Ham and bacon cheese ball
Ham and bacon cheese ball

Hey everyone, hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a special dish, ham and bacon cheese ball. One of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Great recipe for Ham and bacon cheese ball. Growing up it seemed like all the store bought "cheese balls" only had the good stuff on the outside. Me amd my mom played around with different ingredients and came up with this!

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To get started with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can have ham and bacon cheese ball using 7 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Ham and bacon cheese ball:
  1. Prepare cream cheese
  2. Get ham
  3. Take Hormel bacon pieces
  4. Prepare green onions
  5. Prepare chopped pecans
  6. Make ready cheddar cheese
  7. Get milk

Transfer to a paper towel-lined plate. The ultimate cheese ball recipe made with creamy ranch flavored cream cheese, and plenty of bacon, cheese, and other tasty add-ins. Every party needs a great crowd-pleasing appetizer, and this ultimate cheese ball recipe is definitely that! There are few things I love more in this world than a gigantic cheese ball. (I'm a classy and complex person.) This is the ultimate appetizer idea for a crowd, people love it.

Steps to make Ham and bacon cheese ball:
  1. Set cream cheese out and let it reach room temperature.
  2. Use chopper to chop ham, pecans, bacon pieces, green onion and cheddar cheese
  3. Put cream cheese in bowl, if it hasn't warmed enough to smash easily put in microwave for about 30 seconds. Put all chopped ingredients in bowl with cream cheese and fold into cream cheese. Add milk to allow mixture to be softer and easier to dip when chilled. (Add more or less of any ingredients to your personal taste preference… I have found a bit of garlic powder gives it a bolder taste, but I don't always use it)
  4. Once you have mixed all ingredients well cover and place in refrigerator for at least an hour to chill (I can't always wait the full hour lol) enjoy with favorite crackers, I use Ritz Wheat Crackers.

See below on serving options, you can serve it as one big ball, smaller cheese ball bites, or even baked in the oven. Ingredients Softened cream cheese, chopped ham, and green onion are rolled in chopped pecans for a great dip to serve with crackers. Add packet of ranch dressing and mix till incorporated. Pour bacon bits in a plate or pie tin. Form cream cheese mixture into a ball with your hands.

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