Rob Barrett of Cooking for Dads joins us in the studio to talk about some cheeseball themed recipes you can try at home.  

Rob’s Mom’s Cheese Ball Recipe:

Ingredients:
2 – 8 oz pkg. cream cheese
1/4 c. Chopped red pepper
1 small can crushed pineapple well drained
1/4 c chopped onions
1/2 c chopped pecans

Directions:

1. Combine everything but the pecans in a bowl and stir well.
2. Form into a ball.
3. Roll in chopped pecans.
4. Place in Refrigerator for 1 hour if possible.
5. Enjoy

Rob’s Daughter Katie’s Cheese Ball recipe:

Ingredients:
1 8 oz pkg. cream cheese
1 8 oz pkg. Cracker Barrel cheddar
1 jar 2 oz Pimento peppers
2 T green onion onion to taste
1.5 T Worchestershire sauce
1/2 C chopped nuts of your choice

Directions:

1. Combine everything but the nuts in a bowl and stir well.
2. Form into a ball.
3. Roll in chopped nuts.
4. Place in Refrigerator for 1 hour if possible.
5. Enjoy

The Pioneer Woman’s Bacon Ranch Cheese Ball:

Ingredients:
8 slices bacon
8 oz. cream cheese, cut into small pieces
8 oz. white cheddar cheese, grated — about 2 cups
2 tbsp. sour cream
1 tbsp. ranch seasoning — half of a 1-oz. packet
5 scallions, white parts finely chopped and green parts sliced
Cooking spray
Crackers, for serving

1. Cook the bacon in a large skillet over medium heat, turning, until crispy, 6 to 8 minutes. Remove and drain on paper towels.
2. Combine the cream cheese, cheddar, sour cream, ranch seasoning, scallion whites and 2 of the bacon slices in a food processor and process until well combined, about 30 seconds.
3. Chop the remaining 6 slices of bacon and mix with the scallion greens on a plate; spread it out. Scoop the cheese mixture onto the plate with a rubber spatula. Coat your hands with cooking spray and shape the cheese mixture into a ball. Roll and press the ball in the bacon-scallion mixture to coat.
4. Refrigerate the cheese ball for at least 1 hour and up to 8 hours. Remove from the refrigerator 30 minutes before serving. Serve with crackers.

Spicy Crab Cheese Ball Recipe:

Ingredients:

1 8 oz. pkg. Cream Cheese, softened

2 sp honey

2 sp Sriracha Sauce

2 sp mayonaise

1 sp garlic powder

1 C lump crab meat.

Directions:

1. Combine, cream cheese, honey, sriracha, mayo and garlic powder in a bowl

2. Add crab meat and gently stir.

3. Chill in refrigerator for 1 hour

4. Remove and form into a ball.

5. Enjoy

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