These are adorable and pretty easy to make, just a tad time-consuming....but worth the smiles they receive!! Hope you try them for Easter or a spring brunch! :)
06Carefully put eggs into bowl of ice water. Let sit for 5-10 minutes.
07Carefully peel eggs. *This is easy if eggs are older.
08Rinse with cold water, place on paper towel.
09Slice thin slice off bottom of each egg, *this will ensure they stand up later.
10With paring knife, cut top third of egg off in a zig-zag pattern. CAREFULLY remove tops.
11CAREFULLY scoop out yolks. *Take your time doing this, you may need to use your paring knife to break up yolks inside to get them out.
12Place yolks in mixing bowl, mash WELL with fork.
13Stir in rest of ingredients except olives and peppers.
14Overfill bottom egg white "shell" with filling, place top "shell" on carefully pressing very gently.
15Place on olive slices for "eyes", pressing them into the filling gently.
16Push 2 triangles of red pepper into filling to make beak.
17*****You may want to boil a few extra eggs for this, in case some of them don't peel well or get wrecked, it happens. Also so that you will have plenty of filling, too! If you boil extra eggs and add the yolks to the filling, just add a bit more of the ingredients to compensate, it'll be fine! ;).