Name: Fall Snack Board
Prep time: 30 min
Total time: 30 min
Ingredients: Pumpkin Cheese Ball (see recipe below); 1 orange bell pepper, sliced into strips (use stem for pumpkin cheese ball); 8-10 Nutter Butter Acorns (see recipe below); 5 mandarin oranges, peeled; 4 celery stalks, sliced into thirds (reserve the celery leaves to top the mandarin oranges with to look like mini pumpkins); 1/3 cup apple butter; 1/3 cup caramel dip; 1/4 cup pomegranate seeds; 1/4 cup mini candy corn; 1/4 cup pumpkin shaped candies; 1/4 cup harvest colored M&M’s; 7 maple leaf shaped sandwich cookies; 15 cheddar cheese cracker cuts; 6 whole petite baby carrots, sliced in half lengthwise; 10 honey wheat pretzel twists; 1 Honeycrisp apple, thinly sliced; 1 red pear, thinly sliced; 1 green pear, thinly sliced; 2 thick slices pumpkin bread, cubed; 15 harvest colored vegetabletortilla chips; 1/2 cup dried apricots; 1 cup sweet potato crackers; 1 cup beet crackers; 10 dried figs; 1/2 cup candied pecans; 1/2 cup colby jack cheese cubes; 10 orange yogurt covered pretzels

Description

Everyone will fall in love with this Pumpkin Cheese Ball. It’s so great for spreading on crackers, chips and apple or pear slices.

Ingredients

16 ounces cream cheese (regular or pumpkin flavored)
2 cups shredded orange cheddar cheese
1/2 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper
1/2 teaspoon paprika
1 bell pepper stem

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Instructions

Using a stand mixer or sturdy spoon, mix all ingredients together until well combined. Line a 1.25 quart mixing bowl (7.25” x 3” x 3”) with plastic wrap and press the cheese mixture firmly into the bowl. Cover completely with the plastic wrap and place in the refrigerator for at least an hour.
Once the cheese ball is chilled, lift itfrom the bowl with the plastic wrap and place flat side down on a work surface. Leave the plastic wrap around the cheese ball and with the tip of a butter knife, carve lines down the sides to resemble a pumpkin.
Lift the cheese ball from the work surface with the palm of your hand and gently remove the plastic wrap. Transfer the cheese ball to the center of the wood board. Use the butter knife to indent the carved lines even more to look like a pumpkin.
Stick the bell pepper stem in the top of the pumpkin-shaped cheese ball.