Turkey Cheese Ball
A cute and easy Thanksgiving appetizer that is both delicious and adorable.
By @charcuterie_n_things
Cook time: 30 minutes
Servings: 4
Ingredients
- 8 oz cream cheese
- 1 cup shredded cheddar
- 4 strips cooked bacon, chopped
- 2 tbsp chopped chives
- 1 tbsp sour cream
- 0.5 tsp garlic powder
- 0.5 tsp onion powder
- 0 Worcestershire sauce
- 0 shredded cheddar
- 0 cooked bacon, chopped
- 0 chopped chives
- 0 beef jerky stick
- 0 oval crackers
- 0 candy eyes
- 0 cream cheese
- 0 cheddar
- 0 cream cheese
- 0 extra crackers
Instructions
- Mix together the softened cream cheese, shredded cheddar, chopped bacon, chopped chives, sour cream, garlic powder, onion powder, and a dash of Worcestershire sauce in a bowl.
- Reserve a little of the cheddar, bacon, and chives to coat the outside of the cheese ball.
- Shape the mixture into a ball.
- Roll the cheese ball in the reserved cheddar, bacon, and chives to coat the outside.
- Press a beef jerky stick into the cheese ball to form the head and neck of the turkey.
- Press oval crackers into the cheese ball to form the tail feathers.
- Attach candy eyes to the cheese ball using a little cream cheese as glue.
- Cut a tiny cheddar triangle and attach it to the cheese ball to form the beak, using a little cream cheese as glue.
- Serve the turkey cheese ball with extra crackers.
- Enjoy watching this adorable turkey cheese ball steal the show on your Thanksgiving table!