Chocolate Chip Cheese Ball
By
Anne Nunez
@FleurdeSel
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This sweet indulgence has become a New Year's Eve tradition for our family. I've also brought it to parties and meetings and gotten rave reviews. (Adapted from Allrecipes.com)
Rating:
★★★★★ 32 votes
Comments:
Serves:
15-20
Prep:
15 Min
Cook:
1 Hr
Method:
No-Cook or Other
Blue Ribbon Recipe
Notes from the Test Kitchen:
Oh wow, this is such a good, sweet appetizer! I just can't think of any better way to put it. You may be tempted to just use your finger for tasting, but we recommend serving with graham crackers.
Oh wow, this is such a good, sweet appetizer! I just can't think of any better way to put it. You may be tempted to just use your finger for tasting, but we recommend serving with graham crackers.
Ingredients
- 1 pkg
- (8 ounce) cream cheese, softened
- 1/2 c
- butter, softened (do not use margarine)
- 3/4 c
- confectioners' sugar
- 2-3 Tbsp
- brown sugar
- 1 tsp
- vanilla extract
- 1 c
- miniature chocolate chips
- 3/4 c
- pecans or your favorite nuts, chopped (optional)
Step-By-Step
1In mixer, beat cream cheese and butter until creamy. Add sugars and vanilla and mix until well-combined. Stir in chocolate chips. Cover and refrigerate for at least 2 hours. Gather cold mixture into a ball and cover with plastic wrap. Chill another hour. Roll ball in pecans just before serving.
2Usually, I skip the ball stage and serve this as a spread without the pecans. It's great on chocolate, cinnamon and honey graham crackers, vanilla wafers, shortbread or butter cookies.
