Jalapeño Popper Football Cheese Ball

Jalapeño Popper Football Cheese Ball

from kaleforniakravings.com
Appetizer
36 min

Cheesy, loaded with bacon & everything you love about jalapeño poppers! This jalapeño popper football cheese ball is the BEST game day appetizer & a MUST HAVE for Super Bowl Sunday!

Ingredients

  • 16 oz.cream cheese, softened
  • 1 cupcheddar cheese, shredded
  • ½ cupmonterey jack cheese, shredded (plus extra to make the "laces")
  • ½ cuppickled jalapeños, chopped
  • 1fresh jalapeño, deseeded & finely diced
  • ¼ cupgreen onion, sliced (green & white parts are ok)
  • 8slices of bacon, cooked & cooled
  • ½ tspgarlic powder
  • ¼ cuppecans, finely chopped

Directions

  1. 1

    Mix your chopped pecans, fresh jalapeño and half of your cooked bacon together in a bowl then set it aside. (This is your outer coating!)

  2. 2

    Next mix your cream cheese, cheddar cheese, Monterey jack cheese, pickled jalapeños, green onion, garlic powder and the remaining bacon together in a large bowl.

  3. 3

    Then roll the mixture into a ball, place it on a tray and form it into the shape of a football. Sprinkle your coating over the top and all around the sides pressing in slightly to help it stick to the cheese ball.

  4. 4

    Then cut one long strip and 4 smaller strips of your leftover Monterey jack cheese and lay them on top of your cheese ball to form the "laces". (I'll usually push mine down slightly so they stick better.)

  5. 5

    Serve immediately with your favorite crackers or chips!