• round crackers such as Ritz, Breton, Toasteds, Water Wafers or a round cracker of your choice
• I like to use Mozzarella slices cut into rounds slightly smaller than the crackers, or use fresh mozzarella and cut into slices – I used thin mozzarella, I would recommend thicker slices
• small basil leaves are the best (these are Caprese appetizers afterall) but parsley would work
• round cherry tomatoes (not oval), cut off a slice of the bottom to lay flat
• small black olives, pitted and cut one end enough to make each head worked better than the medium size, also the small ones were a true black, and the medium ones were not
• thin chives or green onion slivers
• balsamic glaze as glue for the sesame seeds
• black sesame seed or you could use a black food marker to make dots on the tomato (the black marker I used did not work well so I dusted the body with balsamic glaze and sprinkled some sesame seeds on top. A suggestion from my niece use balsamic vinegar (not the glaze) to make dots.
• white edible food marker works well to make eyes on the olives or you could glue white sesame seeds
• other items you might need: edible glue, brush for the glaze, tweezers, toothpicks

Place the crackers on a plate and place a round slice of cheese, a trimmed cherry tomato for the body and a trimmed black olive for the head. For the head: with an edible white marker make two eyes on each head; poke two holes for antenae with a toothpick or use a sharp knife to make a slit and place a thin chive in each hole – about 1-inch long. For the body lightly dust the tomato with balsamic glaze and sprinkle sesame seeds on top. You could also make flying ladybugs by cutting the tomato in half.

Recipe by cookingwithauntjuju.com