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Chocolate Chip Cheese Ball (Football shaped!)

Get ready to tailgate with an easy take-along dessert! Perfect for making ahead and pulling out for dessert time, this chocolate chip cheese ball can be customized to your team's colors!

Prep Time
10 mins
Additional Time
1 hr
Total Time
1 hr 10 mins
Servings: 16
Calories: 257 kcal
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American

Ingredients

For the Cheese Ball
  • 1 pound cream cheese softened
  • ½ cup butter 1 stick
  • 2 cups powdered sugar
  • 1/3 cup cocoa powder
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1/2 cup mini chocolate chips
For decorating
  • ¼ cup white chocolate chips
  • 1 cup mini chocolate chips

Instructions

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  1. Blend together the cream cheese and butter until well combined.
  2. Add the powdered sugar, cocoa, and vanilla and mix well, then fold in 1/2 cup of mini chocolate chips.
  3. Lay out some plastic wrap and dump the mixture on the wrap.
  4. Enclose in the wrap, and begin to shape into a football shape.
  5. Chill for an hour.
  6. Remove the cheese ball from the refrigerator and unwrap.
  7. Begin with the white chocolate chips and arrange them like laces on a football.
  8. Scoop chocolate chips onto the rest of the ball and cover the outside of the ball.
  9. Set on a serving platter and add cookies, pretzels and other dippers.

Notes

  • Soften the butter and cream cheese - but don't melt. If you push your thumb into it, it should leave a dent - but not fall apart.
  • If the ball is too soft to shape when you first make it, wrap it and freeze for 30 minutes. Shape gently then set in the refrigerator until ready to decorate.
  • Have a platter ready!
  • Serve chocolate chip cheese ball with nilla wafers, graham crackers, pretzels, and fruit if you're feeling healthy.

Nutrition Information

Calories 257kcal (13%) Carbohydrates 30g (10%) Protein 3g (6%) Fat 15g (23%) Saturated Fat 9g (45%) Cholesterol 33mg (11%) Sodium 197mg (8%) Potassium 105mg (3%) Fiber 1g (4%) Sugar 27g (54%) Vitamin A 365IU (7%) Vitamin C 1mg (1%) Calcium 68mg (7%) Iron 1mg (6%)

Nutrition Facts

Serving: 16Serving

Amount Per Serving

Calories 257

% Daily Value*

Calories 257kcal 13%
Carbohydrates 30g 10%
Protein 3g 6%
Fat 15g 23%
Saturated Fat 9g 45%
Cholesterol 33mg 11%
Sodium 197mg 8%
Potassium 105mg 2%
Fiber 1g 4%
Sugar 27g 54%
Vitamin A 365IU 7%
Vitamin C 1mg 1%
Calcium 68mg 7%
Iron 1mg 6%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.