Jack o lantern cheese ball
10 Servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | cups | Shredded Cheddar cheese |
| ¼ | cup | Solid pack pumpkin |
| ¼ | cup | Pineapple preserves |
| ¼ | teaspoon | Ground allspice |
| ¼ | teaspoon | Ground nutmeg |
| 1 | large | Pretzel rod, broken in half |
| ½ | 8 0z pkg cream cheese | |
| Dark rye bread | ||
| Red pepper | ||
| Black olive slices | ||
| Parsley sprigs | ||
Directions
Beat cheses, pumpkin, preserves and spices in medium bowl until smooth.
Cover refrigerate 2-3 hours until cheese is firm enough to shape.
Shape mixture into round pumpkin, place on serving plate.Using a knife, score vertical lines down pumpkin. Place pretzel rod in top for stem.
Cut bread into triangles for eyes, cut red pepper into triangle , for nose, and cut olives in half to make the mouth. Surround with parsley Formatted for MM by Jeannie Allen Posted to MM-Recipes Digest by "Robert Ellis" <rpearson@...> on Oct 3, 1998