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These cucumber bites with sunflower chive cream cheese are so easy to make, require no cooking, and come together in just 30 minutes for a cucumber snack idea everyone will love!
Simple Cucumber Bites
These cucumber cups make the perfect crisp, healthy vehicle in this cucumber snack recipe. Add on the vegan sunflower seed cream cheese with chives and enjoy. I love this recipe because it’s so easy to make! But it also makes me excited to see everyone enjoy them as well. It’s a great way to introduce your non-vegan friends and family to how truly tasty vegan food can be!
If you’re looking for more budget-friendly appetizer recipes for gatherings or parties, try these sesame potato puffs and vegan kabobs with marinated tempeh!
Want more ways to use up cucumbers from your garden? Try this cucumber dill salad and cucumber salsa.
What Goes Into This Recipe
All you need are a handful of simple ingredients to get these ready to eat! Here are the highlights:
How To Make Cucumber Bites
Step 1: Combine the sunflower seeds and salt in the bowl of a food processor. Process for 10-20 seconds until they form a fine powder.
Step 2: Add the onion, chives, garlic, nutritional yeast, lemon juice, and water to the food processor. Process again for 1 to 2 minutes, until super creamy scraping down the sides as needed.
Step 3: Peel the cucumbers. If desired, peel the cucumber lightly in alternating rows, to create a pretty striped effect on the outside. Slice the cucumber into 1-inch pieces.
Step 4: Spread a spoonful of the sunflower seed mixture on top of each cucumber and place it on a plate or platter. Continue until done then sprinkle with chopped chives if desired.
Top Tips
- Cucumber bites are best served chilled so make them ahead and pop them in the fridge for an hour or so.
- The stuffed cucumbers recipe makes about 50 pieces, perfect for a party, but you can easily half the recipe for smaller groups.
- If you want to get fancy when making healthy cucumber snacks, use a piping bag to pipe the sunflower cream cheese in a rosette on each cucumber slice.
FAQs
Top your cucumbers with a variety of different savory fillings. In addition to the vegan cream cheese here, vegan dips and spreads such as this classic hummus, curry white bean dip, and vegan french onion dip.
There are lots of things to do with an abundance of cucumbers! Make a batch of homemade refrigerator dill pickles, turn them into a mango cucumber salsa or turn them into cucumber cups and fill them with different fillings!
Variations
Looking for some other ways to flavor the sunflower cream cheese? Here are some favorites:
- Spicy cucumber appetizer bites: Swap the chives for green chiles or jalapenos and chopped cilantro!
- Dill cucumber bites: Swap the chives for fresh dill.
- Veggie cucumber snacks: Add 1-2 tablespoons of chopped carrot, celery and any herbs to the food processor!
- Make cucumber cups instead. Slice the cucumber into one-inch pieces and then scoop out a bit of the seeds in the center to form a cup. This works best with narrow cucumbers.
How to Store
After making: Keep refrigerated until you’re ready to serve. They are best stored in a single layer on a baking sheet or tray lightly covered.
Leftovers: Store them in a single layer in the fridge for up to two days but just be advised that the cucumbers will soften the longer they sit.
Make ahead: I recommend slicing the cucumber bites the day you plan to serve them. Once cucumbers are cut they tend to soften easily as the water in them starts to release and break down. To get a bit ahead of the game you can make the sunflower seed cream cheese mixture up to three days in advance. Store it in the fridge in an airtight container until you’re ready to add them to the cucumbers.
More Vegan Appetizers to Consider
Vegan Appetizers
Pistachio Hummus
Vegan Appetizers
Crispy Brussel Sprouts
Vegan Lunches
Stuffed Tomatoes
Vegan Appetizers
Mango Cucumber Salsa
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Easy Cucumber Bites with Sunflower Chive Cream Cheese
Ingredients
- 1 cup of raw sunflower seeds
- ½ teaspoon of salt
- 2 Tablespoons of raw red onion chopped
- ½ cup of chopped chives + some for garnishing
- 1 garlic clove chopped
- 2 Tablespoons of nutritional yeast
- 2 Tablespoons of fresh lemon juice or to taste
- ½ cup of water or more as needed to get a creamy consistency
- 4 large cucumbers
Instructions
- Combine sunflower seeds and salt in the bowl of a food processor. Process for 10-20 seconds until they form a fine powder. Add onion, chives, garlic, nutritional yeast, lemon juice, and water and process again for 1 to 2 minutes, until super creamy. You will likely have to scrape down the sides once or twice. Set aside.
- If desired, peel cucumber lightly in alternating rows, to create a pretty striped effect on the outside. Slice into 1-1 ½-inch pieces.
- Spread a spoonful of the sunflower seed mixture on top of each cucumber and place it on a plate or platter. Continue until done, sprinkle with chopped chives if desired.
Notes
- Cucumber bites are best served chilled so make them ahead and pop them in the fridge for an hour or so.
- The stuffed cucumbers recipe makes about 50 pieces, perfect for a party, but you can easily half the recipe for smaller groups.
- If you want to get fancy when making healthy cucumber snacks, use a piping bag to pipe the sunflower cream cheese in a rosette on each cucumber slice.
My cream cheese is not solid.. very runny. What can I do
Hi! You may need to process a couple of times for 1 to 2 minutes, until super creamy scraping down the sides as needed.
These would make perfect starters for a party or gathering!
Yesss! Such a fun and tasty recipe for a gathering!
This recipe is just what I need today! I have extra cucumbers and hummus that I wasn’t sure what to do with…now I know. What a delicious pairing!
It’s the perfect combination! Hope you enjoyed them 🙂
Love how quick these little bites are to make and that there’s no cooking required!
no cook recipes are the best! these are such a fun appetizer!
So refreshing and crunchy with every bite!