BACON PIMENTO CHEESE BALL
This delicious bacon pimento cheese ball is so easy to make and great for any gathering. My family loved it with Ritz crackers. It’s really the perfect appetizer because it’s so simple and taste wonderful. Pimento cheese is something we enjoy year round, so to enjoy it in a cheese ball is even better. Then add the bacon and you have an amazing treat. If you love this one, you may also like our Pineapple Ham Cheese Ball.
Bacon Pimento Cheese Ball Ingredients
Cream cheese
Butter
Pimento cheese spread
Sharp cheddar cheese
Smoked paprika
Real bacon bits
Ritz Crackers
It’s actually wild how these simple ingredients can make such a wonderful appetizer! We enjoy this cheese ball every Christmas and then everyone requests it again for New Years Eve. It’s so good and keeps well. You an easily make this cheese ball in advance.
If you love pimento cheese the way w do, you will also love these delicious pimento cheese sausage balls. They really take the classic sausage ball to the next level!
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Bacon Pimento Cheese Ball
Ingredients
- 8 ounces of cream cheese softened
- 2 tablespoons of butter room temperature
- 6 ounces of pimento cheese spread
- 1/2 cup of sharp cheddar cheese shredded
- 1 teaspoon of smoked paprika
- 3/4 cup of real bacon bits
- Ritz Crackers
Instructions
- Combine, cream cheese, butter, pimento cheese, sharp cheddar and smoked paprika in a bowl and mix with a mixer. Once combined, line a bowl with saran wrap and add cheese mixture to the bowl. Chill in refrigerator for an hour, then remove and use form into a ball. Roll ball in bacon bits and serve with Ritz crackers. I used real bacon bits because it cuts down on the grease of fresh made bacon.
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Question ladies!
By real bacon bits, do you mean those in a jar or do you fry your own bacon?
Thank you!
I use the ones in the jar/package but you can easily make your own, but you will need to really get the grease off of the bacon.