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Football Cheese Ball with Bacon

Course Appetizer
Cuisine American
Keyword homemade
Prep Time 30 minutes

Ingredients

For the Cheese Ball:

  • 3 blocks of cream cheese at room temperature
  • 2 cups shredded pepper jack cheese
  • 1 4 oz can diced green chile
  • 1/2 cup crumbled cooked bacon or bacon bits about 10oz of raw thick bacon
  • 2 tsp taco mix
  • 4 green onions

For the Garnish:

  • 3 packages of string cheese
  • The rest of the Taco mix package
  • A whole bunch of green onions greens
  • Your choice of crackers

Instructions

Make the Cheese Ball

  1. Chop and cook the bacon.

  2. Chop the green onions.

  3. Place all the ingredients for the cheese ball in a bowl and mix.

  4. Place the cheese mixture on a large sheet of plastic wrap and wrap it.

  5. Use your hands to roll it and shape it into a football shape.

Decorate it like a Football

  1. Open the plastic wrap and carefully shake the remaining taco mix on top of the cheese. If you feel that's not enough coverage, you can use a second taco seasoning mix packet if you wish.

  2. Slice the string cheese to make the football stripes. You'll need: 2 long flat stripes and 4 shorter ones for the 2 ends, 2 flat pieces for the middle seam, and 6 thin flat pieces for the stitching.

  3. Carefully place the string cheese on top of the cheese ball to create the seam. You'll want to push in the thin pieces of string cheese into the cheese just enough to create a sewn effect.

  4. Place the 2 long flat pieces of string cheese on each side of football and use the 4 shorter pieces to finish the stripes.

Display your Football Cheese Ball

  1. Chop up the dark green part of a bunch of green onions and line a platter.

  2. Place your football on the bed of green onions.

  3. Serve with your favorite crackers.