This sweet cheese ball filled with cream cheese, crumbled brownies and caramel sauce is a guaranteed winner at your next game day get-together.
Turtle Brownie Football Cheese Ball
- Prep Time 35 min
- Total 2 hr 35 min
- Servings 24
- Ingredients 9
Ingredients
- 1 box Betty Crocker™ Fudge Brownie Mix, baked and cooled as directed on box
- 3 packages (8 oz each) cream cheese, softened
- 1 cup butter, softened
- 3 cups powdered sugar
- 1/3 cup packed brown sugar
- 1/3 cup plus 2 tablespoons caramel topping
- 1 1/2 cups finely chopped pecans
- 2 tablespoons from 1 tub (16 oz) Betty Crocker™ Rich & Creamy Vanilla Frosting, for laces
- Apple slices, graham crackers, pretzels and mini vanilla wafer cookies, as desired
Instructions
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Step1Use fork to crumble baked brownies. Set aside.
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Step2In large bowl, beat cream cheese and butter with electric mixer on medium speed about 2 minutes or until smooth and creamy. Beat in powdered sugar, 1 cup at a time, until blended, then beat in brown sugar and 1/3 cup caramel topping until mixture is smooth. Use spatula to stir crumbled brownies into cream cheese mixture.
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Step3In center of large oval-shaped serving plate, use spatula or slightly wet hands to shape mixture into large football, about 12x7 inches. Cover tightly with plastic wrap, and refrigerate 2 hours.
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Step4Just before serving, press chopped pecans evenly all over cheese ball to cover. Drizzle with 2 tablespoons caramel topping. Add vanilla frosting to decorating bag fitted with small writing tip or to resealable food-storage plastic bag with small corner cut off bag; pipe on top of football to make laces. Serve with remaining ingredients.
Nutrition
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