Easy Cheese Ball Recipe

This Easy Cheese Ball Recipe will have your guests asking for more! Loaded with cheddar cheese, bacon, and pecans. The best part is that this recipe is so simple and quick, you can whip it up in no time.

Course Appetizer, Snack

Cuisine American

Keyword bacon, cheddar, cheese ball, cream cheese, pecan

Prep Time 5

Chill 15

Total Time 20

Servings

Calories 110kcal

Ingredients

8 oz cream cheese
1 cup cheddar cheese shredded
2 tbsp milk of your choice
2 tsp everything bagel seasoning
¼ tsp onion powder
¼ tsp garlic powder
salt to taste
black pepper to taste
½ cup bacon bits divided
½ cup pecans chopped - divided
¼ cup scallions sliced - divided

Instructions

In a medium-sized bowl add the cream cheese, shredded cheddar, milk, everything bagel seasoning, onion powder, garlic powder, salt, and pepper. Mix with a hand mixer or use a stand mixer, until well combined.
Then add half of the bacon bits, half of the scallions, and half of the pecans. Make sure those are chopped in smaller pieces first.
Put a piece of plastic wrap on the counter and put the cheese ball in it. Then fully wrap it up with the plastic wrap and form it into a ball.
Put the cheese ball in the fridge for 20 minutes.
In a shallow bowl, add the remaining chopped pecans, bacon bits and scallions.
Remove the cheese ball from the fridge.
Roll the cheese ball around in the coating mixture and make sure the whole ball is coated with the remaining coating.
Serve with crackers, or anything else of your choice.

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