Now the Chocolate Chip Cheese Ball, I can personally verify, ROCKS! It was so yummy. I wish I had a big vat of it right now. I will definitely be making this again for another function.
CHOCOLATE CHIP CHEESE BALL
INGREDIENTS
* 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
* 1/2 cup butter, softened
* 3/4 cup confectioners' sugar
* 2 tablespoons brown sugar
* 1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
* 3/4 cup miniature semisweet chocolate chips
* 3/4 cup finely chopped pecans
DIRECTIONS
1. In a medium bowl, beat together cream cheese and butter until smooth. Mix in confectioners' sugar, brown sugar and vanilla. Stir in chocolate chips. Cover, and chill in the refrigerator for 2 hours.
2. Shape chilled cream cheese mixture into a ball. Wrap with plastic, and chill in the refrigerator for 1 hour.
3. Roll the cheese ball in finely chopped pecans before serving.
I doubled the recipe because I double everything. I am a piggy by nature and don't think like a regular person. I'm always afraid there won't be enough and I'd rather have too much than not enough.
Also, I did not roll the cheese ball in pecans. I used chocolate chips. I got Chocolate and Honey flavored Honey Maid Graham Crackers to spread it on. The kind that come in one piece and can be broken into four pieces. I think it tasted better on the chocolate ones. And like I said previously, I made it the night before and it tasted better on day two than it did on day one.
Holiday Bliss Cocktail (By the Pitcher)
Ingredients
2 cups vodka
1 cup pomegranate juice
1/4 cup thawed frozen lime juice concentrate
3 cups ginger ale
Directions
1. Mix all in a pitcher
2. Serve over ice.
Oh yeah, I doubled that too. It's a sickness. I have a little gluttony problem. It's true. They say the first step is admitting it. I'm stuck there. I've never made it to the second step. I don't even know what the second step is. Does anybody out there know? Help!
