Witches Hat Cheese Ball

Tips for making a Witches Hat Cheese Ball

• Make sure you start with room temperature cream cheese.
• Chop you ingredients finely 1) to keep it easy to eat and 2) so the mixture stays together easily.
• Don't over season, as the cheese ball sits the flavors will mingle together and deepen.
• To make the job easier mix everything together with a hand mixer.
• Using cling wrap to help you form the shape.
• Unlike a traditional ball shape where you can wrap and roll, a witches hat cheese ball starts with a mound of cream cheese mixture on a sheet of long wrap and uses a second sheet to mould and shape it. (see below for more in-depth explanation)
• Once formed and covered wrapped it completely and and let it set for at least 4 hours (and up to 48).
• Remove from the fridge at least 30 minutes before you want to serve.
• Just before serving, use a pastry brush to brush olive oil (I used garlic oil) over the olives to give them a gorgeous shine.

How to mould a witches hat cheese ball tree

• To mould the hat shape, place a piece of cling wrap onto your counter top and spoon your cream cheese mixture into a rough ball.
• Cover it with a second piece of cling wrap over the top of the ball.
• Use your hands to mould the ball up into a cone shape.
• You may need a second piece of cling wrap, to cover the whole 'hat'.
• Gently bend the tip over to make the bend in the hat.
• Once you have a cone shape, place in the fridge to chill.

Which cream cheese to use for this cheese ball?

You can use either full fat or low fat blocks of cream cheese, don't try and use the spreadable cream cheese, as it doesn't hold up to moulding well and can collapse.

To ensure the blocks of cream cheese is easy to combine with the other ingredients and mould, take it out of the fridge for at least 30 minutes before you want to use it.

Does this Cheese Ball need to chill?

Once you have formed the cheese ball, you want to chill it as this helps the shape solidify and also gives the flavors time to meld together.

Plus it means you can make this well in advance. Which is a winner for a party appetizer!

So I can make this ahead of time?

For sure!!!! This cheese ball will keep in the fridge for up to 48 hours.

(I have kept leftovers for 6 days and I am still alive.....but I don't recommend that!)

What to serve with this Witches Hall Cheese Ball

I like to serve this with toast points, water crackers and some vegetable batons (carrots, bell pepper and celery are my favs)

Strips of pitta or flat bread are also a great option. Just writing this now I think it would be great wth some pumpkin chips or crisps!!! I haven't tried that but how perfectly halloweeny would that be. {Yes halloweeny is a word, well it should be 😉 }

For your Keto friends why not serve this with some sliced salami or thick cut ham.....YUM!

There are just 5 ingredients in this Witches Hat Cheese Ball

• Cream Cheese
• Green Onion
• Red Bell Pepper
• Fresh Parsley
• Black Olives

Can I make this Witches Hat Cheese Ball into a standard cheese ball?

Definitely! Just for it into the standard ball shape instead of the cone shape.

You can either decorate the outside with olives in the same way, or use less ( ½ cup) and chop them up into the mixture.

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