These Cucumber Appetizers are loaded with an irresistible mixture of fresh dill, cream cheese, tangy mayonnaise, and ranch dressing filling, then topped with juicy grape or cherry tomato halves.
These bite-sized party snacks are perfect for summer and you wouldn’t believe that they’re healthy too!
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❤️ Why I love this recipe
- We love cucumbers for their refreshing taste which makes these cucumber appetizers the perfect snack any time of year.
- We find the ingredients required to make these cucumber appetizers easy to source and kind to the budget.
- These cucumber appetizers are low in calories, especially carbs, making them ideal for those following a ketogenic diet.
With a few simple recipe steps, you can easily transform crisp and crunchy cucumbers into bite-size party snacks to be enjoyed this summer and all year round!
🛒 Ingredients
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Note: The full list of this Stuffed Cucumber Appetizer Bites recipe ingredients with their amounts and options are listed in the recipe card below.
- Cucumbers
- Grape tomatoes or Cherry Tomatoes
- Cream Cheese
- Mayonnaise
- Ranch dressing
- Fresh Dill
- Italian seasoning
- Garlic salt
- Black pepper
🗒 Instructions
Note: This is an overview of the instructions. The full instructions are in the recipe card below.
- Wash, peel, and slice the cucumbers into ½-inch slices, discarding the ends.
- Remove a small amount of cucumber fresh from the center of each slice, using a small scoop or measuring spoon.
- Gather the cream cheese, mayonnaise, and ranch dressing.
- Mix together the cream cheese, mayonnaise, and ranch dressing until smooth and creamy, and add the fresh dill.
- Add in the garlic salt, and Italian seasoning. Mix until combined.
- Starting piping the cream cheese mixture, using a piping bag, into the divot of every cucumber slice. 1 tablespoon of filling is sufficient.
- Slice the tomatoes in half and place each tomato half on top of each cucumber filling. Sprinkle the assembled cucumber appetizers with black pepper.
- For good contrast, serve these cucumber appetizers on a white platter and enjoy!
🔪 Equipment
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You’ll need the following items to make this recipe successfully.
- Sharp knife
- Vegetable peeler
- Cutting board
- Melon scoop or spoon for hallowing out the cucumber slice.
- Piping bag with star tip for filling cucumber or a spoon.
- Measuring spoons
🤔 FAQs
These are the questions we are most frequently asked about making this cream cheese stuffed cucumber bites with tomatoes.
Cucumber slices act as great bases for a cream cheese mixture, although creamy guacamole would also be delicious! Consider toppings such as halved grape or cherry tomatoes, shredded cheese, chopped herbs, and even crispy bacon bits!
Appetizers can be classified into cocktails, salads, chips and dip, soup and consomme, relishes/crudite, canape, and hors d’oeuvres. Cocktails.
Add these cucumber appetizers to a party charcuterie board alongside deviled eggs, crackers, deli meat, and cheese.
Cucumber can be used as a refreshing snack to dip into creamy dips, tuna salad, and varieties of hummus.
The cucumber base itself is low in calories and loaded with water!
Toppings such as cream cheese or guacamole with chopped fresh herbs offer a balance of healthy fats and nutrients. Keeping the toppings plant-based or raw will ensure a healthy appetizer no matter your choice of garnish.
👩🏻🍳 Tips
- If you want a thicker consistency to the cream cheese filling, use a powdered Ranch dressing mix that comes in a packet rather than dressing from an actual bottle. The latter can make the filling quite wet but it really depends on preference.
- Grape or cherry tomatoes are the ideal size for these cucumber appetizers. If you don’t have these types of tomatoes then feel free to use regular tomatoes and cut them into bite-size pieces to top the cream cheese filling.
- It’ll definitely be much easier to mix the cream cheese, mayo, and dressing with an electric or stand mixer but if you don’t have one then simply mix by hand. In that case, make sure that the cream cheese has softened by reaching room temperature.
- Use cheap disposable piping bags when assembling these cucumber appetizers otherwise consider using a Ziploc bag and cutting the corner. You won’t be able to use any fancy star tip when using a Ziploc bag but your appetizer will still be super delicious.
- A melon baller is a great tool to use for removing cucumber flesh from the center of each slice. Alternatives include a small scoop or even measuring spoon.
📚 Variations
- Get fancy and use a star tip to pipe the cream cheese filling onto the sliced cucumbers - it’ll look so pretty and seriously sophisticated!
- Go ahead and use the type of cucumber that you enjoy the most. English cucumber is probably the most well known kind of cucumber but you can also use Lebanese cucumber (short but good for slicing), Persian cucumber (good for slicing and eating fresh), or Kirby cucumber (short and good for pickling).
