Pumpkin-Shaped Cheese Ball

Photo by Sam Kaplan

Recipe courtesy Michelle Buffardi for Cooking Channel

 

Yield: 1 Cheeseball

Ingredients:

• 16 ounces cream cheese (room temperature)
• 1-1/2 cups shredding cheddar
• 3 Tbsp. minced onion
• 2 Tbsp. salsa
• 2 tsp. ground cumin
• 1 tsp. minced jalapeño
• Tortilla chips or crackers
• Bell pepper

 

Directions:

1. With a mixer, blend room-temperature cream cheese with shredded cheddar, minced onion, salsa, ground cumin and minced jalapeno.
2. Scoop onto plastic wrap and use the wrap to form the mixture into a 5-inch pumpkin-shaped ball; chill at least 2 hours.
3. To serve, unwrap, roll in crushed nacho-flavored tortilla chips and press a bell pepper stem into the top.

 

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