Chocolate Chip Cheese Ball

Plan ahead……needs to chill!  Serve with chocolate and/or cinnamon grahm sticks.

1 package (8 oz.) cream cheese, softened

1 stick (1/2 c.) butter, not substitutes, softened

¼ teaspoon valilla extract

¾ cup confectioners’s sugar (powdered sugar)

2 tablespoons brown sugar

¾ cup miniature semisweet chocolate chips

¾ cup finely chopped pecans

In a mixing bowl, beat the cream cheese, butter and vanilla until fluffy.  Gradually add sugars; beat just until combined.

Stir in EITHER the chocolate chips or the pecans.  (keep reading)

Cover and refrigerate for 2 hours.  Place cream cheese mixture on a large piece of plastic wrap; shape into the ball.  Refrigerate for another hour (at least).

Just before serving, roll cheese ball in either the chocolate chips or the pecans that you have left.  I like to stir in the pecans, and roll the ball in the chocolate chips – it looks more like a dessert this way.

Yeild:  about 2 cups (one fairly large cheese ball)

Note:  I also like to stir in both the pecans and chocolate chips and serve this in a bowl as a dip.  I usually sprinkle a few chocolate chips on top just before serving.