Jalapeno Popper Cheese Ball
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Jalapeno Popper Cheese Ball
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A Jalapeno Popper Cheese Ball is the perfect party appetizer! It's creamy with a little kick and crunch, and it's majorly delicious and super easy to make!
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Ingredients
For cream cheese mixture:
- 16 ounces cream cheese, softened (2 packs)
- ¼ cup shredded cheddar cheese
- ¼ cup shredded pepper jack cheese
- 2 TBS cooked bacon or bacon bits, chopped
- 2 small jalapeños, seeded and diced finely
- 2 talks green onions or chives, chopped
- ¼ teaspoon cumin
- ⅛ teaspoon black pepper
- ⅛ tsp salt
- ¼ teaspoon garlic powder
For the coating:
- ⅓ cup chopped toasted nuts, cashews/almonds/walnuts/pine nuts will all work
- ⅓ cup Italian Style Seasoned Bread Crumbs
- 2 TBS bacon bits or chopped cooked bacon
- 1 small jalapeño, seeded and diced finely
- 2 TBS shredded Pepper Jack cheese, roughly chopped
Instructions
For the cream cheese filling:
For the coating:
Notes
- Make the cream cheese mixture, form into the ball, and place
- it in the fridge This will keep in the fridge up to 5 days.
- Make the outside coating right before serving the Jalapeno Popper Cheese Ball, and coat the cheese ball up to a few hours before serving.
- TIP: If you coat the cheese ball ahead of time, you risk letting the crunchy coating get soggy and that's no good!
- Make the cream cheese filling, form into a ball using plastic wrap,
- and cover completely, wrapping tightly with a few layers of plastic wrap.
- Place ball into a freezer safe bag (I like the gallon size); place into freezer.
- Will keep up to 6 months in the freezer.
- Remove and place in fridge the day before you'd like to serve the Jalapeno Popper Cheese Ball. Coat the cheese ball up to a few hours before serving.
- Make the cream cheese mixture, form into the ball, and place it in the fridge This will keep in the fridge up to 5 days.
- Make the outside coating right before serving the Jalapeno Popper Cheese Ball, and coat the cheese ball up to a few hours before serving.
- TIP: If you coat the cheese ball ahead of time, you risk letting the crunchy coating get soggy and that's no good!
- Make the cream cheese filling, form into a ball using plastic wrap, and cover completely, wrapping tightly with a few layers of plastic wrap.
- Place ball into a freezer safe bag (I like the gallon size); place into freezer.
- Will keep up to 6 months in the freezer.
- Remove and place in fridge the day before you'd like to serve the Jalapeno Popper Cheese Ball. Coat the cheese ball up to a few hours before serving.
- Make ahead instructions:
- How to freeze a cheese ball:
- Published on Dec. 2018, Updated November 2020 and November 2022.
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