Heart Healthy Halloween Cheese Balls

Name: Heart Healthy Halloween Cheese Balls
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 10
Ingredients: 8 oz reduced fat cream cheese, room temperature; 1 cup shredded part-skim mozzarella cheese; 1 finely chopped jalapeño, optional; 2 Tbsp finely chopped fresh dill; 1/2 tsp freshly ground black pepper; 5 pimiento stuffed green olives, sliced; 20 no-salt-added blue corn tortilla chips; 1 cup finely crushed no-salt-added blue corn tortilla chips

(5.0)

By Adam Fisher

Published 8/17/2023

Dietitian Reviewed: Christina Wright, RD, LDN

Approved for These Diets:

Gluten Free | Diabetic | Vegetarian | Adventist

Sink your fangs into these terrifyingly tasty Halloween Cheese Balls! A heart-healthy mixture of low-fat cream cheese, part-skim shredded mozzarella, savory herbs and spicy jalapeño is rolled into balls, coated with blue corn tortilla chips and decorated with tortilla chip “wings” and sliced olive “eyes” for a ghoulishly good Halloween treat!

Total Time

30 minutes

Servings

10

Calories

164

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Ingredients

Recipe yields 10 servings

8 oz reduced fat cream cheese, room temperature

1 cup shredded part-skim mozzarella cheese

1 finely chopped jalapeño, optional

2 Tbsp finely chopped fresh dill

1/2 tsp freshly ground black pepper

5 pimiento stuffed green olives, sliced

20 no-salt-added blue corn tortilla chips

1 cup finely crushed no-salt-added blue corn tortilla chips

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How to Make Halloween Cheese Balls

Step 1

Line a large rimmed baking sheet with parchment or waxed paper. Set aside.
Step 2

Slice the olives into rounds for the “eyes.” Break a tip off of each chip for the “ears.” Set the sliced olives and chips aside.
Step 3

In a medium mixing bowl, combine the cream cheese and mozzarella and mix until well combined. Scoop a rounded tablespoon of the cheese mixture into your hands and roll into a ball. Place on the prepared baking sheet and repeat with the remaining mixture.
Step 4

Roll each cheese ball in the crushed chips until completely coated; place on the prepared baking sheet.
Step 5

On each cheese ball, place 2 olive “eyes” and push in 2 chip tips on top as the ears. Push in 2 chips, one on each side, as the “wings.”
Step 6

Refrigerate for at least 1 hour before serving.

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Nutrition Facts

Serving Size:

1 ball, 2 chips

164

Calories

1

g

Fat

21

mg

Cholesterol

188

mg

Sodium

13

g

Carbs

4

g

Sat. Fat

1

g

Fiber

5

g

Protein

2

g

Sugars

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