Community Pick
Chocolate Cheese Ball
photo by Marie Nixon
- Ready In:
- 4hrs
- Ingredients:
- 8
- Yields:
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1 cheese ball
- Serves:
- 12-20
ingredients
- 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
- 1⁄2 cup butter, softened
- 3⁄4 cup icing sugar
- 2 tablespoons brown sugar
- 1⁄4 teaspoon vanilla
- 3⁄4 cup miniature chocolate chip
- 3⁄4 cup finely chopped pecans or 3/4 cup finely chopped walnuts
- graham cracker (for spreading)
directions
- In a mixing bowl, beat the cream cheese and butter until fluffy.
- Gradually add the icing sugar, then the brown sugar, then vanilla; beat just until combined.
- Stir in chocolate chips.
- Cover and refrigerate for 2 hours.
- Place cream cheese mixture on a large piece of plastic wrap and shape into a ball; it helps to put your hands under the plastic wrap to help you form it without getting your hands sticky.
- Place nuts in flat bowl and roll ball in pecans, trying to coat evenly.
- Refrigerate for at least 1 hour.
- Serve with graham crackers.
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Reviews
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Excellent Lennie! Wow! If I had an option for more than 5 stars, i'd use it! I got raves from everyone at the party. I have never made a "cheeseball" before, because my husband doesn't like cheese, so i always have to disguise it in recipes and the word "cheeseball" does not lend itself to disguise very easily! LOL He does, however, like cream cheese. So when i found this recipe, i knew it would be a hit! I have to tell everyone tho, that while shopping for the ingredients, specifically the graham crackers, i found a new kind of graham to use. I originally knew that i would be using chocolate flavored grahams, but i also spotted the new "Honey Maid Honey Stix". They are PERFECT for the cheeseball! The stix are the size and shape of small baby teething biscuits, are honey flavored with a little sugar sprinkled on top and are strong enough to scoop the cheeseball without breaking. You can also purchase them in cinnamon flavor, which i will try next time (using both of the stix flavors and omitting the regular grahams altogether). I loved this recipe so much that i am making it again for camping this weekend! I could just go on and on raving about this recipe, but i won't. I'll just say to everyone, If you like cream cheese, TRY THIS!!! You will not be sorry!
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OH MY GOODNESS! Lennie you have out done yourself with this recipe. It was out of this world delicious! It was simple to make. I went with LeeAnn's suggestion of adding the melted chocolate and then I also added about 1/2 cup of mini chips to the cream cheese mixture. I used the cinnamon graham cracker stix. Although my daughter thought that process was too slow and just got herself a spoon and dug in. Thank you for sharing this great recipe.
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We served this cheese ball at DD's wedding reception this past weekend. I had never tried a cheese ball with chocolate before and really wasn't sure how it would taste. Since DD is a chocolate nut, I decided to give it a try. It was a huge success with everyone! The cheese ball is so delicious with the graham crackers....I could have eaten the whole thing by myself. I can't wait to have another occasion to make this. Heck, I might not even wait for a special occasion! Thanks for a wonderful recipe!
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