Pumpkin Shaped Cheese Ball Recipe
Here's a fun and delicious pumpkin cheese ball that will look as good as it tastes for any fall party.
Ingredients
- 8 ounces Cream Cheese softened
- 8 ounces Sharp Cheddar Cheese shredded
- 1 pkg Ranch Dressing Mix
- 1/2 cup Milk
- 1/2 cup Mayonnaise
- 1 cup Crushed Cheez-it Crackers
- Butchers String
- 1 large Green Bell Pepper Stem
Instructions
- In a large mixing bowl combine ranch mix with milk and mayonnaise. Refrigerate for 20 minutes.
- Add cream cheese and shredded cheddar cheese to the ranch mixture and stir well. Freeze for 1 hour.
- Transfer the cheese ball mixture to the bowl of crushed crackers and cover it with the crackers.
- Then place it onto a piece of parchment or wax paper and form a ball.
- Wrap plastic wrap around the cheese ball and twist at the top.
- Place the wrapped cheese ball on the center of three intersecting pieces of butcher's twine.
- Tie the twine at the top and refrigerate for 1 hour.
- Remove the cheese ball from the twine and plastic wrap.
- Pat on additional cracker crumbs to the cheese ball if necessary and place it on a platter surrounded by crackers.
- Stick the stem of a large green bell pepper in the top middle of the cheese ball to act as a pumpkin stem.
Nutrition
Serving: 1gCalories: 128kcalCarbohydrates: 1gProtein: 4gFat: 12gSaturated Fat: 5gPolyunsaturated Fat: 3gMonounsaturated Fat: 3gTrans Fat: 0.01gCholesterol: 26mgSodium: 151mgPotassium: 34mgSugar: 1gVitamin A: 279IUCalcium: 99mgIron: 0.04mg
Nutritional information is provided as a courtesy and is an estimate only. This information comes from online calculators. Although attempts have been made to provide accurate nutritional information, these figures are only estimates.
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