Cheese Pumpkins

Name: Cheese 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)

4 ingredients

6 steps

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

1

Line plate or tray with waxed paper or plastic wrap.
2

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.
3

Refrigerate for 15 minutes on prepared plate.
4

With a toothpick, draw ridges around the balls to resemble pumpkins. Dip the bottoms of the pumpkins in the peanuts (to resemble dirt).
5

Just before serving, place a couple of parsley leaves on the top of each pumpkin and insert a broken pretzel piece for each stem.
6

Store in refrigerator until ready to use.