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Turkey Cheese Ball for Thanksgiving

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140 min

Turkey Cheese Ball for Thanksgiving

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Time

140 min

Serving

32 persons

Calories

179

Rating

4.00★ (11)

Cuisine

Author: Victoria Buriak
Any cheese ball recipe can be turned into the shape of a turkey for a festive appetizer at your Thanksgiving dinner. All you need is some creativity!

Ingredients

  • cream cheese: 2 packages (8 ounce packages, softened)
  • ½ cups shredded sharp Cheddar cheese: 3 piece
  • Ranch-style dressing mix: 1 pack (1 ounce pack)
  • pecans: 2 cups (chopped)
  • whole pecans: 1 cup
  • whole-wheat crackers: 7 piece
  • red bell pepper: 0.25 piece
  • black olive: 1 piece
  • cream cheese: 0.5 tsp (softened)
  • slice yellow zucchini: 1 piece

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  1. Mix cream cheese, Cheddar cheese, and dressing mix together in a large bowl. Form into a large ball. Roll in chopped pecans to coat surface. Refrigerate for at least 2 hours, or overnight.
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  2. Decorate the turkey: Arrange a row of whole-wheat crackers in the back of the cheese ball for the turkey tail feathers. Stick pecans evenly into the cheese ball for the body.
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  3. Cut out 2 strips of red bell pepper for the head and neck. Cut out 2 "eyes" from the black olive using a small pastry tip. Place 2 small dollops of cream cheese on one of the 2 bell pepper strips for the turkey head and stick the black olive circles into it as pupils. Cut a small triangular slice out of the yellow zucchini for the turkey beak and stick to the red pepper with cream cheese. Stick the undecorated red bell pepper strip on the front of the cheese ball. Stick the red bell pepper stick with the face into the top of the cheese ball for the head.
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