Cream Cheese Dessert Cheese Ball

• FOR THE BASIC CHEESE BALL:
• 1/2 cups Butter, Softened (No Substitutes)
• 8 ounces, weight Cream Cheese, Softened
• 2 Tablespoons Light Brown Sugar
• 1/2 teaspoons Vanilla Extract
• 3/4 cups Confectioners Sugar
• _____
• FOR VARIATIONS:
• 1 cup Any Crushed Or Chopped Ingredient, To Roll The Cheese Ball In
• 3/4 cups Fruit, Well Drained (So Far I've Only Used Crushed Pineapple)
• 3/4 cups Any Candy, Cookie Chunks Or Nuts

1. Using a mixer, cream together butter and cream cheese. Add sugars and vanilla mix well. Add your desired mix-ins (see suggestions below). Form into a ball. Then roll on the crumb or nut mixture and place on a waxed-paper-lined plate.
2. Cover loosely with plastic wrap. Refrigerate 1 hour. Serve on graham crackers or small cookies.
3. Note:
4. Here is the list of the different variations you can make. Please note I've only made a couple of fruit ones. Fruit must be well drained.
5. Let your imagination go wild! I look forward to seeing your personal creations.
6. Each is for 1 ball. Recipe may be multiplied for gift giving.
7. Variations:
8. 1. Mint chocolate chip or mint Andes candies: roll in crushed chocolate wafers or Thin Mint cookies.
9. 2. Reese's Pieces, Butterfinger, Reese's Cups: roll in crushed peanut butter cookies.
10. 3. Oreo chunks: roll in crushed Oreos.
11. 4. Milano chunks: roll in crushed Milano.
12. 5. Snickers, Milky Way, 3 Musketeers, Nestle Crunch: roll in chocolate wafers.
13. 6. Mounds and Almond Joy: roll in a combined mixture of crushed chocolate wafers and shredded coconut, or roll in crushed macaroon cookies.
14. 7. Chocolate chip, mini chocolate chips, mini baking m&ms: roll in crushed chocolate chip cookies.
15. 8. Toffee bits: roll in crushed macaroon cookies or crushed chocolate wafers.
16. 9. Pineapple: mix in well drained crushed pineapple, then roll in crushed macaroons and chopped macadamia nuts.
17. 10. Pecan sandie chunks: roll in chopped pecans.

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Taken from tastykitchen.com/recipes/desserts/cream-cheese-dessert-cheese-ball/ (may not work)