Best Holiday Cheese Ball Recipes

HOLIDAY CHEESE BALL WREATH

Steps:

• Line the inside of a 6-cup Bundt pan with plastic wrap. Process the cream cheese, shredded cheese, Worcestershire sauce, 1/2 teaspoon salt and few grinds of pepper in a food processor until smooth. Empty the mixture into a medium bowl, and fold in all but 2 tablespoons of the chopped peppers.
• Spoon the cheese mixture into the prepared Bundt pan; pack it in, spread into an even layer and cover (or simply form the cheese mixture into a ball and wrap tightly with plastic wrap). Refrigerate until chilled, at least 1 hour up to 2 days.
• Uncover and invert the cheese mold (or unwrap and transfer the ball) onto a serving platter. Sprinkle with the chives and parsley to completely coat the wreath, and garnish with the reserved 2 tablespoons peppers. Serve with crackers, sliced bread or crudites.

HOLIDAY FETA CHEESE BALL

Steps:

• Mix cream cheese and feta with mixer until blended. Add next 3 ingredients; mix well.
• Refrigerate several hours or until chilled.
• Shape into ball. Roll in parsley until evenly coated.

HOLIDAY TREE-SHAPED CHEESE BALL

Steps:

• Stir together cream cheese and Cheddar cheese; divide in half. Stir pesto into 1 half; stir onion, mustard and 2 or 3 drops pepper sauce into other half. Cover each half; refrigerate about 4 hours or until firm enough to shape.
• Place cheese mixtures on cookie sheet. Shape each half into cone shape to look like a pine tree.
• If desired, wrap each tree, label and freeze up to 1 month. Twelve hours before serving, remove trees from freezer. Thaw in wrapper in refrigerator.
• Just before serving, roll trees in parsley, pressing it evenly onto trees. Press pine nuts onto trees in string form for garland. Press bell pepper pieces onto trees for ornaments. Top each tree with star shape cut from lemon peel. Serve with crackers.

HOLIDAY CHEESE BALL

Steps:

• In a small bowl, combine first seven ingredients. Cover and refrigerate 30 minutes. , Shape into a ball; roll in walnuts. Cover and refrigerate overnight. , Serve with toasted French bread slices, crackers and/or vegetables.

CRANBERRY-PECAN HOLIDAY CHEESE BALL

Steps:

• Beat cheddar cheese, cream cheese, butter and mustard until blended. Fold in 1/3 cup pecans and 1/2 cup dried cranberries. Spread remaining pecans and dried cranberries in an even layer on a 12x12-in. piece of plastic; place cheese mixture on top of cranberry mixture. Bring corners of plastic up over cheese ball and shape into a ball. Refrigerate at least 1 hour., Remove from refrigerator 10 minutes before serving. Serve with crackers.

HOLIDAY CHEESE BALL

Steps:

• Combine cream cheese, beef, onions and pepper sauce with hands or an electric mixer. Shape into a ball. Chill at least 1 hour before serving with crackers.

HOLIDAY HAM & CHEESE BALL

Steps:

• Place the cream cheese in a large, covered bowl and allow to soften at room temperature while preparing the other ingredients.
• Lay several pieces of ham on a cutting board and slice into 1/2" strips. Turn the cutting board and slice again, forming small squares. Set aside in a medium bowl or on a plate and separate the squares. Repeat with the rest of the ham.
• Slice the bunch of green onions into very thin rings.
• When the cheese is softened, add in the Worcestershire sauce, garlic powder, green onions (add all or just enough for your preference), and 1/2 of the ham. Mix together well until ingredients are uniformly distributed.
• Using a large piece of plastic wrap, shape the cream cheese mixture into a ball. Roll the ball in the remaining ham pieces (faster) or manually press the ham squares into the cheese ball (prettier). Place on a plate and wrap in plastic wrap. Allow to chill for a few hours or overnight before serving. Serve with crackers, vegetables or crusty bread.

HOLIDAY CRANBERRY-PECAN CHEESE BALL

Steps:

• Mix Neufchatel, apples, honey and cinnamon until blended. Shape into ball.
• Coat evenly with nuts, then cranberries.

HOLIDAY DRIED BEEF CHEESE BALL

Steps:

• keep cheese out to soften, cut up green onion in small pieces and wash well, cut up beef in small pieces.
• Mix all in a bowl and then shape into ball or other shape.
• cover with foil and refrigerate for 1 hr or 2 before serving with crackers.

AUNT LORI'S HOLIDAY CHEESE BALL

Steps:

• Mix cream cheese, soup mix, and about 1/4 cup bacon bits until well combined.
• Shape into a ball and roll in remaining bacon bits to cover the outside.
• Serve with ritz crackers.

GRACE'S THIRD HOLIDAY CHEESE SPREAD,BALL OR LOG

Steps:

• combine all ingredients in large bowl, except for the garnish spices. mix all ingredients well.
• pour into decorative bowl to serve. u put the teaspn of parsley in with all ingreadients in bowl.
• garnish with paprika and parsley. serve the following day. spreads ball and logs all taste better the day after as all the flavors have obsorbed each other.

HOLIDAY TREE-SHAPED CHEESE BALL

Steps:

• Stir together cream cheese and Cheddar cheese; divide in half. Stir pesto into 1 half; stir onion, mustard and 2 or 3 drops pepper sauce into other half. Cover each half; refrigerate about 4 hours or until firm enough to shape.
• Place cheese mixtures on cookie sheet. Shape each half into cone shape to look like a pine tree.
• If desired, wrap each tree, label and freeze up to 1 month. Twelve hours before serving, remove trees from freezer. Thaw in wrapper in refrigerator.
• Just before serving, roll trees in parsley, pressing it evenly onto trees. Press pine nuts onto trees in string form for garland. Press bell pepper pieces onto trees for ornaments. Top each tree with star shape cut from lemon peel. Serve with crackers.

