Bacon Dill Cheese Ball Food

DILL PICKLE BACON CHEESE BALL

Steps:

• Place the softened cream cheese in a large bowl and stir in the pickle juice and garlic powder until smooth.
• Stir in the chopped pickles, cheddar, and half of the crumbled bacon until well combined.
• Use your hands to shape the mixture into a ball.
• Pour the remaining crumbled bacon and the diced onion in a single layer on a large plate.
• Roll the cheese ball into the bacon and onion mixture until coated on all sides.
• Serve immediately or cover in an airtight container for up to 2 days before serving.
• Serve this with your favorite chips, crackers, and veggies.

BACON AND DILL PICKLE CHEESE BALL

Steps:

• Combine cream cheese, sour cream, diced dill pickles, Cheddar cheese, Monterey Jack cheese, dill pickle juice, green onions, paprika, and dried dill in a large bowl. Stir until evenly combined. Form mixture into a ball. Cover and refrigerate for a minimum of 1 hour.
• Just before serving, place pretzels in a food processor and pulse until bread crumb consistency. Combine pretzel crumbs and bacon on a flat plate.
• Roll the cheese ball in the pretzel mixture until all sides are coated.

BACON DILL CHEESE BALL

Steps:

• Blend cream cheese and mayo together
• Mix in the scallions, dill, pepper and bacon.
• Spread out a piece of plastic wrap and spoon to mixture onto it and fold the plastic wrap around the mixture.
• Form it into a ball.
• Refrigerate for at least 1-2 hours.
• Remove from wrap and roll in sliced almonds. I find it easiest to put the ball on a plate of almonds then turn it over to coat the other side. Then roll the sides.
• Serve with crackers.

20 EASY CHEESE BALLS FOR YOUR NEXT PARTY

Steps:

• Select your favorite recipe.
• Organize all the required ingredients.
• Prep a cheese ball in 30 minutes or less!

THE HEAVYSET CHEESE BALL

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 300 degrees F.
• Place and spread all the almonds on a cookie sheet or in a shallow pan, pushing the almonds around until they turn color, about 20 minutes.
• Mix together the cream cheese and the mayonnaise. Add the bacon, salt and pepper, dill, and onion. Chill overnight.
• On a serving platter, make 2 pine cone shapes with the cheese. Begin to press the almonds at a slight angle into the cheese, starting at the narrow end of the pine cone shape.
• Do this in rows, continuing to overlap rows until all the cheese is covered. Garnish with fake sprigs, or real ones, or with rosemary.
• Serve at room temperature and spread on crackers.

DILL PICKLE CHEESEBALL

Steps:

• In a large bowl, mix together cream cheese, cheddar, mozzarella, pickles, dill, pickle juice, garlic powder and paprika until combined, then season with salt and pepper. Form mixture into one large ball.
• Make coating: In a shallow bowl or plate, mix together bacon, cheddar and dill.
• Roll cheeseball in the mixture until fully coated and serve.

DILLY CHEESE BALL

Steps:

• Beat first six ingredients until smooth. Shape into a ball; wrap in plastic. Refrigerate several hours. Sprinkle with parsley; serve with crackers.

BACON DILL CHEESE BALL

Steps:

• Mix cream cheese and mayonnaise together in a medium bowl.
• Add remaining ingredients and mix well.
• Shape as you wish (ball, pine cone, bowl, sandwiches, Statue of Liberty, whatever *grins*), cover and chill overnight.
• Serve with crackers.