- Make a seafood-inspired cucumber appetizer by garnishing each slice with thin slices of salmon, or even shrimp, over the cream cheese piped filling. You could also combine the cream cheese filling with crab meat!
- Instead of Ranch dressing, consider using Everything Bagel seasoning for a bagel cucumber appetizer.
- Keep this appetizer low-fat by using reduced-fat cream cheese and mayo. It may alter the taste of the filling slightly but will still be super flavorful!
- Add a specific cuisine spin on these cucumber appetizers based on your preference. For example, you could make Korean-inspired cucumber appetizers by garnishing the filling with microgreens, sesame seeds, peanuts, cilantro, and scallions.
🥫 Storage
I don’t recommend storing leftover assembled cucumber appetizers for longer than a day in the refrigerator. The moment you add any seasoning to sliced cucumber, this watery vegetable starts to release even more liquid - not ideal for longer storage!
📗 Related Recipes
Serve these cucumber appetizers alongside other party snack recipes such as Fried Polenta Appetizers, Million Dollar Dip, or Italian Pinwheels.
If you have any leftover cucumber from making these cucumber appetizers, be sure to put them to good use by making a bowl of Basil Tomato Cucumber Salad.
🍽 Serve with
Enjoy these stuffed cucumber bites other party appetizers on a charcuterie board. You can also serve them as a way to spruce up a Bloody Mary.
📞 Chiacchierata (chat)
I’ve always thought that dill and cucumber go together like peanut butter and jelly so for me, a cream cheese filling with freshly chopped dill seemed like a no-brainer when making these cucumber appetizers for the first time.
I also got a little creative and added in some tangy mayonnaise and ranch dressing, then topped the piped filling with halved tomatoes (grape or cherry tomatoes are my favorite).
These little cucumber snacks are so addictive that I feel I need to warn you how easy it is to consume an entire tray all by yourself! Thankfully, they were actually pretty healthy so I forgave myself quickly!
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📝 Recipe Card
These Cucumber Appetizers are super easy bite-sized party snacks consisting of peeled cucumber slices that are topped with a cream cheese-mayo-Ranch dressing filling and chopped fresh dill.
These healthy and addictive appetizers are then garnished with halved tomatoes, making them pop with bright contrasting color for maximum effect.
Another veggie appetizer that is loaded with taste and NOT calories, is our Buffalo Cauliflower Bites Recipe. One taste and you won't be able to stop eating them. This is a great way to get the family to eat their veggies! And for the meat eater who also wants some finger sized appetizers, make our Bisquick Cheesy Sausage Balls recipe. These delicious bites are the first to go.
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📖 Recipe
Cucumber Appetizer Bites With Cream Cheese
Ingredients
- 2 Cucumbers medium size
- 12 Grape tomatoes or Cherry tomatoes
- 4 ounces Cream cheese softened
- 1 Tablespoons Mayonnaise
- 3 Tablespoons Prepared Ranch Dressing
- 1 Tablespoon Fresh dill finely minced
- ¼ teaspoon Garlic salt
- ¼ teaspoon Italian seasoning
- Black pepper
Instructions
- Wash, peel and slice the cucumbers into ½-inch slices. Discard the ends.
- Remove a little of the center of the cucumber with a small scoop or measuring spoon making a divot in the cucumber.
- Mix together the cream cheese, mayonnaise, and ranch dressing until smooth and creamy.
- Add the dill, garlic salt, and Italian seasoning. Mix until combined.
- Place the filling into a piping bag with a star tip attached. Pipe about 1 Tablespoon of filling into the cucumber's divot.
- Slice the tomatoes in half. Place a tomato half onto each cucumber filling.
- Sprinkle with black pepper and serve.
Notes
- If you want a thicker consistency to the cream cheese filling, use a powdered Ranch dressing mix that comes in a packet rather than dressing from an actual bottle. The latter can make the filling quite wet but it really depends on preference.
- Grape or cherry tomatoes are the ideal size for these cucumber appetizers. If you don’t have these types of tomatoes then feel free to use regular tomatoes and cut them into bite-size pieces to top the cream cheese filling.
- It’ll definitely be much easier to mix the cream cheese, mayo, and dressing with an electric or stand mixer but if you don’t have one then simply mix by hand. In that case, make sure that the cream cheese has softened by reaching room temperature.
- Cheap disposable piping bags can be used when assembling these cucumber appetizers otherwise consider using a Ziploc bag and cutting the corner. You won’t be able to use any fancy star tip when using a Ziploc bag but your appetizer will still be super delicious.
- A melon baller is a great tool to use for removing cucumber flesh from the center of each slice. Alternatives include a small scoop or even measuring spoon.
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