Reuben The Cheese Ghost
- 2 (8-ounce) packages cream cheese, softened
- 1/2 cup Land O Lakes Butter, softened
- 8 ounce (2 cups) slice Land O Lakes Deli Swiss Cheese, shredded
- 1 cup chopped corned beef
- 1 cup sauerkraut, drained, squeezed dry
- 3 tablespoons Thousand Island dressing
- 1 teaspoon caraway seed, if desired
- 2 slices black olives
- Jalapeno pepper slice
- Rye bagel chips, cocktail rye bread, rye toast, caraway crackers and/or light rye crisp bread
- Combine cream cheese and butter in bowl; beat at medium speed until creamy.
- Remove 1 cup mixture.
- Cover with plastic food wrap; refrigerate.
- Add Swiss cheese, corned beef, sauerkraut, Thousand Island dressing and caraway seed, if desired, to remaining cream cheese mixture.
- Beat until well mixed.
- Cover; refrigerate 1 hour.
- Remove sauerkraut mixture from refrigerator.
- Shape into ghost shape on serving plate.
- Refrigerate 30 minutes.
- Remove 1 cup cream cheese mixture from refrigerator, while ghost is refrigerated, to soften.
- Frost ghost with cream cheese mixture.
- Attach olives for eyes and pepper slice for nose.
- Cover; refrigerate until serving time or up to 24 hours.
- Remove from refrigerator 15 minutes before serving.
- Serve with assorted bagel chips, toast, crackers and/or crisp bread.
cream cheese, butter, swiss cheese, corned beef, sauerkraut, caraway, black olives, pepper slice, rye bagel chips
Taken from www.landolakes.com/recipe/4239/reuben-the-cheese-ghost (may not work)