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a super bowl party football cheese ball recipe
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Easy Football Cheese Ball

Keyword: football cheeseball
Servings: 1 cheeseball

Ingredients

Football Cheese Ball

  • 16 ounces cream cheese 2 8-ounce blocks, softened 2 tbsp sour cream
  • 2 cups Colby Jack cheese shredded
  • 1 tbsp cajun spice
  • 1 tsp cumin
  • 1 tsp chili spice
  • 1 tbsp garlic salt
  • 1 tsp crushed red peppers
  • 1/4 cup green onions chopped
  • 1/2 cup bacon chopped
  • 1/4 cup diced jalapenos
  • 1 tsp hot sauce

Coating

  • 1 cup chopped bacon

Instructions

  • Using a hand mixer and a large mixing bowl, combine together cream cheese, sour cream, and spices. Add the bacon, jalapenos, green onions, and Colby Jack cheese to the cream cheese mixture.
  • Use a spatula to mix to combine.
  • Refrigerate for 1 hour.
  • Spray your hands with nonstick baking spray and mold the cheese mixture into a football shape. Lay out a piece of plastic wrap and place the cheese ball on top.
  • Wrap the cheeseball with the plastic wrap tightly so it can hold its shape.
  • Refrigerate for 4 hours.
  • Unwrap the cheese ball and carefully roll it in the chopped bacon.
  • Gently press the toppings into the sides, if needed.
  • Pipe sour cream to create the laces on the football cheese ball.