Easy to make holiday cheese ball with just 4 ingredients! This is a family-favorite Christmas tradition at our house!

When I was growing up, my mom used to make this festive cheese ball recipe at Christmas. She would often take it to parties and get-togethers.I kept the recipe and usually think about making it around Christmas, since that’s when I remember Mom making it.

It tastes just like home! I consider this to be one of my traditional family recipes. Now my own family enjoys it just as much as I always have.

It’s one of our favorite Christmas traditions. We love to make this on a Christmas movie night and eat it while we watch the movie.

Sometimes we’ll also make some homemade hot chocolate to go with it.

This recipe makes a great appetizer or snack for holiday get-togethers.

Whenever I’m asked to bring a snack or appetizer to a Christmas party, I always think about this holiday cheese ball recipe first.

For one thing, it’s delicious, and it always gets rave reviews (guys especially seem to love it for some reason!).

And, it just tastes delicious! You can’t go wrong with a recipe that’s this easy and also tasty.

Holiday Cheese Ball Recipe

Ingredients:

8 oz. package cream cheese
1/4 cup French Onion dip
1/3 cup Parmesan cheese
1 (2 oz.) package Buddig Original Beef deli meat

Directions:

Place cream cheese, dip, and Parmesan cheese in a medium bowl. Cream cheeses and dip together with an electric mixer.
Chop beef with blender or food processor (I use a food processor).
Add about 3/4 of the beef to the cream cheese mixture and mix well.
Form cheese mixture into a ball and roll in remaining beef.
Place on a plate and serve with crackers.

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