each cucumber slice.
06 - Insert two mini pretzel sticks into the top of each cucumber slice, securing with cream cheese if needed; place a grape or olive piece atop each pretzel stick.
07 - Garnish with thin strips of green bell pepper alongside each cucumber slice as arms or tentacles.
08 - Place the completed alien snacks on a serving platter and serve immediately for optimal freshness and texture.
