Cream Cheese-Olive Roll-Ups

Submitted by Kittencalrecipezazz

"These are easy to make, plan ahead the rolled tortillas need to chill for a few hours before slicing, watch the garlic amount adding in too much will overpower all other ingredients, the garlic flavor will intensify with chilling time, I would suggest no more than 2 teaspoons --- Mexi-blend shredded cheese may be used in place of the cheddar, prep time includes chilling time"

 

• Ready In: 2hrs
• Ingredients: 9
• Yields: 8 tortillas

ingredients

• 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
• 1 -2 teaspoon fresh minced garlic
• 1⁄3 cup mayonnaise (do not use salad dressing)
• 2⁄3 cup pitted green olives, finely chopped
• 1 (2 1/4 ounce) can pitted black olives, finely chopped
• 5 -6 green onions, finely chopped
• 1⁄2 - 1 teaspoon fresh ground black pepper (or to taste)
• 2 cups shredded cheddar cheese (might use more or less)
• 8 (10 inch) flour tortillas

directions

1. Hand-squeeze out as much excess moisture in the olives as possible before chopping, and make certain to chop finely.
2. In a bowl combine cream cheese with garlic, mayonnaise, green and black olives, green onions and black pepper; mix to combine well.
3. Spread a thin layer of the cream cheese mixture over each tortilla, then sprinkle a small amount cheddar cheese over the top of the cream cheese.
4. Roll up each tortilla as tightly as possible.
5. Place each tortilla onto a plate.
6. Cover with plastic wrap and chill for a couple of hours or up to 24 hours (a longer chilling time will only improve on the flavor).
7. Slice each tortilla into about 1-inch pieces.

Reviews

[Skylar]

This was great for an office party. I added ham slices to each tortilla and substituted regular cream cheese for green onion and chive cream cheese. Since I did that I also cut out the green onions. I bought the black olives already chopped in a can. Might use less green olives next time as they were pretty salty. So quick and easy to make!

 

[brandeen]

very easy to prepare and takes no time at all.delicious, everyone loved it!

 

[sklhczech]

These are wonderful! I made 2 batches of these on Friday for a surprise birthday party on Saturday night and they were gone before I knew it. The flavor was fantastic!! The only thing that I did differently was to mix in the shredded cheddar cheese instead of sprinkling it over the top of the cream cheese mixture. Thanks for a great recipe!

 

[Southern Lady]

I found a recipe for roll-ups back in 1984 when no one had heard of or had eaten these little treasures. One of my colleagues named them little ditties. Over the years I lost the recipe and never ate one that was as I remembered them. This recipe is as close to the original and turned out delicious. Made a couple of changes - did not put in grated cheese (was not in original recipe) and added a cayenne pepper (the original either used cayenne or tobasco). They were delicious. My sister's in-laws stopped by and went home with a baggie full - Sue's not a big eater, so this was truly a compliment. Kitten, I follow your recipes and again, I was very pleased. Thanks

 

[daisygirl0210]

This is an excellent recipe. I did switch some things around though. Instead of the black olives, I used one can of black beans,drained. I also added some seasoning salt to the cream cheese mixture.