Warning! This recipe is VERY addicting!
My sister made this recipe for our family Christmas party and I had to use it for Little Man’s first birthday party on Sunday. It was a huge hit! People will stand around the cheese ball the whole party.
Prep Time: 20 Minutes
INGREDIENTS:
- 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
- 1/2 cup butter, softened
- 3/4 cup confectioners’ sugar
- 2 tablespoons brown sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 3/4 cup miniature semisweet chocolate chips
- 3/4 cup finely chopped pecans
Directions
- In a medium bowl, beat together cream cheese and butter until smooth. Mix in confectioners’ sugar, brown sugar and vanilla. Stir in chocolate chips. Cover, and chill in the refrigerator for 2 hours.
- Shape chilled cream cheese mixture into a ball. Wrap with plastic, and chill in the refrigerator for 1 hour.
- Roll the cheese ball in finely chopped pecans before serving.
I missed the “mini” chocolate chips in the recipe and got regular sized. Mini would have been much better. I’m also not a huge nut fan so instead of rolling the ball in pecans I used crushed Coco Puffs.
Serve with your favorite cookies, pretzels, fruit, etc. I used Chocolate Cat Cookies from Trader Joes, and two types of graham cracker Goldfish crackers.
How it looks before the outer crust:
The Coco Puffs ready to be crushed
The final product:
This sounds so yummy. I’ll have to give this one a try.
Not helping with the weight management, but so yummy!!! 5 *****
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Mmmm! Sounds delish!
You so need to try a drink I was recently introduced to… Nuts and Berries.
frangelico, amaretto, chambord, and a splash of cream.
Sorry, I don’t have measures… hubby mixes, I just sample. I know it’s equal parts and then the splash. Enjoy!!!
Ahhhh I want to make this right now hehe. BTW, LOVE the name of your blog, so cute!!
I recently had this at a kids birthday party and LOVEd it! I kept thinking I needed to get the recipe – but couldn’t find it. You saved me!
Oh my gosh I am drooling over here!! Looks yummy!!
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My daughter DID finally nap but only after I (temporarily) claimed defeat to get her up for a snack and milk. After watching 20 minutes of cartoons and eating we tried again. After 15 minutes she was out! I won!!!
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You are killing me today. Chocolate, cheese balls… yum!
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This looks really good. Maybe I’ll have S stop on his way home to get the ingredients 🙂
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Oh wow!! That looks amazing…and so easy!! What a great party idea, too! Thanks!