ants on a log

noun

A snack made by spreading cream cheese, peanut butter, ricotta cheese or any number of spreads on celery and placing raisins on top.

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Meanings

nounants on a log (uncountable)
  1. uncountableA snack made by spreading cream cheese, peanut butter, ricotta cheese or any number of spreads on celery and placing raisins on top.

    Serve up an old favorite, ants on a log...celery sticks filled with peanut butter and sprinkled with raisins. Or substitute dried cranberries to make fire ants on a log, just for fun!

    2014, Mom Knows Best Cookbook, Rowman & Littlefield, →ISBN, page 45

Origin

Originated around 1959. From the raisins resembling ants while the celery stick resembles a wooden log.

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