White Pumpkin Cheese Ball Food

WHITE PUMPKIN CHEESE BALL

Steps:

• In medium bowl, beat cheeses and pepper with electric mixer on low speed until blended, or mix with spoon. Shape mixture into large ball to look like pumpkin. Smooth surface with metal spatula or table knife. If desired, make vertical grooves in cheese ball with fingertips.
• Break 1/2-inch piece off pretzel and press into top of cheese ball for pumpkin stem; discard remaining pretzel piece. Place basil leaf and thyme sprig beside pretzel. Serve with crackers and vegetables.

PUMPKIN CHEESEBALL

Steps:

• In a food processor, blend the cheese crackers to very fine crumbs.
• In a large bowl, mix the Cheddar, cream cheese and macaroni and cheese powder until fully combined. Roll into a ball and coat with the cheese crackers crumbs. Wrap fully in plastic wrap and form into a pumpkin shape. Using a wooden spoon or skewers, make the ridges of a pumpkin.
• Unwrap the cheeseball pumpkin. Place the pepper stem and parsley sprig on the top and sit on top of a plate of green tortilla chips.

PUMPKIN CHEESE BALL

Steps:

• With a mixer, blend 16 ounces room-temperature cream cheese with 1 1/2 cups shredded cheddar, 3 tablespoons minced onion, 2 tablespoons salsa, 2 teaspoons ground cumin and 1 teaspoon minced jalapeno. Scoop onto plastic wrap and use the wrap to form the mixture into a 5-inch pumpkin-shaped ball; chill at least 2 hours. To serve, unwrap, roll in crushed nacho-flavored tortilla chips and press a bell pepper stem into the top.

PUMPKIN CHEESE BALL

Steps:

• Put the cheese puffs in a food processor and process until finely ground. Transfer to a rimmed baking sheet.
• Combine the cream cheese, Cheddar, chives, 1 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper in a large bowl and mix to combine. Mold the mixture into a ball, pressing the top of the ball with your hand to flatten it. With the tip of a butter knife, carve lines down the sides to resemble a pumpkin.
• Roll the cheese ball in the ground cheese puffs. Remove the entire bell pepper stem with a paring knife and put it on top of the cheeseball as the pumpkin stem. Seed and slice the bell pepper. Serve the cheeseball on a plate with crackers and slices of bell pepper.