Jalapeño Popper Cheese Ball
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Jalapeño Popper Cheese Ball
Description
The Jalapeño Popper Cheese Ball starts with blending cream cheese and sour cream with garlic and onion powders and ground pepper until smooth. Shredded sharp cheddar cheese, cooked chopped bacon, minced jalapeños, and green onions are folded into the mixture, creating a creamy and flavorful base. After forming into a ball with cling wrap, it chills overnight to set. Before serving, the cheese ball is coated thoroughly with the reserved toppings of cheddar, bacon, jalapeños, and green onions, providing a decorative and flavorful crust.
This cheese ball presents a combination of creamy and dense texture with bursts of smoky bacon and spicy jalapeño heat balanced by the richness of cheddar cheese. The mild bite of green onions adds freshness and crunch. It is intended as a spreadable appetizer for crackers, bread, or raw vegetables.
Serving the cheese ball slightly softened by removing it from refrigeration about 20 minutes before serving helps with spreading. The preparation steps highlight layering and balancing flavors within the ball for an even taste experience.
Ingredients
- 16 ounce cream cheese 2 boxes
- 2 tablespoons sour cream
- 3/4 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1/2 teaspoon onion powder
- 1/4 teaspoon black pepper ground
- 2 cups cheddar cheese shredded (save 1/2 cup for later, sharp
- 10 lices Bacon cooked and chopped (save half for later, applewood smoked
- 2 jalapeños minced (save half for later)
- 1/2 cup green onions chopped (save half for later)
Instructions
- Beat cream cheese, sour cream, garlic powder, onion powder, and ground black pepper with a hand mixer until smooth.
- Add in 1 1/2 cups of cheddar cheese, half of the cooked bacon, half of the minced jalapeno, and half the green onions and fold gently until incorporated.
- With the leftover cheddar cheese, bacon, jalapenos, and green onions, shake in a small Ziploc bag until combined and refrigerate.
- Lay a large piece of plastic cling wrap on a flat surface, spoon in cheese ball mixture, and fold cling wrap over the cheese ball.
- Shape into a ball and refrigerate overnight.
- Take the cheese ball out of the fridge 20 minutes before serving.
- Spread the bagged mixture on a flat surface, unwrap the cheese ball. Roll cheese ball around in the leftover toppings and coat it entirely.
Nutrition Information
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Serving: 16Serving
Amount Per Serving
Calories 219 kcal
% Daily Value*
| Serving | 16 | |
| Calories | 219kcal | 11% |
| Carbohydrates | 3g | 1% |
| Protein | 7g | 14% |
| Fat | 20g | 31% |
| Saturated Fat | 10g | 50% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 1g | 6% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 6g | 30% |
| Trans Fat | 0.02g | 1% |
| Cholesterol | 53mg | 18% |
| Sodium | 274mg | 11% |
| Potassium | 93mg | 2% |
| Fiber | 0.2g | 1% |
| Sugar | 1g | 2% |
| Vitamin A | 587IU | 12% |
| Vitamin C | 3mg | 3% |
| Calcium | 133mg | 13% |
| Iron | 0.2mg | 1% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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