Cheese Pumpkins
"The cutest thing for your Fall cheese board....attributed to Betty Crocker."
photo by SashasMommy
- Ready In:
- 25mins
- Ingredients:
- 4
- Yields:
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12 pumpkins
ingredients
- 8 ounces cheddar cheese processed cheese, well chilled (sharp or smoked)
- 4 miniature pretzel twists or 4 pretzel sticks
- 12 fresh parsley leaves
- 2 teaspoons very finely chopped peanuts (optional)
directions
- Line plate or tray with waxed paper or plastic wrap.
- Scoop out about 1 tablespoon of the cheese food, and roll into a ball. Repeat with remaining cheese until you wind up with about 12 balls.
- Refrigerate for 15 minutes on prepared plate.
- With a toothpick, draw ridges around the balls to resemble pumpkins. Dip the bottoms of the pumpkins in the peanuts (to resemble dirt).
- Just before serving, place a couple of parsley leaves on the top of each pumpkin and insert a broken pretzel piece for each stem.
- Store in refrigerator until ready to use.
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Reviews
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I used mini Babybel cheddar cheese for this... they are expensive, but I didn't need that many. They are already almost round... I let them sit on the counter for about 20 minutes and then kneaded them in my hands until they were malleable enough to roll into balls. I didn't feel like buying a whole bag of pretzels since we don't eat them, so I cut up some almonds we had laying around and used those for stems. -
I actually have the betty Crocker book where this recipe was printed. These are the cutest things! I'm not a fan of cheese but I served these at my party and my guests were impressed. I had fun making them, I served them with crackers. -
Very cute! I used sharp cheddar and diced cashews, as I had the cashews on hand. The cheese I picked up was very hard to work with (very sticky- couldn't roll with my hand or on a cutting board and even when I tried scooping with a teaspoon, it stuck to the inside of the teaspoon and had to be pried out with a toothpick), so next time I will try a different brand. Yummy nonetheless! Thanks for posting.
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
lorenlou
Sugar Land, Texas
I live in Sugar Land, Texas. I love to try new recipes. My husband jokes that if he likes something, I never make it again for 6 months! My children are very picky, but do have their favorites that I try to include in our menu more often than every 6 months.
