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Superbowl Sunday is just a few days away and every year I have to make something that is shaped like a football naturally. This party cheese football is a great way to celebrate and add some flair to any cheese board. It soft and flavourful with little pops of jalapeño in every bite. Plus let’s be honest who doesn’t love something that is covered in bacon!

Ingredients to before mixing
Mixed Ingredients
Cheese formed into a football

Ingredients:

  • 16 oz cream cheese softened
  • 8 oz medium or sharp cheddar grated
  • 1/3 cup chopped green onion divided
  • 3/4 tsp garlic powder
  • 1/8 tsp salt
  • 1/3 chopped jalapeno pepper
  • 4 slices crispy cooked bacon
  • 1 slice mozzarella cheese
  • Optional chopped green onion

Tips & Tricks:

  • Cream Cheese: Make sure that you take your cream cheese out of the fridge an hour before you start this recipe or it will be too hard to properly combine everything together.
  • Bacon: Chop the bacon strips into fine little pieces so that you can easily roll the football in it. You could also add some chopped bacon to the cheese mixture for some added bacon flavour. Pre cooked bacon will also work for this.
  • Making the football shape: Line a bowl big enough to hold the cheese mixture with plastic wrap, leaving extra plastic wrap hanging over the sides. Once your cheese is very compactly pushed into the bowl you can fold the sides in encasing the cheese in the wrap. Carefully remove your wrapped cheese from the bowl and begin to shape the dome using your hands into a football shape. When you are satisfied remove the plastic wrap and place the cheese on your desired serving tray.
  • Serve with: Cracker, pretzels, veggies, chips and more.
  • Storage: Wrap your cheese ball back up in plastic wrap and keep in your fridge for 3-5 days. Cheese will start to mold and be very obvious when it has begun to spoil.
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Servings

20

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Prep time

15

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Calories

300

kcal
Total time

45

minutes

Ingredients

  • 16 oz  cream cheese softened

  • 8 oz medium or sharp cheddar grated

  • 3/4 tsp garlic powder

  • 1/8 tsp salt

  • 1/3 chopped jalapeno pepper

  • 5 slices crispy cooked bacon

  • 1 slice mozzarella cheese

  • Optional green onions

Directions

  • Take your cream cheese out of the fridge and allow it to soften for for 30 mins to an hour. While waiting cook the bacon.
  • Once your cheese has softened add it along with the grated cheddar cheese, garlic powder, salt, and chopped jalapeno to a large bowl. Mix well until everything is evenly combined.
  • Find a smaller bowl that will properly hold all of the cheese mixture and line it with plastic wrap. Make sure that the plastic wrap has extra around the edges so that it can be folded on top of itself.
  • Add the cheese to your prepared bowl and tightly press between layer so their are no gaps. Fold the plastic wrap up to cover the top of the bowl and place in the fridge for 5 minutes.
  • Remove the cheese from the fridge and flip it over so that the plastic wrapped cheese is on the cutting board. Use your hands to shape the ball into a football.
  • When you are happy with the shape roll it in finely chopped bacon and green onion. Add mozzarella cheese thinly sliced to make the football laces. Serve alongside crackers and pretzels.

Notes

  • Nutrition Facts: Serving Size: 1, Calories 149, Total Fat 13.6g (17% Daily Value), Saturated Fat 8.2g (41% Daily Value), Cholesterol 42mg (14% Daily Value), Sodium 230mg (10% Daily Value), Carbohydrate 1.3g (0% Daily Value), Dietary Fiber 0.1g (0% Daily Value), Sugars 0.2g, Protein 6.2g

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