Chocolate Chip Cheeseball

This chocolate recipe, Chocolate Chip Cheeseball, leans on cream cheese, pure vanilla extract and powdered sugar. It makes 1 large cheeseball and takes about 80 minutes.

• Yield 1 large cheeseball
• Ready in 80 minutes

Ingredients

• 12 ounces cream cheese (light or regular, softened to room temperature)
• 1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
• 1/2 cup powdered sugar
• 1/4 cup packed light brown sugar
• 3/4 cup mini chocolate chips
• 1 cup crushed chocolate cookies (like chocolate teddy grahams or oreos, for rolling)

Instructions

1. In a medium bowl, mix the cream cheese, vanilla, powdered sugar and brown sugar until well mixed. Stir in the chocolate chips. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and refrigerate for 1-2 hours to give the mixture time to firm up a little bit.
2. Place the crushed cookies on a dinner plate or shallow pie plate. Using lightly greased hands, mold the cream cheese mixture into a ball. Even after chilling it will be slightly soft so don’t worry if this part gets a little messy. Drop the ball into the crushed cookies and roll around and/or scoop up the crushed cookies and lightly press them into the cheeseball.
3. Place the cheeseball on a serving platter and cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate until ready to serve. Serve with graham crackers, pretzels, apples, chocolate cookies or whatever your little heart desires!

Let the center settle before you cut it, or the slices will slump.