Cheese Ball Pick-Ups

Great party appetizer for a large crowd...

• Ready In: 1 hr
• Serves: 15-30
• Yields: 7 dozen

Ingredients

• 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese
• 1 (4 ounce) package blue cheese
• 1 (5 ounce) jar  old english cheddar cheese
• 1 (6 ounce) package  smoked cheese
• 1  garlic clove
• 1  tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
• 1⁄4 teaspoon  hot sauce
• 1  cup  chopped parsley
• 1  cup pecans, finely chopped
• 1 (10 ounce) bag  pretzel sticks

Directions

1. Bring cheeses to room temperature. Blend all cheeses well. Crush garlic and add to cheese mixture. Add Worcestershire sauce and hot sauce and mix well.
2. Add 1/3 cup parsley and 1/2 cup chopped pecans to cheese mixture and blend well. Chill until easy to handle.
3. Mix remaining parsley and pecans together.
4. Roll cheese into balls that are about 1 inch in diameter. Roll each ball in the parsley/nut mixture. Refrigerate until ready to serve.
5. Insert a pretzel stick into each cheese ball just before serving.