Arepa spread with cream cheese and glossy red hot pepper jelly

Cream Cheese Pepper Jelly Arepa — 2-Minute No-Cook Snack

September 01, 2026

Category: After-School Snacks  |  Ready in 2 minutes  |  Serves 1 adult or 2 kids  |  Naturally gluten-free

Kid-friendly: a 10-year-old can make this one alone — no stove.

What You Need

  • 2 Zavor & Co gluten-free arepas
  • 4 tbsp cream cheese
  • 3 tbsp hot pepper jelly

How to Make It

  1. Warm the arepas in the toaster on high, 2-3 cycles, then let cool for a minute.
  2. Spread cream cheese over each arepa.
  3. Spoon the hot pepper jelly over the cream cheese.
  4. Eat right away.

About This Recipe

Cream cheese topped with pepper jelly is the two-ingredient appetizer served at every Southern gathering, usually on crackers. It's sweet, tangy and only mildly spicy — kids usually go for it.


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Laura Sophia — Zavor & Co.
Founder of Zavor & Co., the everyday arepa brand bringing naturally gluten-free arepas into everyday American life.
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