The holidays are all about tradition, and in our home, one of those is this Easy Cheese Ball Recipe. It would be nice to have a simple feast with your family and loved ones. While you can certainly enjoy this recipe any time of year, it always makes its appearance on the Holiday Party Menu. Having your family and friends around is a blessing so make something delicious for them. Try this recipe out.
This Cheese Ball is the same recipe that I have been making for years, I’ve made them both covered with nuts and without nuts. Our boys seem to favor them without nuts but you could hardly tell that when there’s one sitting in the refrigerator. You can make it with or without nuts, it freezes well so you can make it ahead and it also makes a great gift, like homemade cheese balls.
Easy Cheese Ball Recipe
With only 5 ingredients – cream cheese, thinly sliced packaged meat, green onions, salt, and Worcestershire Sauce. This Cheese Ball goes together in a snap! Nick has become an expert at making these. It is one of the many recipes that he makes by himself.
The recipe makes a large amount, so you can certainly divide it in half to make two Cheese Balls. Maybe take one to the Holiday Party and keep one at home to enjoy the next day. I guarantee there won’t be any left to bring home from the party.
All the ingredients can be found at Walmart. Right now they have 3 packages of Philadelphia Cream Cheese for under $4.50. We usually use Buddig Thinly Sliced Meat, for under $1 per package.
To give the Cheese Ball as a Holiday Gift, we added a couple of sleeves of crackers and a small butter knife and filled it with crinkly paper. We also tied a ribbon around the cheese ball.
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8 Comments
I’ve never seen meat in a cheese ball! This looks great!
The cheese ball is definitely a favorite here. Thanks for stopping by Mimi!
~Liz
Rwhat size package of meat?
My dad makes a cheese ball very similar to this one, but he will not share his recipe!! I am making this for our New Year’s get together tomorrow!! Thanks for the recipe!! 🙂
Hope you liked it Meghan! It’s our favorite.
~Liz
This is just like a cheeseball of mine that I have made for years…..except for two things. Mine has horseradish (2 tsps.) and 1/4 cup of sour cream plus all the things that you use. It is great, and gets a little kick from the horseradish. I LOVE this cheeseball and make it all the time…not just for holidays. Thank you for reminding me its time to make it again.
Hi Elizabeth, the horseradish sounds like a delicious addition! Thanks for sharing!
~Liz
Great recipe, a little salty though. Next time I’m only going with 1 tsp accent salt. Otherwise its delicious!