Bird Balls Demystified

The original recipe calls for the olives wrapped in cream cheese and rolled in toasted sesame seeds. Don't even remember what the real name of this simple hors d'oeuvre was, but they looked like something you'd put out at the bird feeder so they have been called bird balls ever since someone in the neighborhood first made them.




Inspired by the classic Olive Nut Sandwich at the Olympia Candy Kitchen and the high price of sesame seeds this version is rolled in chopped cashews. The party crowd approved.





It's kind of fun to sit back and watch while guests try to figure out what's inside until somebody gets brave enough to try one. Then, just like that, they're gone.