Mini Cheese Balls

Name: Mini Cheese Balls
Prep time: 20 min
Total time: 20 min
Ingredients: 8 ounces cream cheese (at room temperature); 3/4 cup (about 3 ounces) blue cheese crumbles; 3/4 cup dried cranberries (finely chopped); 1 1/2 cups pecan halves; 2 dozen pretzel sticks

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Prep Time: 20 minutes

Total: 20 minutes

Servings: 24

cheese ball bites

Ingredients

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8 ounces cream cheese (at room temperature)3/4 cup (about 3 ounces) blue cheese crumbles3/4 cup dried cranberries (finely chopped)1 1/2 cups pecan halves2 dozen pretzel sticks

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Instructions

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Step 1

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.

Step 2

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.

Step 3

Roll the chilled cheese balls in the chopped pecans, pressing in the nuts so that they adhere. Keep the cheese balls refrigerated until ready to serve. Just before serving, skewer each cheese ball with a pretzel stick.