15-Minute Triple-Cheese Ball

Prep 15 min
Total 15 min
Ingredients 7
Servings 12

This Thanksgiving treat your guests to a delicious pumpkin shaped cheese ball that's ready in 15 minutes. Serve this fall appetizer with crackers and veggies. MORE+ LESS-

By Pillsbury Kitchens

Updated September 9, 2014

Ingredients

cups shredded extra-sharp white Cheddar cheese (20 oz)

package (8 oz) cream cheese, softened

logs (4 oz each) goat cheese, softened

1/2

teaspoon pepper

braided pretzel twist

muscadine vine and leaf

Crackers and assorted vegetables, if desired

Steps

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1

In large bowl, mix Cheddar cheese, cream cheese, goat cheese and pepper until smooth. Shape mixture into a ball to look like a pumpkin. Smooth surface with metal spatula or table knife. Make vertical grooves in ball using fingertips, if desired.
2

Press pretzel into top of cheese ball for stem; place muscadine vine and leaf beside pretzel. Serve with crackers and vegetables.