Baked pepper jelly cheese dip with cream cheese is one of those appetizers to always keep ... Add in some different spices to ...

To a mixing bowl, add the softened cream cheese, bacon, gruyere cheese ... the dip is bubbling around the edges. Microwave the pepper jelly 30 seconds or so until it is easily pourable.

Slice cream cheese in half diagonally ... Spoon alternating stripes of green and red pepper jelly along the "tree." Place a wine cork at the bottom of the tree to create the stump. Serve with crackers ...