vegan cheese ball

This festive Vegan Cranberry Pecan Cheese Ball is so easy to make and is the perfect holiday appetizer! Bonus: Can be made ahead of time! Only 4 ingredients.

Vegan Cranberry Pecan Cheese Ball

vegan cream cheese

+ 2 tablespoons chopped chives or green onions

cranberries, divided

pecans, divided

If you have raw pecans, toast them in the oven: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Place the chopped pecans on a baking sheet and and bake for about 7 minutes, until fragrant. Remove from heat and let cool.

Add the vegan cream cheese and 1/4 cup chives/green onions (save 2 tablespoons for coating the ball) to a large bowl. With a hand mixer, beat them together until combined.

Mix in 1 cup of the cranberries and 1 cup of the toasted pecans, leaving 1/2 cup of each for coating the outside of the ball.

Place a clean tea towel in a small-medium sized bowl. Using a spatula, scoop all of the cheese into the bowl. Gather the corners of the towel and gently twist the top. You could also simply wrap it in plastic saran wrap. Refrigerate for 1 hour, or up to 3 days.

When ready to serve, combine the rest of the cranberries, pecans and chives/green onions on a flat surface such as a cutting board. Unwrap the cheese ball and roll it gently in the mixture to coat.

Serve with crackers, pita chips or vegetables and enjoy!

This vegan cheese ball is seriously delicious. It's creamy, super cheesy and packed with flavor. The perfect appetizer for parties!

Vegan Cheese Ball

Raw Cashews ((150 grams) Soaked

Lemon Juice (Freshly Squeezed)

Tbsp Coconut Oil

Tbsp White Miso Paste

Salt

Paprika

Cayenne Pepper

Dijon Mustard

Tbsp Nutritional Yeast

Clove Garlic (Crushed)

Tbsp Water

Tbsp Fresh Basil (Chopped)

Tbsp Fresh Chives (Divided)

Crushed Roasted Salted Almonds

Place the raw cashews into a bowl and pour over boiling hot water from the kettle. Leave them to soak for an hour.  

Drain the cashews and add to the blender along with lemon juice, coconut oil, miso paste, salt, paprika, cayenne pepper, dijon mustard, nutritional yeast, crushed garlic and water and blend until smooth. 

Transfer the mixture to a mixing bowl and stir in fresh chopped basil and 1 Tbsp of chopped chives. 

Line a small bowl with plastic wrap and spoon the mixture into the bowl. Twist the plastic wrap to seal it, creating a ball shape. 

Place the bowl with your cheese ball into the freezer for 1 hour to set. 

While the cheese is setting, crush roasted and salted almonds and place them into a wide bowl. 

Add the remaining 1 Tbsp chopped chives and mix in with the crushed almonds. 

After 1 hour remove the cheese ball from the freezer and gently remove the plastic wrap. 

Gently roll the cheese ball in the crushed almonds and chives, making sure the ball is evenly coated. 

Return the cheese ball to the small bowl that it set in and refrigerate for 30 minutes or until you're ready to serve. 

Serve with crackers, breads, veggies or tortilla chips. 

I made this for my friend who is vegan but I could not stop eating it. I love the flavour and texture.

This is truly phenomenal!! I can't express enough how delicious and authentic it tastes!

This was just what I was looking for! This is the closest thing to what I remember a good cheese ball tasting like! I accidentally put all the chopped green onions in the cheeseball mixture, then added 1 more TBSP chopped green onions to outside with chopped nuts- I used chopped raw walnuts and chopped roasted almonds. DELICIOUS!!! I'm making my gf df sister one as a gift. THANK YOU for this recipe! It satisfied my holiday craving.

This was easy to make and so delicious. Thank you!

Absolutely wonderful!  I’ve been making it for all of my potlucks and serving it with a sourdough baguette.  I add a dash of Liquid Smoke &amp; 1 tsp. sun dried tomatoes for a little more umph.

The best vegan cheeseball! Will be adding to my favourite apps list. Non vegans devoured it :)

love it, has really nice flavour.will for sure make again.Thanks for great recipe

Really good recipe! So easy, very flavorful, and impressive looking. Will definitely make this again.    *** I substituted scallions for the chives and it was delicious. 
Thank you.

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