A zesty bleu-cheese, bacon, and onion cheese ball. Best served with multi-grain crackers. The recipe I reworked for this cheese ball called for 1 pound of bacon fried, drained, and crumbled. I didn’t have time for all that, so used the bacon bits and found them at least as good and less mess. Make sure your cream cheese is really soft, or else it is a little hard to mix well. Bon Appetit!
Original recipe makes 20 servings
Ingredients
2 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese, softened
1 (3 ounce) package bacon bits (such as Oscar Mayer®)
3 ounces crumbled blue cheese
1/4 cup blue cheese salad dressing, or to taste
2 green onions, chopped
1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
1/4 cup dried parsley, or as needed
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PREP
10 mins
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READY IN
3 hrs 10 mins
Directions
- Stir cream cheese, bacon bits, blue cheese, salad dressing, green onions, and garlic powder together in a bowl. Form mixture into 2 balls, cover each with plastic wrap, and refrigerate until chilled and firm, 3 hours or overnight.
- Remove cheese balls from plastic wrap and roll in parsley.
Nutrition
Calories: 125 kcal
Carbohydrates: 1.2 g
Cholesterol: 31 mg
Fat: 11.6 g
Fiber: 0.1 g
Protein: 4.6 g
Sodium: 293 mg
