A SWEET cheese ball-- definitely a great variation on a classic party food!
Ingredients:
- 1 pkg (8 oz) cream cheese (softened)
- 1/2 cup butter (softened)
- 1/2 tsp vanilla
- 3/4 cup powdered sugar
- 2 tbsp brown sugar
- 3/4 cup mini chocolate chips, plus more for outer coating
- Graham Crackers or Chocolate Wafer cookies to serve
Directions:
- beat cream cheese and butter in mixer until well blended
- add vanilla, sugar, brown sugar, and chocolate chips
- scoop into a ball shape on a large piece of foil
- wrap and refrigerate about an hour
- unwrap cheese ball and roll in leftover chocolate chips to coat the outside
- serve with graham crackers or chocolate wafers
Tips from a Kitchen of Reality:
- The original recipe calls for the cheese ball to be rolled in pecans... but we have the nut allergy family so we avoid that.
- I have always found that my cheese ball is never quite hard enough to "roll" in the chocolate chips, so I just take handfuls and press them against it. Otherwise I end up with a HUGE mess. .
Green Curry Noodles
2 hours ago
I make this a lot for church baby showers...it's almost too good to share :) I do roll mine in chopped pecans because I LOVE pecans. I wrap my ball in plastic wrap and I find if I use full fat cream cheese and real butter, it does set up enough to roll after refrigerated for an hour or so.
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