Blue-Cheese Pecan Phyllo Bites

1 8 oz pkg cream cheese, softened
30 homemade or packaged miniature phyllo dough shells, baked
4 oz blue cheese, any kind crumbled
1/2 c. dried tart cherries, chopped
Sugared pecans
Honey (optional)

In a medium bowl, stir the cream cheese until smooth. Spoon cream cheese evenly into phyllo shells. Top with blue cheese and cherries. Sprinkle with sugared pecans. If desired, drizzle with honey.

Sugared Pecans

Spread 1/3 c. chopped pecans in bottom of a medium skillet. Sprinkle with 1 T. sugar and 1/4 tsp. salt. Cook, without stirring, over medium heat. When sugar begins to melt, turn heat to medium-low. Gently stir pecans until all sugar is melted and pecan are lightly coated. Transfer pecans to a foil-lined baking sheet. Cool and break apart. Can be frozen for a month.