BACON-BLEU CHEESE BALL

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A zesty bleu-cheese, bacon, and onion cheese ball. Best served with multi-grain crackers. The recipe I reworked for this cheese ball called for 1 pound of bacon fried, drained, and crumbled. I didn't have time for all that, so used the bacon bits and found them at least as good and less mess. Make sure your cream cheese is really soft, or else it is a little hard to mix well. Bon Appetit!

Provided by marion

Categories Meat and Poultry Recipes Pork Bacon Appetizers

Time 3h10m

Yield 20

Number Of Ingredients 7

Ingredients

2 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese, softened
1 (3 ounce) package bacon bits (such as Oscar Mayer®)
3 ounces crumbled blue cheese
¼ cup blue cheese salad dressing, or to taste
2 green onions, chopped
½ teaspoon garlic powder
¼ cup dried parsley, or as needed

Steps:

Stir cream cheese, bacon bits, blue cheese, salad dressing, green onions, and garlic powder together in a bowl. Form mixture into 2 balls, cover each with plastic wrap, and refrigerate until chilled and firm, 3 hours or overnight.
Remove cheese balls from plastic wrap and roll in parsley.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 125.1 calories, Carbohydrate 1.2 g, Cholesterol 31.4 mg, Fat 11.6 g, Fiber 0.1 g, Protein 4.6 g, SaturatedFat 6.3 g, Sodium 292.6 mg, Sugar 0.2 g