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These little halloween cheese ball snacks are maybe not so scary but they definitely are cute! Great to make as a snack for a cheese board in halloween theme.
Halloween cheese ball
Ok, how cute do these Halloween cheese ball snacks look? They’re supposed to be monsters but I find them adorable little monsters… 🙂 As I am writing this the sun is shining brightly and for the time of year the weather is still pretty hot. For me the holiday season needs to be dark and gloomy. Snow preferably but if it doesn’t snow then I’m ok with rain and storm. I can be weird that way.. 😉
Of course end of October is a bit early for snow, at least in this part of the world so I’ll have to settle for the dark and gloomy part. So far it looks more like summer than autumn. Although they are predicting that it will be a really cold winter. I’m sure by the time it is January I’ll be wishing I had shut up about wanting cold and snow and all that.
How to make the halloween cheese ball snacks
While the list of ingredients is a bit longer than you might expect, these cute little monsters are really very easy to make. Most of the ingredients are for flavoring the cream cheese, so more or less optional. They would taste good no matter what you flavor it with.
You need a firm cream cheese, chives, some triangle shaped snacks and rep bell pepper for making the horns. You can use red chili pepper for this as well, but the halloween cheese balls will be a bit spicier if you do.
Rolling and dipping
First you season the cream cheese and mix it well. Then roll the cream cheese into small balls. Chop the chives finely and roll each Halloween cheese ball through the chopped chives. I used olive with a filling for the eyes but go wild here and use what you want. I also used sugar eyes at some point as well. While that might sound strange it was actually quite delicious.
Cut thin strips of the bell pepper and push it into the head of the cheese ball. Use the triangle snacks as bat wings. And you halloween cheese ball snacks are done!
For the snacks you can use something like small tortilla chips. Or break pieces of and have a more artistic pair of bat wings.
High cuteness level!
These little halloween cheese devils are super simple to make and have a very high ‘ahhhh’ level. They’re just so cute. And when you’re at it, make sure to save some extra cream cheese as it is delicious dipping the leftover chips into the cream cheese as well.
More halloween snacks
If you’re looking for more fun ideas for Halloween check the below recipes as well:
Halloween cheese ball snacks
Ingredients
- 200 gr cream cheese
- 1 bunch chives finely chopped
- few drops of tabasco or hot pepper sauce
- ¼ tsp chili powder
- ¼ tsp garlic powder
- ¼ tsp onion powder
- ½ tsp smoked paprika powder
- pepper and salt to taste
- 1 bag triangle shaped chips something like small tortilla chips
- green olives with pit for the eyes
- piece of red paprika for the eyes and horns
Titel
- Mix the cream cheese with the tabasco and spices in a bowl. Taste and add pepper and salt.
- Get a flat plate and place that next to your creamcheese mixture. Sprinkle all the chopped chives on the plate
- Take a bit of cream cheese and let it drop on the chives plate. Move it with the spoon through the chives. Once it is covered with enough chives you can roll it in your hands and make a small ball. Place on a clean plate.
- Repeat until all cream cheese is gone (or save some to eat later)
- Place the rolled devils in the fridge for at least 30 minutes to set. In the meantime cut the olives into slices
- Cut a tiny round from the pepper that fits into the middle of the olives or Use a drop of ketchup as the eye.
- Cut horns from the pepper and take the balls from the fridge. Push the eyes and horns in it’s place. Take two of the chips and stick them into the sides. Serve directly or place in the fridge for later use.
Nutrition Information per portion:
Disclaimer:
The nutritional values above are calculated per portion. The details are based on standard nutritional tables and do not constitute a professional nutritional advice.
Or try this pumpkin cheesecake with burned marshmallows!
