Dessert Cheese Ball
By Carley Wegner
Friday, January 23, 2009
Hello and Happy 2009! I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday and enjoyed some good food. I apologize I haven’t added new recipes recently, but the good news is I tried some delicious food over the last couple weeks with friends and family. I look forward to sharing it with you. The recipe posted below is a great spin to your normal cheese ball. It’s a dessert ball and it’s unlike anything I’ve ever had. One of my best friends Jess is allowing me to share it and I think it’s just such a unique dessert idea. I hope you enjoy it as much as we do.
Dessert Cheese Ball
1 (8 oz.) cream cheese, softened
½ cup butter, softened ( no substitutions, no margerine, no unsalted butter
¼ tsp. Vanilla
¾ cup powered sugar
2 tbsp. Brown sugar
1 cup mini chocolate chips (divided ¾ cup and ¼ cup)
¾ cup chopped pecans
Cream together cream cheese, butter and vanilla until fluffy in a medium bowl. Mix in powdered sugar and brown sugar until well blended. Stir in ¾ cup mini chocolate chips. Cover and refrigerate two hours. Shape into ball on plastic wrap and refrigerate one hour or more in plastic wrap. Then roll in chopped pecans and remaining chocolate chips. Serve with graham crackers.
Yields approximately one-lb. cheese ball.
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