I have this thing with cream cheese. Maybe you don’t know. Growing up, cheesecake was something really special. My mom only ever made no bake cheesecake (cherry!), but it was one of my favorite things ever. Once I started to venture out into the world on my own, I discovered something called Baked Cheesecake, and my life was changed. I became a Cheesecake-a-holic. I suppose it was only a matter of time. I mean, all desserts with cream cheese are incredible, yes?? This is embarrassing, but I’m going to tell you anyway. So, I’m Canadian (don’t laugh — that is not the punch line!). But we live pretty close to the American border (only about a couple hours), and maybe 4-5 hours from the nearest large American city. For a while, we would go down to the U.S. for the weekend to shop maybe once or twice a year. And every time before we left to come home, I’d stop at the grocery store and pick up a case of cream cheese to bring home. Yes, I’m serious. It was always just so much cheaper, and when you’re making a cheesecake with 3 or 4 or 5 blocks of cream cheese in it, it really is a splurge! Now that we’ve gotten that out of the way. So, I’d never made a cheese ball before I made this one. But I was coming up with some holiday recipes I wanted to try and I knew I wanted to try to do at least one somewhat cutesy holiday thing (note these Santa Claus cupcakes?). Since I’m not really that great at cutesy baking, I thought starting with a big, malleable (there’s my big word for the day) lump of cream cheese was a good place to start. I’m pretty happy with the way my little snowman turned out, and even happier with how he tastes! I decided to go with white chocolate because I wanted him as close to white as possible, but I added in some toffee bits and chopped peanuts for flavor, a bit of saltiness and some texture, too. This cheese ball is great served with graham crackers or wafer cookies, but I love it with apple slices! Plus, it makes me feel better about my dessert 🙂 Create an account easily save your favorite content, so you never forget a recipe again. Register Now Tag @thereciperebel or hashtag #thereciperebel — I love to see what you’re making!
