Bring something fun to the table with these sweet cheese balls, a flavor combo featuring orange, cranberry and white chocolate that everyone will love. Chef Cayt recently made this recipe on a local news channel, and everyone there loved it, so we have a feeling you and your friends and family will love it too! Bring it to a potluck, serve it at a party or treat yourself to something delicious. It can also make a great homemade gift that you can share with neighbors and friends so they can enjoy the holidays.
For more cheesy appetizers, try ours Homemade Party Cheese Balls or us Hot Honey Pistachio Baked Brie.
Why our recipe?
- Cheese balls are a fun and festive way to change things up in these sweets.
- The classic flavor combination of cranberry and orange is perfect for fall and winter.
- Serve with shortbread cookies, Nila wafer cookies or graham crackers.
We love to snack on cheese balls at parties or on holidays with friends and family. There are many flavor combinations, and there are many things that you can eat with them. We just know you and your loved ones will love these sweet and savory cheese balls at your next get-together!
Material notes
- Cream Cheese: It is the main ingredient of cheese balls. It will blend best if it is soft.
- Orange Zest: You definitely don't want to skip the orange zest in this recipe! A little goes a long way, but it brings out so much flavor that really makes this recipe.
- Dried Cranberries: If you like really chunky cranberries, you can leave them whole, but we like to chop them up a bit more to spread them more evenly throughout the cheese balls.
- White Chocolate: You can use white chocolate chips or depending on your preference you can get a bar of white chocolate and chop or grate it. You can make the white chocolate as finely chopped or chunky as you like.
Deeper Ideas
There are so many different things that can go great with these cheese balls, so feel free to experiment! Some of our favorite options are shortbread cookies, blue wafer cookies, apple slices, madelines or croissants.
Cheese ball shape
Using plastic wrap to shape the cheese balls makes it a lot easier and a lot less messy, but you don't have to if you don't want to. This is also a great option if you want to shape it into a log instead of a ball. Just make sure you refrigerate the cheese ball for at least 2 hours before serving so that it retains its shape.
Please direct forward
Cheese balls are a great appetizer to make ahead of time. You can mix everything together and shape it, then cover it in plastic wrap according to the recipe instructions. Prepare the cheese balls 2 days in advance and refrigerate wrapped in plastic until ready to serve.
Storage instructions
Keep in fridge Store leftovers in an airtight container or tightly wrapped in plastic wrap for up to a week.
