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Pumpkin Cheese Ball

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A simple cheese ball combining cream cheese, cheddar cheese, onion, salsa, cumin and jalapeno, rolled in Doritos, finished off with a bell pepper stem to make the perfect festive appetizer. Just because Halloween is over, doesn’t mean pumpkin season is. Make this for your next fall get together, and I promise you, it will be a hit!

I made this for a Thanksgiving appetizer a few years ago, and I have to tell you, when you show up with a cheese ball that looks like a pumpkin, people take notice 🙂 It’s so creamy and taco flavors really pop well with the crushed Doritos. I find nothing better than combining Doritios and tacos, thank you Taco Bell! That’s probably something a food blogger should never admit to, but we’re all friends here, right?

Here’s the recipe! It’s fun and easy to make, and pretty darn tasty to eat.

Pumpkin Cheese Ball

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Ingredients

16oz cream cheese, room temp
1 1/2 cups cheddar cheese
3 tbsp minced onion
2 tbsp salsa
1 tsp minced jalapeno
2 tsp ground cumin
2 cups Doritos, crumbled
top of 1 bell pepper for stem garnish

Directions

With a mixer, blend 16 ounces room-temperature cream cheese with 1 1/2 cups shredded cheddar, 3 tablespoons minced onion, 2 tablespoons salsa, 2 teaspoons ground cumin and 1 teaspoon minced jalapeno. Scoop onto plastic wrap and use the wrap to form the mixture into a 5-inch pumpkin-shaped ball; chill at least 2 hours. To serve, unwrap, roll in crushed nacho-flavored tortilla chips and press a bell pepper stem into the top.

Photograph by Sam Kaplan

Recipe courtesy Michelle Buffardi for Cooking Channel

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