This old-fashioned snack is a Southern grandmother specialty.

A dash of this, a sprinkle of that.

It all starts with a block of cream cheese, as so many delicious Southern recipes do.

cream cheese and olive spread sandwiches

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Cream Cheese And Olive Spread Is The Perfect Appetizer

As kids, it grossed us out.

I’ll do my best to describe my grandmother’s off-the-cuff recipe below.

How To Make It

Start with2 blocks of cream cheese, softened.

Roughly chop around1 cup or 1.5 cups of pimiento-stuffed olives.

Add chopped pimiento-stuffed olives to the cream cheese.

Feel free to double the recipe, which she usually does.

you could put it on bread for a makeshift sandwich, or turn it into shower-worthy tea sandwiches.

It’s the easiest spread you’ll ever make, and it pleases the crowd.

Except for olive haters, bless their hearts.