Vicki's Cream Cheese Balls
Submitted by thory
Retro cream cheese balls with dried beef and green onions, split three ways: black olive, green olive, and nut-rolled. A crowd-pleasing party appetizer trio.
YIELD
3 ballsPREP
10 minCOOK
10 minREADY
20 minStraight out of the potluck hall of fame, these cream cheese balls are the kind of appetizer that never goes out of style.
Softened cream cheese gets mixed with chopped dried beef and sliced green onions, then split into three portions.
One gets studded with diced black olives, another with green olives, and the third can be rolled in chopped nuts for a crunchy finish.
You end up with three different cheese balls from one batch, which means variety on the party spread without tripling your work.
Set them out with crackers and watch them vanish.
Kitchen Tips
- Let the cream cheese come to full room temperature before mixing. Cold cream cheese won’t blend smoothly with the dried beef.
- Chill the formed balls for at least an hour before serving so they hold their shape on the platter.
- Swap the dried beef for smoked salmon or cooked bacon crumbles for a different spin.
Ingredients
Directions
Soften cream cheese.
Mix with cut up meat and onions and accent.
Seperate into thirds. in one third, mix black olives, the green in another third.
Form all three into balls.
May roll “plain” third in nuts.
Comments
