Creamy Holiday Ranch Snowman Food

RANCH SNOWMAN CHEESEBALL

Steps:

• Mix cream cheese, 1 cup of mozzarella cheese, and ranch seasoning mix until smooth.
• Lay out two pieces of plastic wrap. Place ~1.5 cups of the cream cheese mixture in the first piece of plastic wrap(this will be your bottom piece).
• Place the remaining amount (~1 cup) in the other piece of plastic wrap.
• Roll into balls with greased hands. Refrigerate for ~2 hours or until set.
• Then roll each cheeseball into the remaining 1 cup of shredded cheese until well coated.
• Place the smaller cheeseball on top of the larger one. Place peppercorns to resemble eyes, nose, mouth, and buttons.
• Add a small bite sized piece of carrot for his nose.

RANCH SPREAD SNOWMAN

Steps:

• In a small bowl, beat cream cheese and butter until smooth. Add the dressing mix, mustard and garlic; mix well. Shape into two balls, one slightly larger than the other. Cover and refrigerate for at least 4 hours., Remove from the refrigerator 15 minutes before serving. On a serving plate, stack the small cheese ball on top of the larger ball to make a snowman. , Cut ends from olives to make small circles; attach to snowman for eyes and buttons. Insert pretzel sticks for arms. Cut top hat from pepper; place on top of snowman. Trim pepper to make a nose; insert into face. Serve with crackers and vegetables.

SNOWMAN BANANA NOG

Steps:

• Heat a hot-glue gun.
• Glue 3 buttons down the front of 4 pint-size (16-ounce) mason jars. Cut 4 strips of red or green felt, each 1 1/4 inches by 18 inches. Snip fringe into the ends of the felt with scissors. Wrap a felt scarf around the neck of each jar.
• Put the milk, sugar, vanilla, nutmeg, allspice and banana in a blender and blend on high speed until the banana liquifies and the drink is thick and creamy. Pour into the decorated jars and mound whipped cream on top of each drink so it's taller than the rim. Grate more nutmeg on top. Insert a straw and sprinkle confectioners' sugar snow over everything.