Halloween Cookie Dough Cheese Ball
Author: Heather Hernandez of Freebies4Mom.com
Serves: 24
- 1 package (8 oz.) Philadelphia Original Cream Cheese (softened)
- ½ cup creamy peanut butter
- ½ cup powdered sugar
- 1 tablespoon brown sugar
- ¼ teaspoon vanilla extract
- ¾ cup miniature semisweet chocolate chips
- ½ cup Kraft Finely Shredded Sharp Cheddar Cheese
- ¼ cup finely chopped candy-coated chocolate or peanut butter
- ¼ cup finely chopped pecans
- 2 Kraft 2% Milk String Mozzarella Cheese Snacks
- 1 drinking straw (to use as a support for string cheese Ghosts)
- Beat together in a medium bowl Philadelphia Cream Cheese and peanut butter until well mixed
- Beat in powdered sugar, brown sugar and vanilla extract
- Stir in miniature chocolate chips with a spoon (save a few for the string cheese ghosts)
- Cover bowl and refrigerate for at least 2 hours
- Use plastic food-handling gloves to shape chilled dough into a large ball. Wrap cheese ball with with plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 1 hour
- Stir together Kraft Finely Shredded Sharp Cheddar Cheese, candy and pecans and place on a large plate
- Roll cheese ball in the cheese/candy/nut coating pressing it into the ball until completely covered
- Cut Kraft 2% Milk String Mozzarella Cheese Snacks into three different lengths for Ghosts
- Press in chocolate chip eyes and mouth to create Ghosts
- Stick short straw into Ghost then stick straw into cheese ball to create trio of Ghosts on top of cheese ball
- Serve with small cookies like vanilla wafers and gingersnaps
Recipe by Freebies 4 Mom at https://freebies4mom.com/cookiecheeseball/
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