White Chocolate and Hazelnut Ball

I'mPat's Note:

From a free recipe book given out by Philadelphia Cheese (on the purchase of of 3 products). They classify this as a dessert but I think could be served as a sweet appertiser. Chill time not included in timing.

• Total Time: 20 mins
• Prep Time: 10 mins
• Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients:

Serves: 8

Yield: 2.0 balls

• 250 g cream cheese (block softened)
• 100 g white chocolate (melted)
• 1 tablespoon caster sugar
• 1 cup hazelnuts (roasted and chopped)
• ginger biscuits (to serve)
• chocolate chip bread (to serve)

Directions:

1. Combine cream cheese, melted chocolate and sugar in a small bowl and chill for 1 hour or until firm.
2. Form into 2 balls and coat in hazelnuts and chill until firm.
3. Place onto 2 serving plates and serve with ginger bishcuits and chocolate chip bread.

Reviews

[Lalaloula]

This is a very tasty dessert and looks pretty, too. Very nice for winter entertaining as it does resemble a snowball quite a bit. :)
I left out the icing sugar, added some ground vanilla bean seeds and used ground nuts in place of the chopped ones. That worked out nicely. Somehow my ball was a bit too wet and really sticky, so next time Ill try reducing the white choc a tad to see if that does the trick.
I think this is only as good as the white chocolate you use, so get the good stuff and you have an easy, impressive and tasty dessert. :)
THANKS FOR SHARING PAT!
Made and reviewed for Everyday is a holiday Tag Game December 2011.

[Tanya Pants]

Delicious! I didn't use the hazelnuts (see photo) because I wasn't sure if kids would like them or not. I served them with Pocky sticks, dark chocolate cookies, and raisin bread. Thanks for this great recipe!

[Sydney Mike]

Whipped these balls together in no time at all & had them ready to take to a potluck the next day! I think the toasted nuts really made this! Big hit & no real fuss ~ Just what I like sometimes! Thanks, Pat, for sharing the recipe! [Made & reviewed in Zaar Chef Alphabet Soup Tag]