Chocolate Peppermint Cheese Ball

Cooking: White Chocolate Peppermint Cheesecake!

Описание:

1/2 cup butter, softened
3 tbsp Sugar
1 cup Sugar
1/4 tsp. peppermint extract
4 pkg. (8 oz. each) Cream Cheese, softened
3 pkg. (4 oz. each) White Chocolate, broken into pieces, melted, cooled
4 eggs

HEAT oven to 325°F.

BEAT butter, 3 tbsp sugar in small bowl with mixer until light and fluffy. Gradually beat in flour until well blended; press onto bottom of muffin tins. Bake 10 min.

BEAT cream cheese, remaining sugar and peppermint in large bowl with mixer until well blended. Add chocolate; mix well. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating on low speed after each addition just until blended. Pour over crust.

BAKE 55 min. to 1 hour or until center is almost set. Run knife around rim of pan to loosen cake; cool before removing rim. Refrigerate 4-5 hours

You'll Need:

Serve with chocolate-flavored "Nilla" wafers or chocolate graham crackers

1 (12 ounce) package semisweet chocolate chips
1 cup peppermint candies (about 36)
2 cups pecans
8 ounces cream cheese, softened

Procedures : Process the chocolate chips, peppermint candies and pecans in a blender or food processor until finely ground. Place the mixture in an airtight plastic bag until ready to use. There will be enough mixture to make several cheese balls.

When ready to make a cheese ball, place the cream cheese in a bowl. Remove 1/2 cup of the ground candy-nut mixture from the bag and mix with cream cheese. Shape into a ball and wrap in plastic wrap. Refrigerate for at least 2-3 hours or until firm.

Yields: 20 to 30 servings