Parties just wouldn’t be the same without cheese balls, and these minis pack a big flavor punch with smoked gouda, bacon and sundried tomatoes.
Mini Smoked Gouda Cheese Balls
- Prep Time 25 min
- Total 1 hr 25 min
- Servings 28
- Ingredients 5
Ingredients
- 1 package (8 oz) cream cheese, softened
- 4 oz smoked Gouda cheese, shredded (1 cup)
- 1/3 cup cooked real bacon bits or pieces (from a jar or package)
- 1/4 cup finely chopped drained sun-dried tomatoes in oil
- 1 cup finely chopped pecans or 2/3 cup finely chopped parsley
Instructions
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Step1In medium bowl, mix cream cheese, Gouda cheese and bacon bits until well blended. Stir in tomatoes. Cover; refrigerate 45 to 60 minutes or until firm enough to shape into balls.
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Step2Place pecans in small shallow bowl. Shape cheese mixture into 28 (1-inch) balls, about 2 teaspoons cheese mixture for each ball. Roll in pecans to coat.
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Step3Serve immediately, or cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate until ready to serve (up to 24 hours).
Nutrition
80
Calories
7g
Total Fat
2g
Protein
1g
Total Carbohydrate
0g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Mini Cheese Ball
- Calories
- 80
- Calories from Fat
- 60
- Total Fat
- 7g
- 11%
- Saturated Fat
- 2 1/2g
- 13%
- Trans Fat
- 0g
- Cholesterol
- 15mg
- 5%
- Sodium
- 105mg
- 4%
- Potassium
- 55mg
- 2%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 1g
- 0%
- Dietary Fiber
- 0g
- 0%
- Sugars
- 0g
- Protein
- 2g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 2%
- 2%
- Vitamin C
- 0%
- 0%
- Calcium
- 4%
- 4%
- Iron
- 0%
- 0%
Exchanges:
0 Starch; 0 Fruit; 0 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 1 1/2 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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