# 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 oz softened cream cheese
→ Pantry
07 - 24 mini pretzel sticks
08 - 24 edible candy eyes or sliced black olives
09 - 12 toothpicks
# Method:
01 - Slice cucumbers into 3/4-inch thick rounds to serve as the alien faces.
02 - Spread a small dollop of softened cream cheese atop each cucumber round.
03 - Place a green grape or halved sugar snap pea onto each round.
04 - Use black olives, sliced or whole, to form mouths or antenna bases.
05 - Gently press two edible candy eyes or olive slices above the mouth on each cucumber round.
06 - Insert two mini pretzel sticks into the top of each cucumber round, securing with cream cheese if needed, then place a grape or olive piece on each tip.
07 - Arrange thin strips of green bell pepper alongside the cucumber rounds as arms or tentacles.
08 - Arrange finished aliens on a platter and serve immediately to preserve texture.
