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Last Minute Cheese Balls Three Ways
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Three Cheese Balls

Cheddar Bacon Cheese Ball, Lemon Rosemary Goat Cheese Cheese Ball, and Blue Cheese and Cranberry Cheese Ball. Make one or make them all! 
The base ingredients are for one cheese ball.
Prep Time10 mins
Total Time10 mins
Course: Appetizer
Cuisine: appetizer
Servings: 1 cheese ball
Author: Two Lucky Spoons

Ingredients

  • 8 oz. package cream cheese softened
  • 2 T butter
  • 2 T milk
  • ½ t. salt
  • ¼ t. pepper

Cheddar & Bacon

  • 2 T chopped green onion
  • ½ cup chopped cooked bacon
  • 1 c. shredded cheddar
  • 1 t. Worcestershire
  • ¼ t. garlic powder

Blue Cheese & Cranberry

  • ½ cup shredded cheddar
  • ½ cup crumbled blue cheese
  • ½ c. dried cranberries
  • 1 T chopped parsley

Lemon Rosemary & Goat Cheese

  • Omit Milk
  • 4 oz. plain goat cheese
  • 1 t. lemon zest
  • 1 T lemon juice
  • 1 T fresh rosemary chopped
  • 1 t. paprika

Instructions

  • Combine ingredients in a mixer until whipped and fluffy, then add the flavor combination of your choice below. Shape each cheese ball, wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least an hour. Then roll each ball in minced parsley, sesame seeds, or chopped walnuts and cranberries. Store in the fridge for up to a week. Serve with crackers.