15 Easy Appetizers for Party #15
15. Mini Cheese Ball Bites
Servings: 8
Ingredients:
- 2.67 ounces cream cheese, at room temperature
- 0.25 cup (about 3 ounces) blue cheese crumbles
- 0.25 cup dried cranberries, finely chopped
- 0.5 cups pecans
- Pretzel sticks
Instructions:
- In a medium bowl, beat together cream cheese, blue cheese, and dried cranberries until smooth. Dampen hands to prevent sticking and form cream cheese mixture into approximately 24 tablespoon-sized balls. Cover and refrigerate for at least two hours or until firm.
- In the meantime, toast the pecans by spreading out on a sheet pan and baking in a preheated 350°F oven until lightly toasted and fragrant, for 7 to 10 minutes. Allow pecans to cool and finely chop them.
- Roll chilled cheese balls in chopped pecans, pressing nuts so that they adhere. Keep cheese balls refrigerated until ready to serve. Just before serving, skewer each cheese ball with a pretzel stick.
