Pepper Jelly with Cream Cheese

This isn't a picture of what we had at Micah's birthday party, but it communicates the general idea. This is something I grew up eating at special occasions. It's sweet and spicy and has cream cheese in it.

Growing up my mom would just put the brick of cream cheese on a plate and pour the slightly warmed pepper jelly over the top. Callie and I once experimented by whipping them together. We've also put it on individual crackers as pictured above. If they don't get eaten they get soggy. The whipped together method makes it so there's only one ratio of cream cheese to the sweet spiciness, which I didn't really like. And it turns out hot pink and I just can't get in to serving hot pink things.

What I think I'll do next is spread the cream cheese out on the serving plate and evenly pour the jelly on top. That way it's not pink. It doesn't get soggy. And you can still choose how much of each goes on each cracker.

Ingredients:

Cream Cheese
Pepper Jelly (it comes in a lot of different colors and levels of spice.)
Wheat Thins or other crackers.

Assemble and eat. It does help to warm the jelly in the microwave for a bit before spreading over the top. It's less chunky.

The end.