Onion Cheese Ball Recipe for your Basketball watch party! (2024)

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Nothing is better than watching basketball with some delicious treats. Make this Onion Cheeseball Recipe and pair it alongside NABISCO crackers and some of the new Orange Vanilla Coca-Cola® to make it the perfect watch session.

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We love watching all kinds of sports in our home but nothing is better than when it comes to the big tournament and filling out our brackets. We also love lots of food to go along with our sports watching so nothing is better than this Onion Cheeseball Recipe to enjoy at any get-together.

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Pairing your game-day spread with some of the new Orange Vanilla Coca-Cola®. I love my Coca-Cola® drinks with lots of ice and this is reminiscent of some of the classic Orange Creamsicles I used to eat as a child. You can buy them in Zero Sugar as well!

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Ingredients for your Onion Cheeseball

Cream Cheese
Cheddar Cheese
Old English Cheddar Cheese Spread
Green Onion
Mayonnaise
Lemon Juice
Parsley
Garlic Salt
Sliced Almonds
RITZ® Toasted Pita Crackers
WHEAT THINS Snacks

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how to roll your cheeseball in almonds to make them stay

It's so easy! Bring your Cream Cheese to room temperature and then mix your other cheeses, the spices, and the green onions together. Form it into a ball and then roll in the sliced almonds.

To roll your onion cheeseball in the sliced almonds, lay some cling film down and then a layer of almond. Roll the ball around in the almonds to cover the outer edge of the cheese ball.

Use that same cling film and just wrap your Onion Cheeseball in a round shape and allow it to set in the fridge for about an hour. You can also place it in the freezer for 10 minutes if you're in a hurry.

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Before you are ready to serve, lay out some delicious RITZ® Toasted Pita Crackers and WHEAT THINS Snacks around the edges of your onion cheese ball. The crunch of the Toasted Pita Crackers and WHEAT THINS Snacks are a perfect compliment to the creaminess of the cheeses.

Onion Cheese Ball Recipe

Create this delicious Onion Cheese Ball Recipe to serve at your next sport viewing party. Make it look like a basketball to stay on theme.

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Course: Appetizer

Cuisine: American

Keyword: cheese ball, cheeseball, onion cheeseball, basketball cheeseball

Prep Time: 10 minutes minutes

Resting Time: 1 hour hour

Total Time: 10 minutes minutes

Servings: 12 servings

Calories: 23kcal

Author: Lindsay

Ingredients

2 8 oz. Cream Cheese softened
1 jar Old English Cheese Spread
1/2 cup Cheddar Cheese shredded
1 tsp lemon juice
1 tsp mayonnaise
1 tsp garlic salt
1 tsp onion powder
1 tsp parsley
4 green onion sprigs
sliced almonds

Instructions

Combine everything except the almonds and form into a ball.
Lay out some cling film and spread the almonds on it. Roll the cheese ball so that the outside is coated in the almonds.
If you want it to look like a basketball, cut the green onion stalks and create strips, add them to the outer edges to create the lines like on a basketball.
Wrap in the cling film and allow it to set in the fridge for an hour.
Serve alongside your favorite crackers and vegetables.

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Cheese balls are traditionally made with two kinds of cheese – cream cheese (or another soft cheese like quark cheese, mascarpone or ricotta) and a grated semi-soft or semi-firm cheese like cheddar, colby cheese, monterey jack cheese, or muenster.

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Corn Grits, Rice Grits, Edible Vegetable Oil (Palmolein Oil), Cheddar Cheese Powder, Iodized Salt, Sugar, Maltodextrin (Ins 1400), Flavour Enhancer (Ins 621), Food Color (Ins 110) And Natural Cheese Flavour. Manufacturer Name: Yashoda Foods Pvt Ltd. Tilottama 15, Rupandehi, Nepal.

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What are the best crackers for cheese ball? ›

What to Serve with Cheese Ball. That's an important question and I obviously have a strong opinion. Here are some options: Crackers – Ritz Crackers, Wheat Thins, Multi-Grain, Milton's.

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Storing in Fridge: If you start with fresh ingredients, you can store the cheese ball in the refrigerator for up to 2 weeks. Cover any leftovers with plastic wrap and store in an airtight container. How to Freeze: I prefer a freshly made cheese ball, BUT you can freeze cheese balls.

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Cheese balls can provide some nutritional benefits. They are a good source of protein and calcium, which are essential for building and maintaining strong bones and muscles.

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From there, they are baked in an oven to remove any excess moisture. The tasty cheese flavor is a seasoning that starts with vegetable oil and an all-natural cheddar cheese powder, which are mixed together and sprayed over the cheese balls in a tumbling seasoning barrel until they are completely coated.

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Carbon dioxide given off by the bacteria used to make Swiss cheese creates the air bubbles in the process, resulting in those holes that we refer to in the industry as “eyes.” The size of the eyes does not have an effect on the taste of the cheese and can be controlled through temperature, storage time and acidity ...