Easy Holiday Bacon Ranch and Walnut Cheese ball

🧂 Ingredients

• 2 – 8 oz. packages of cream cheese
• 1/8 cup + 1/8 cup walnuts
• 1 – 1 oz. package dry ranch dressing mix
• 1/4 cup fresh chives

  chopped
• 2 tsp. dried parsley
• 1/2 cup shredded cheddar cheese
• 2.8 oz. pre-made real bacon bits

Instructions

• 1 Set the cream cheese out on the counter for at least 1 hour before mixing.
• 2 Add the cream cheese to a bowl and mix until creamy.
• 3 Add the dry ranch mix and parsley and blend together.
• 4 Add 1/8 cup of the walnuts and blend in. (You can use pecans if you’d like)
• 5 Cut up the chives with scissors into small pieces and blend in.
• 6 Add the shredded cheddar cheese and stir, while scraping the sides of the bowl,
  creating a ball.
• 7 Place a sheet of Saran Wrap on the counter and sprinkle the remaining 1/8 cup of
  walnuts (or pecans) out on the sheet.
• 8 Sprinkle the entire package of bacon bits on the sheet.
• 9 Roll the cheese ball in the bacon bits and walnuts until it’s completely
  covered.
• 10 Wrap the cheeseball in the Saran Wrap and continue to shape into a round ball
  (the bottom will still be somewhat flat).
• 11 Refrigerate for 2 hours.
• 12 Take out of the refrigerator when ready to eat – but, allow at least 1 hour to
  soften.
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