Things You'll Need:
- Several small carrots
- Cream cheese, softened, or creamy peanut butter
- Slivered almonds
- Ranch dressing dip mix
- Beet juice or ketchup (optional)
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Step 1
Peel the carrots with a vegetable peeler, and cut them into sticks about 4 inches long. Use a paring knife to round one end of each carrot stick so it looks like a fingertip. Shorten one thicker carrot, so it will look like a thumb.
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Step 2
Put a dab of softened cream cheese or peanut butter on the rounded tip, and stick on a slivered almond in the shape of a fingernail.
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Step 3
Prepare the ranch dressing dip as directed on the package, but use slightly less liquid so the dressing will be thick.
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Step 4
Spoon the ranch dressing in a small bowl, and put the bowl in the center of a serving tray or platter.
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Step 5
Stick four fingers, fingernails pointing up, into the cheesy ranch dressing. Stick the "thumb" carrot stick on one end.
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Step 6
Make more carrot fingers and arrange them on the platter or tray around the bowl of dressing and carrot fingers. If you want to add a big of "gore," dip each finger in a bit of beet juice or ketchup.
