Party Cheese Balls or Cheese Logs for Every Occasion

There’s always an occasion for a great cheese ball or cheese log appetizer. Whether it’s for yourself or for a party, we have some great recipes for you! Don’t reach for store bought cheese balls because not only are they costly, they’re bland. When you make your own homemade cheese balls or cheese logs, you can customize the flavors and textures. The delicious possibilities are endless. You can roll them into a ball or into a log shape. Both are fun shapes and you get to customize everything to your heart’s desire. It’s the perfect party appetizer. Best of all, it literally takes about 15 minutes to assemble the cheese balls.

Bacon Cheddar Ranch Cheese Ball

It’s an all time favorite with all the flavors that are perfect for parties. Bacon, ranch and cheese are always a great combination of flavors and textures.

Bacon Cheddar Ranch Cheese Ball

This recipe is for one large cheese ball, perfect for larger parties. Or divide it into two smaller cheese balls for two different occasions or two different platters. You can also just halve the recipe to make a smaller ball that serves about 4-6.

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Sun Dried Tomato Cheese Ball

Tangy, tasty and flavorful is what you get out of each bite. If you’re a fan of sun dried tomatoes, this is cheese ball is perfect for you.

Sun Dried Tomato Cheese Ball

We love the additional flavor of rosemary in the cheese ball. Since you have rosemary sprigs for the garnish already, consider adding about 1/2 teaspoon finely minced rosemary to the ball for extra flavor!

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Jalapeno Bacon Cheese Ball

Spicy and smoky, that’s the best way to describe this delicious cheese ball. It’s perfect for game day because jalapeno and bacon are meant to be together.

Jalapeño Bacon Cheese Ball

This rank mild in our kitchen’s spicy scale. To amp it, feel free to add chopped fresh jalapeños and/or your favorite chili sauce to the cheese mixture. 

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Cranberry Blue Cheese Ball

It’s the perfect combination of savory and sweet. Best of all, it’s great for the holidays too!

Cranberry Blue Cheese Ball

The saltiness of this cheese depends on the blue cheese. Taste the mixture before you form the ball and adjust the seasonings. Replacing the garlic/onion powder for garlic/onion salt will add extra flavor and salt to the ball. The recipe easily doubles for larger gatherings. For a double batch, we’ll either make one BIG cheese ball or a 2-3 smaller ones.

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Holiday Pine Cone Cheese Ball

Check out our fun pine cone cheese ball recipe here. It’s festive, fun and perfect for the holidays. You can use any cheese ball or cheese log recipe you like. Just create a pine cone shape and add the slivered almonds to make it look just like a pine cone.

Holiday Pinecone Cheese Balls

We have so many awesome cheese ball recipes. We love this one using our blue cheese ball base recipe, but make your favorite cheese ball recipe into a festive appetizer to look like a pinecone!

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