Tropical (or not) Snowman Cheese Ball
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.