Pumpkin Cheese Ball
This pumpkin cheese ball was a big hit at a Halloween party I recently attended. The adorable shape is one thing, but the taste is the most important! Creamy and cheesy ranch, with some shredded sharp cheddar cheese mixed in and on top, with the crunch of bell pepper. It was the perfect appetizer!
I mean, just look at it. How adorable is this pumpkin cheese ball? It was almost sad digging into it for the first bite. No one wanted to be the first to ruin it, so I did it. Once you taste how amazing it is…the sadness with subside ;).
For something to be so cute and awesome, it was so easy! Anyone, and I mean anyone can accomplish this recipe.
I love a good cheese ball. I know there are so many appetizer recipes out there for parties. But this is Halloween! Its fun to be creative with your food during the holidays. And when a recipe is fast, easy, and fun…sign me up!
When it comes to appetizers and finger foods, I love me some cheese. Anything cheese really. Whats better than a big ball of cheese??
This recipe only calls for a few ingredients that you would need to get at the store, if you don’t already happen to have them.
You will need an orange bell pepper (it doesn’t HAVE to be orange, but orange is better to go along with the pumpkin color), a package of rand dip mix, orange shredded cheddar, cream cheese, plastic wrap, and rubber bands.
Now, I don’t know about you, but we have a junk drawer filled with rubber bands and I am sure you do too!! Its time to put those suckers to some good use!
Once everything is mixed together, and you wrap your cheese ball up in plastic wrap, you want to place the rubber bands around your cheese ball over the plastic wrap to give it the indented lines and grooves that pumpkins have.
The last step is to add the pepper stem that you saved, and top it off for the pumpkin stem!
Serves with some crackers like wheat thins. I find those to be strong enough, and they don’t break when you scoop the cheese up.
Enjoy, and Happy Halloween!
Pumpkin Cheese Ball
Ingredients
- 1 Orange Bell Pepper, diced into small pieces Make sure to find a pepper with a nice big stem to reserve
- 16 OZ. Cream Cheese, softened
- 1 Packet Ranch Seasoning Mix
- 2 Cups Orange Shredded Cheese, divided in half
- Plastic Wrap
- 4 Rubber Bands Make sure the rubber bands aren't too big, that way they squeeze into the ball to make an indent
Instructions
- In a large bowl mix together cream cheese, ranch seasoning, diced pepper, and 1 cup of the shredded cheese. I used a hand held mixer, but you can use a spoon as well.
- Lay out a decent amount of plastic wrap on flat surface. Sprinkle some shredded cheese on plastic wrap.
- Scoop cream cheese mixture on plastic wrap on top of sprinkled cheddar cheese.
- Shape the cream cheese mixture into a ball shape using your hands, and take the rest of the shredded cheese and cover the entire ball.
- Once the ball is covered evenly with shredded cheese, you want to wrap the ball completely in the plastic wrap. Make sure none of it is exposed.
- Take the rubber bands, and place them around the ball, making a star if you will.
- Let sit in fridge wrapped up with rubber bands for a few hours.
- When ready to serve, take off rubber bands, unwrap the plastic wrap and place on serving dish. Top with the reserved pepper stem, and enjoy!!!
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