Cookie Dough Cheeseball Food

CHOCOLATE CHIP CHEESE BALL

Steps:

• Beat cream cheese, butter and vanilla until smooth; beat in sugars just until blended. Stir in chocolate chips. Refrigerate, covered, until firm enough to shape, about 2 hours. , Place mixture on a large sheet of plastic wrap; shape into a ball. Refrigerate, wrapped, at least 1 hour. , To serve, roll cheese ball in pecans. Serve with graham crackers.

COOKIE DOUGH CHEESE BALL

Steps:

• Blend first 3 ingredients until creamy.
• Add powdered sugar and brown sugar mix well.
• Fold in choc. chips.
• Cover and refrigerate 3-4 hours.
• Shape into ball, wrap in saran wrap-again refrigerate 30 minutes or more.
• When ready to serve, take the ball out of the wrap and roll into the pecans.
• Serve with graham crackers or teddy grahams.

CHOCOLATE CHIP CHEESE BALL

Steps:

• In a medium bowl, beat together cream cheese and butter until smooth. Mix in confectioners' sugar, brown sugar and vanilla. Stir in chocolate chips. Cover, and chill in the refrigerator for 2 hours.
• Shape chilled cream cheese mixture into a ball. Wrap with plastic, and chill in the refrigerator for 1 hour.
• Roll the cheese ball in finely chopped pecans before serving.

COOKIE DOUGH CHEESECAKE

Steps:

• In a small bowl, combine cookie crumbs and sugar, stir in butter.
• Press into the bottom and sides of a greased 9" springform pan, set aside.
• In a mixing bowl, beat cream cheese, sugar until smooth.
• Add eggs, beat until combined.
• Add sour crem and vanilla, beat until well blended.
• Pour over crust, set aside.
• Cut up cookie dough into teaspoon sized cubes.
• Drop over filling, pushing below the surface.
• Dough should be completely covered.
• Bake at 350F for 45-55 minutes or until the center is almost set.
• Cool on a wire rack for 10 minutes.
• Run a knife around the edge of the pan to loosen.
• Cool 1 hour longer.
• Refrigerate overnight, remove sides of pan.
• Sprinkle with mini chocolate chips.

COOKIE DOUGH CHEESECAKE

Steps:

• Line the base of a deep 20cm loose-bottomed cake tin with baking parchment, then line the sides using a strip of parchment that comes above the tin by about 7cm (as the cheesecake will rise in the oven). Lightly oil the parchment.
• Make the cookie dough by beating both sugars and the butter in a stand mixer for 5 mins, or until light and fluffy. Tip in the egg yolks, vanilla paste and milk, then beat again until well combined. Divide the mixture between two mixing bowls, then beat the plain flour into one half of the mixture and the self-raising into the other. Divide the chocolate chips between the two bowls and beat both again until the chocolate chips are evenly distributed. Will keep covered in the fridge for up to three days.
• Put the self-raising flour mixture in the fridge while you press the plain flour cookie dough into the base of your prepared cake tin. Keep chilled in the fridge while you prepare the rest of the cheesecake.
• Heat the oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Line two baking sheets with baking parchment, then take the cookie dough made with the self-raising flour out of the fridge. Pinch pieces of the dough and roll into balls the size of marbles until you have used all the dough. Space them apart on the baking sheets and bake for 5-7 mins or until golden brown. Leave on a wire rack to cool.
• To make the main part of the cheesecake, melt both the milk and dark chocolate pieces in a heatproof bowl set over a saucepan of barely simmering water, then set aside to cool down a little. Beat the soft cheese in a large bowl to loosen it, then beat in one egg at a time. Whisk in the sugar, soured cream, flour and vanilla for 5 mins or until light and frothy. Leave for 20 mins to come to room temperature, then slowly pour in the chocolate and gently fold it in until the mixture is even in colour.
• Heat the oven to 170C/150C fan/gas 3½. Remove the cake tin from the fridge and pour the chocolate and cheese mixture over the cookie dough base. Bake for 40 mins or until set on top with a slight wobble in the centre, then turn the oven off and leave the cheesecake inside to cool down slowly for 3 hrs (it will dip slightly in the middle). Chill in the fridge until completely cold.
• For the ganache, put the dark and milk chocolate in a heatproof bowl. Put the cream and sugar in a saucepan and set over a medium heat until steaming (don't let it boil), then pour over the chocolate. Whisk to melt the chocolate and create a smooth, glossy mixture. Chill in the fridge for 1 hr or until the ganache is thick and spoonable.
• When the cheesecake is cold, place on a serving plate or cake stand, then swirl over the ganache. Decorate with the choc chip cookies and some chocolate mini eggs, chocolate nests and white chocolate buttons, if you like.