Want to take your olives up a few notches at your next cocktail party or even for your own enjoyment in a lunch or as a snack? These pimento cheese stuffed olives will do the trick! After you stuff olives with our delicious, made-from-scratch pimento cheese, you may just never want to eat your olives any other way. And be prepared to share the recipe with friends and family once they’ve tasted them! Better yet, save yourself some time and share the recipe with everyone at once on Facebook, Pinterest, Instagram, and Twitter.

For 12 servings, you’ll need 12 Colossal or large garlic stuffed olives and all of the ingredients to make the pimento cheese: 8 ounces grated Cabot cheese (Extra Sharp Cheddar, Seriously Sharp Cheddar, Farmhouse Reserve White Cheddar, or Alpine Cheddar), Cabot Lowfat Plain Greek Yogurt, mayonnaise, diced pimentos, salt, black pepper, and sugar. Mix all the ingredients for the pimento cheese in a bowl until everything is well blended.

Remove the garlic from the olives and carefully fill olives with the pimento cheese using a teaspoon or other small pointed spoon. If necessary, wipe the olives with a paper towel and arrange on serving plate.

For another one of our olive and cheddar recipes, be sure to check out our Black Olive Tapenade with Cabot Cheddar. Cabot is a cooperative of New York and New England farm families and has been producing award-winning dairy products for many years. We make numerous high quality dairy products, including butter and yogurts. We’d love to hear your feedback on this cheese stuffed olives recipe, so please rate and review it after you’ve tried it!