HOLIDAY TREE-SHAPED CHEESE BALL RECIPE - (4.4/5)

Steps:

• Stir together cream cheese and cheddar cheese; divide in half. Stir pesto into 1 half; stir onion, mustard and 2 or 3 drops pepper sauce into other half. Cover each half; refrigerate about 4 hours or until firm enough to shape. Place cheese mixtures on cookie sheet. Shape each half into cone shape to look like a pine tree. If desired, wrap each tree, label and freeze up to 1 month. Twelve hours before serving, remove trees from freezer. Thaw in wrapper in refrigerator. Just before serving, roll trees in parsley, pressing it evenly onto trees. Press pine nuts onto trees in string form for garland. Press bell pepper pieces onto trees for ornaments. Top each tree with star shape cut from lemon peel. Serve with crackers.

GRACE'S 4TH HOLIDAY CHEESE SPREAD, BALL, OR LOG

Steps:

• in foodproccessor or electric food chopper place meat in and chop til fine.
• then place all ingredients large mixing bowl blend well. pour in to decorative bowl to serve.
• garnish with paprika and parsley. serve the next day. that way all flavors r blended well together.

HOLIDAY PUMPKIN CHEESE BALL

Steps:

• 1. In large bowl, with mixer on low/medium, combine cream cheese, pumpkin pie filling, pineapple preserves. By hand, stir in carrots and nuts. Form into ball. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate until chilled. Serve with cinnamon graham crackers broken in medium pieces.
• 2. OPTION: You can roll the ball in finely chopped walnuts if you desire OR finely chopped carrots, or both.

GEORGIA'S FAMOUS HOLIDAY CHEESE BALL

Steps:

• Mix together cream cheese, onion, and Worcestershire sauce. Fold in the chopped mushrooms. Shape the mixture into a ball and pat the parsley around the outside of the ball. Refrigerate for 1 to 3 hours before serving.

HOLIDAY TREE-SHAPED CHEESE BALL

Steps:

• Stir together cream cheese and Cheddar cheese; divide in half. Stir pesto into 1 half; stir onion, mustard and 2 or 3 drops pepper sauce into other half. Cover each half; refrigerate about 4 hours or until firm enough to shape.
• Place cheese mixtures on cookie sheet. Shape each half into cone shape to look like a pine tree.
• If desired, wrap each tree, label and freeze up to 1 month. Twelve hours before serving, remove trees from freezer. Thaw in wrapper in refrigerator.
• Just before serving, roll trees in parsley, pressing it evenly onto trees. Press pine nuts onto trees in string form for garland. Press bell pepper pieces onto trees for ornaments. Top each tree with star shape cut from lemon peel. Serve with crackers.

SUSIE'S BLEU CHEESE BALL WITH A HOLIDAY PRESENTATION

Steps:

• Mix all ingredients except almonds and form to shape of a pine cone on serving tray.
• (Imagine a pine cone hanging from a branch. Now mentally slice that pine cone in half lengthwise and lay it on your serving tray. That's the shape you want to make.) Starting at the"bottom" of the pine cone lay almonds down flat on cream cheese with narrow end at bottom and wider, rounded end at top.
• Continue with more rows of almonds across the pinecone, slightly overlapping each row on the previous row.
• Remember that branch the pine cone was hanging from?
• Place your piece of evergreen like that.
• Obviously, don't use something poisonous or you can use a piece of silk (artificial) evergreen.
• They make some very attractive ones now.
• Or skip all that, form it into a ball and roll it in chopped pecans.
• Serve at room temperature.

HOLIDAY TREE-SHAPED CHEESE BALL RECIPE - (4.6/5)

Steps:

• Directions 1 Stir together cream cheese and Cheddar cheese; divide in half. Stir pesto into 1 half; stir onion, mustard and 2 or 3 drops pepper sauce into other half. Cover each half; refrigerate about 4 hours or until firm enough to shape. 2 Place cheese mixtures on cookie sheet. Shape each half into cone shape to look like a pine tree. 3 If desired, wrap each tree, label and freeze up to 1 month. Twelve hours before serving, remove trees from freezer. Thaw in wrapper in refrigerator. 4 Just before serving, roll trees in parsley, pressing it evenly onto trees. Press pine nuts onto trees in string form for garland. Press bell pepper pieces onto trees for ornaments. Top each tree with star shape cut from lemon peel. Serve with crackers. 1 Stir together cream cheese and Cheddar cheese; divide in half. Stir pesto into 1 half; stir onion, mustard and 2 or 3 drops pepper sauce into other half. Cover each half; refrigerate about 4 hours or until firm enough to shape. 2 Place cheese mixtures on cookie sheet. Shape each half into cone shape to look like a pine tree. 3 If desired, wrap each tree, label and freeze up to 1 month. Twelve hours before serving, remove trees from freezer. Thaw in wrapper in refrigerator. 4 Just before serving, roll trees in parsley, pressing it evenly onto trees. Press pine nuts onto trees in string form for garland. Press bell pepper pieces onto trees for ornaments. Top each tree with star shape cut from lemon peel. Serve with crackers.

HOLIDAY CHEESE BALL

Steps:

• 1. Mix cream cheese and cheddar cheese in bowl until well blended.
• 2. Add remaining ingredients, except for the nuts; mix well. Refrigerate several hours.
• 3. Shape into 1 large or 2 small balls and roll in chopped nuts. Serve with crackers.
• 4. Variations-Change the shape and make a cheese log or a snowman or Christmas Tree. You can also make about 20 mini balls for individual servings.