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5 Ingredient Mini Carrot Cheddar Cheese Balls

Apr 14, 2017 · 13 Comments

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Looking for the perfect quick appetizer recipe that is suuuuuper delicious and takes only a few minutes to make? I’ve got just the recipe for you with these 5 ingredient mini carrot cheddar cheese balls!

The best mini carrot cheddar cheese balls appetizerI think I have a new favorite appetizer I’m going to be making for parties: these mini cheese balls. They’re super yummy, and so unique.

The best appetizer recipe for carrot cheddar cheese ballsAs I was thinking about Easter – more on that in a second – I made sure I was stocked up on carrots, because every year I make carrot cake with caramel spiced pecans. The carrots just looked so appealing, I decided to snag some from the bag to make into a little savory appetizer, and so these mini cheese balls were made.

The perfect appetizer are these mini carrot cheddar cheese ballsIf you want, you could totally make one big cheese ball and call it a day.

How to make the best mini cheddar carrot cheese ballsOk, so Easter – can you believe it’s this weekend? I just cannot believe it. Time is flying. I’m in some serious denial over here. It could have to do with the fact that life is insane right now. I’m 7 months pregnant and we’re in the midst of selling our house. Please send prayers/good thoughts for a smooth sale and transition(right now we don’t know where we’ll be going next – if we’re going to end up in a new house or an apartment until we find a house). I just keep telling myself everything happens for a reason and will happen as it’s supposed to. Timing is getting a little tight though. We haven’t done anything in terms of setting up a nursery, and like I said, we’re just hoping everything goes through with the sale, aaaannnnnd timing is getting a little tight. Eeeek. Hopefully I’ll have an amazing update for you in the next few weeks. Fingers and toes crossed and prayers are really welcome!

The most delicious mini carrot cheddar cheese balls appetizerBecause of all the house showings, I haven’t really been wanting to make the house smell, or dirty up the kitchen, so the fact that these awesome mini cheese balls are no bake or cook is a huge plus in my book.

And with only 5 ingredients you simply cannot go wrong (these cheese balls are this week’s Five Ingredient Friday!)

The best carrot cheddar cheese balls appetizer with only 5 ingredients I am making a batch of these mini 5 ingredient carrot cheddar cheese balls for Easter, and I’d love to hear from you – what are your plans for Easter – what will you be making?

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5 Ingredient Mini Carrot Cheddar Cheese Balls

Looking for the perfect quick appetizer recipe that is suuuuuper delicious and takes only a few minutes to make? I’ve got just the recipe for you with these 5 ingredient mini carrot cheddar cheese balls!
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Prep Time: 5 minutes
Total Time: 5 minutes
Servings: 18 -20 cheese balls

Ingredients

  • 2 large carrots grated (about 1 cup grated)
  • 8 oz cream cheese 1 block, I have used reduced fat and that works great too, at room temp
  • 1 cup 2 oz shredded/grated cheddar cheese
  • 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
  • 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper

Instructions

  • Grate carrots into a bowl.
  • Add cream cheese, shredded cheddar cheese, Worcestershire sauce and cayenne and stir (this will take some muscle, or you can use a stand mixer to mix it.) Make sure everything is combined and no large chunks of cream cheese remain.
  • Using a tablespoon size cookie scoop, scoop balls and place them on a plate. You can form them into more neat and exact circles with your hands if you'd like. If you don't have a cookie scoop you can just measure out a heaping spoonful and then shape it into a small cheese ball.
  • You could also just leave the mixture in the bowl and serve it like a dip, or form one big cheese ball.
  • Refrigerate for 1 hour, then serve.

Nutrition

Serving: 1cheese ball | Calories: 48kcal | Carbohydrates: 1g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 4g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 13mg | Sodium: 56mg | Sugar: 1g

How to make the best gluten free mini carrot cheddar cheese balls appetizer

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  1. Little Cooking Tips says

    June 8, 2017 at 4:27 am

    How the heck did we miss that back in April?:) What a wonderful, easy and delicious recipe! Great job Phi! We bet these must be awesome with breadsticks or rusks. But Panos sitting next to me, already suggested something totally different; spreading this over baked potatoes:) (eyes looking to the ceiling, lips tight thinking how it would be)
    Thanx for the yummy recipe sweetie!
    xoxoxo

    Reply
    • Sweetphi says

      June 8, 2017 at 8:19 am

      Oh my goodness, both those suggestions sound amazing. Love the baked potato idea, I’ll totally have to try that! These carrot cheddar cheese balls have been so popular at parties lately!

      Reply
  2. Rony Jahid says

    April 17, 2017 at 9:36 am

    I love cheese, & I think this balls look really delicious, can’t wait to try them

    Reply
    • Sweetphi says

      April 17, 2017 at 12:56 pm

      Thank you, I think you’d love these mini carrot cheddar cheese balls

      Reply
  3. Jess says

    April 16, 2017 at 5:43 am

    Yum! This looks fantastic! Easy too! Happy Easter!

    Reply
    • Sweetphi says

      April 17, 2017 at 12:52 pm

      Thank you so much, these are my new fave easy appetizer 🙂 Hope you had a lovely Easter.

      Reply
  4. Shawnna Griffin says

    April 14, 2017 at 11:31 am

    hey girl- these cheese balls look so good! I’ll be praying for you to! Y’all have a great Easter!

    Reply
    • Sweetphi says

      April 17, 2017 at 12:43 pm

      Thank you so much for your prayers, really appreciate that! Hope you had a lovely Easter, thank you for your comments and support always, truly means the world to me to have you as a reader!!

      Reply

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