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White Chocolate Chip Cheese Ball

Source of Recipe


From "Gooseberry Patch Christmas: 10th Anniversary"



List of Ingredients



• 8-ounce package cream cheese, softened
  
• ½ cup butter, softened
  
• ½ tsp almond extract
  
• ¾ cup powdered sugar
  
• 1 cup white chocolate chips
  
• ½ cup sweetened, dried cherries, chopped
  
• ¾ cup sliced almonds, lightly toasted
  
• Garnish: white chocolate curls, dried cherries
  






Instructions



1. Beat together cream cheese, butter, and almond extract until fluffy. Gradually beat in powdered sugar. Stir in chocolate chips and ½ cup cherries. Cover and refrigerate until firm enough to handle, about 2 hours.
   
   
2. Place cream cheese mixture on plastic wrap and shape into a ball. Refrigerate until ready to serve, or at least 1 hour.
   
   
3. Roll ball in almonds before serving. Garnish top with white chocolate curls and dried cherries, if desired. Serve with graham cracker snack sticks.
   
   Makes about 2 cups.