Easter Bunny Veggie Tray

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5 from 1 vote

Prep Time30

Total Time30

Course: Appetizer, Snack, vegetable

Cuisine: American

Keyword: bunny, easter, vegetable, veggie tray

Servings:

Calories: 248kcal

Equipment

Ingredients

44 Ritz Crackers 2 Full-sized sleeves
16 Servings Ranch Veggie Dip Use the full recipe for Ranch Veggie Dip- or you can use 14 ounces of store-bought dip of your choice.
3 Cups Broccoli Florets with most of the stem cut off.
3 Cups Cauliflower Florets with most of the stem cut off.
1 Red Bell Pepper Sliced
1 Cucumber Sliced
3 Carrots Peeled, quartered, and cut into 3-inch long pieces. You can use baby carrots instead.
3 Ribs Celery Cut into 3-inch long pieces.
1 Green Bell Pepper Sliced
10 Ounces Tomatoes Grape or cherry tomatoes.
3 Black Olives
3 Chives 3 Fresh stalks cut into 4-inch pieces.
4 Ounces Cheddar Cheese Sliced ¼ inch thick and cut into bunny shape using cookie cutters.
4 Ounces White Cheddar Cheese Sliced ¼ inch thick and cut into bunny shape using cookie cutters.

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Instructions

Prepare all vegetables by washing and cutting them as needed.
Start with a 20x15 cutting board and place a small bowl of ranch veggie dip (about 6-inch wide bowl) about 40% of the way up from the bottom of the board.
Create ears using the crackers. Start at the top of the bowl of veggie dip and make the ears go all the way to the top corners of the board. Layer the crackers so that they lay flat.
Fill in the space between the ears with broccoli florets. Cut the stems off the broccoli to make them lay flat on the board.
Create the body of the bunny on the bottom half of the board by making a triangle out of the cauliflower. Cut the stems off the cauliflower to make it lay flat on the board.
Place sliced red bell peppers on the sides of the cauliflower and cucumbers on the sides of the red bell peppers.
Place carrots on the side of the cucumbers and celery along the outsides of the crackers.
Place green bell peppers next to the carrots and tomatoes next to the celery.
Using 3 olives, 1 tomato, and 3 stalks of chives, create the face of the bunny. To make the mouth, cut one of the black olives into 3 pieces and shape it into a mouth.
Fill in the middle of each ear with the bunny-shaped cheese.
Serve and enjoy! Your guests will be so impressed!

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Notes

Is it cheaper to buy or make a veggie tray?

If you are making a large vegetable tray, it is usually cheaper to make your own veggie tray. If you are making a very small veggie tray, it may be cheaper to buy one in the store. The reason that a large veggie tray is cheaper to make is that you can buy larger quantities of vegetables that would be used in the tray. You cannot usually buy 1 rib or celery or ¼ of a cucumber. If you are making a very small vegetable tray, you will likely still need to buy full quantities of the vegetables, which makes it more expensive than buying a small store-made tray.

What should I put in a veggie tray?

Use the vegetables that you will eat. Using your favorite veggies will reduce the amount of waste. Just because radishes look really nice and are the perfect color of red/pink, does not mean you should buy them to use in your vegetable tray. Instead, pick another vegetable that you will eat that is similar in color or shape (depending on what kind of tray you are making). Use cherry tomatoes or red peppers instead of radishes or use cucumbers or celery instead of broccoli.

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