Cheese Pumpkin Appetizers
 
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Make these cute and easy Cheese Pumpkins, filled with goat cheese, walnut and craisin mixture. They are the perfect appetizers for Halloween or Thanksgiving.
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Serves: 4
Ingredients
  • 8 tbsp smoked Cheddar cheese - chilled
  • 4 tbsp herbed goat cheese - chilled
  • finely chopped walnuts or pecans
  • 20 Ritz crackers
  • pretzel sticks, broken in half
  • fresh parsley leaves - for garnish
  • a few Craisins (optional, I put them inside the filling)
Directions
  1. Take your goat cheese and divide it into very small balls that can be hidden inside your cheddar pumpkin balls. Hide a piece or two of craisins inside. These balls should resemble M&M;'s in size.
  2. Now take one tablespoon of cold pack cheddar cheese. Flatten it in your palm, then place the goat cheese ball inside, and roll over it to make a cheddar cheese ball; place on waxed paper-lined serving plate. Finish making all the balls like this. Refrigerate for 10 to 15 minutes for easier handling.
  3. With the end of a toothpick, draw ridges around balls to resemble the lines on a pumpkin. Dip bottoms of cheese balls in chopped walnuts or pecans. Again store them in the refrigerator, until time to serve.
  4. Just before serving, insert pretzel halves into cheese balls to make pumpkin stems and place each pumpkin on a cracker. Decorate with parsley to make leaves. Serve immediately along with other appetizers.
Recipe by Fun and Food Cafe at https://www.funandfoodcafe.com/cheese-pumpkin/