Pimento Cheese Deviled Egg “Pumpkins”
Pimento Cheese Deviled Egg “Pumpkins” are a fun fall appetizer bite filled with cheesy flavor.
Servings: 12 egg halves
Equipment
- small cookie scoop
Ingredients
- 6 eggs hard boiled
- 6 tablespoons Pimento Cheese or more to taste
- 1/4 cup mayonnaise use more or less depending on consistency of your pimento cheese
- salt and pepper to taste
- 1 teaspoon paprika plus more for garnishing
- Chives for pumpkin stem parsley leaf for stem garnish if desired
Instructions
- Cut hard boiled eggs in half, remove yolks and place into a bowl. Place egg whites onto a serving dish. Mash yolks with a fork until fine.
- Add mayo and mix well, season with salt, pepper and paprika. Add pimento cheese and mix until incorporated together.
- Fill egg white halves with a small cookie scoop, mounding deviled egg mixture. Use a toothpick to make ribs of pumpkin and garnish with chive or parsley leaf to make pumpkin stem.
- Sprinkle with additional paprika for pumpkin color.
Notes
Depending on consistency of deviled egg mixture, you may need to chill mixture before filling egg white halves to make a more definite pumpkin shape with your scoop.