We had so much fun playing around with different ways to decorate our “snowman.”  We ended up going the tropical route and served him on a plate with brown sugar “sand,” a tropical drink umbrella, a beach ball, and a sand dollar.  How will you theme your snowman?

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Tropical (or not) Snowman Cheese Ball

Course Appetizer

Cuisine American

Servings 10

Ingredients

• 2 8 oz packages cream cheese room temperature
• 1/2 cup shredded monterey jack cheese
• 1 tsp dried thyme
• 1 tsp dried oregano
• 1/4 tsp garlic powder
• 1/4 tsp freshly ground black pepper
• 1/8 tsp cayenne pepper
• 1 tsp hot sauce
• 1/4 cup chives snipped
• 3/4 cup grated parmesan
• 10 peppercorns
• 1 piece red licorice
• 3 pieces dried cherries
• 2 wafer sticks or pretzel sticks
• 1 carrot very tip cut off

Instructions

• Put cream cheese, monterey jack cheese, spices, hot sauce and chives in a medium bowl. Mix.
• Place in the refrigerator for at least an hour or until cream cheese has set.
• Make 3 balls in varying sizes. Roll balls in the shredded parmesan cheese. Place on a platter. Secure with a wooden skewer cut to the height of the snowman.
• Decorate with peppercorns, licorice, wafer sticks, and dried cherries.

Notes

If you want to make it tropical put brown sugar or crushed graham crackers on the plate for "sand."  Serve with crackers.