Cheese Ball Surprise Recipes

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• Process dried beef, Italian-style dressing and cream cheese in a food processor until well blended. Transfer to a medium bowl. Chill until firm enough to form into a ball, about 2 hours.

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• Beat cream cheese and cheddar in small bowl with mixer until blended.
• Add all remaining ingredients except nuts; mix well.
• Refrigerate several hours.
• Shape into ball; roll in nuts.

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• Beat Neufchatel and cheddar in small bowl with mixer until blended.
• Add peppers, onions and mustard; mix well.
• Refrigerate 1 hour.
• Shape into ball; roll in parsley. Serve with celery and crackers.

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• Soften cream cheese.
• Mix softened cream cheese, orange juice concentrate, craisins in bowl.
• Form mixture into ball using your hands.
• Roll in chopped walnuts.
• Refrigerate until ready to serve.

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• Place cheddar and cream cheese at room temperature for about 1 hour to soften.
• In a bowl mix Heinz 57 sauce, Worcestershire sauce, and garlic powder until well blended.
• Add cheese and roll into ball shape.
• Shake chili powder onto waxed paper and roll ball until covered.
• Repeat this step with chopped pecans until covered.
• Place immeadiately into refrigerator to chill to keep ball shape.
• Serve with party crackers.

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• Preheat oven to 300 degrees F.
• Place and spread all the almonds on a cookie sheet or in a shallow pan, pushing the almonds around until they turn color, about 20 minutes.
• Mix together the cream cheese and the mayonnaise. Add the bacon, salt and pepper, dill, and onion. Chill overnight.
• On a serving platter, make 2 pine cone shapes with the cheese. Begin to press the almonds at a slight angle into the cheese, starting at the narrow end of the pine cone shape.
• Do this in rows, continuing to overlap rows until all the cheese is covered. Garnish with fake sprigs, or real ones, or with rosemary.
• Serve at room temperature and spread on crackers.

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• Cook the bacon in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat until just starting to crisp but still pliable, about 5 minutes. Remove 1 slice to a paper towel-lined plate. Continue cooking the remaining bacon until browned and crisp, 2 to 3 more minutes; remove to the plate. Halve the slice of less-cooked bacon lengthwise. Finely chop the remaining bacon.
• Beat the cream cheese in a large bowl with a mixer on medium-high speed until smooth and creamy, about 2 minutes. Add the cheddar, scallions, Worcestershire sauce, hot sauce, a pinch of salt and the chopped bacon; beat until combined. Refrigerate until slightly firm, about 30 minutes.
• Form the cheese mixture into 3 balls (about 2 inches, 2 1/2 inches and 3 inches). Refrigerate until firm, at least 30 more minutes.
• Meanwhile, freeze the Monterey jack cheese 1 hour (this will make it less clumpy when grated). Grate the cheese on the small holes of a box grater. Gently press all over the cheese balls to coat completely. Put the 3-inch cheese ball on a small serving plate; insert a 4-inch wooden skewer into the middle. Stack the 2 1/2-inch and 2-inch balls on top, securing on the skewer.
• Press the currants into the top cheese ball for eyes; add a carrot nose. Use the halved bacon to make a scarf and add rosemary sprigs for arms. Place the pretzel crisp on top for a hat brim. Cut off about one-third of the olive so that it sits flat; place on top of the pretzel crisp for the hat. Serve with more pretzel crisps.

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• In a large mixing bowl, using your hand, combine butter, peanut butter, sugar, rice cereal and mini chocolate morsels. Roll mixture into 1-inch balls and place onto a parchment lined sheet pan in the freezer. In a double boiler, over simmering water, melt semisweet morsels. Stir constantly until melted and smooth. With a fork, dip the frozen balls in melted chocolate. Place on a cool cookie sheet lined with parchment paper. Place in freezer for 5 to10 minutes until the chocolate has set. Store the balls in an airtight container at room temperature.

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• In an electric food processor or blender, combine cream cheese, garlic, Worcestershire sauce and hot pepper sauce. Blend well. Add Cheddar cheese and process until the Cheddar is fine, but still very visible. Shape the mixture into balls or logs. Wrap individually in plastic wrap and place in the freezer.
• While the balls are in the freezer, combine the ground pecans and parsley in a shallow bowl. Remove the balls from the freezer and roll them in the pecan and parsley mixture.

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• Mix cheese, butter and flour to form dough. Shape into small balls about 1 inch in diameter. Flatten ball with hands. Place 1 olive in center and wrap dough around it, sealing edges completely.
• Freeze until just before ready to serve (these must be frozen before cooking).
• When ready to serve, place frozen balls on cookie sheet and bake in preheated 375°F oven for 10 minutes or until golden. Cheese will puff up and melt.

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• In a mixing bowl, combine all of the meatball ingredients except the cheese and mix well.
• Take a piece of meat about the size of a walnut, flatten it, put a cheese cube in the center, and press the meat mixture closed around the cheese, covering the cheese completely and evenly so it won't melt out into the pan.
• Spray skillet with non-stick cooking spray, then fry the meatballs over medium heat until they are very well browned on all sides.
• Remove meatballs from pan and make gravy from the drippings.
• Add flour to the drippings in the pan and mix well (you may need to add a little oil if there wasn't enough grease rendered from the meatballs).
• Add milk or water and Meat Magic, and stir well, getting any meat off the bottom of the pan to prevent sticking.
• Cook over medium heat until the gravy thickens and starts to bubble.
• Add more milk or water if needed.
• Return the meatballs to the gravy and serve or serve separately.

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