Spider Cheese Balls Recipes

Steps:

• Combine cream cheese, Italian seasoning and 1/2 cup shredded cheese.
• Shape into 24 balls, using 2 Tbsp. cheese mixture for each. Roll in remaining shredded cheese.
• Top crackers with cheese balls. Decorate each cheese ball to resemble spider, using noodles for legs and currants for eyes.

Steps:

• Divide cheese ball into 1 large part and one smaller part and 8 1 inch balls.
• Begin with the large part. Shape into the body of your spider. Set aside when you are happy with the shape.
• Next take the smaller part and shape it into the head. Make sure the head is somewhat wide to make room for the eyes.
• Roll the pieces in pecan chips and press together on a plate to make the head and body of the spider.
• Next get 16 bread sticks. press two into the front side of the body near the head, make them kind of forward facing.
• Press 2 bread sticks into the back part of the body and make them somewhat rear facing.
• Next attach the other 8 pretzel sticks to the ones sticking out of the body using the 1 inch balls of cheese ball to finish the legs. dab a bit of cream cheese on the plate where you want the legs to sit, just to hold them in place.
• Next press 8 boiler onions into the head for eyes.
• Cut the black olive into 8 tiny pieces. attach to the center of each boiler onion with a dab of cream cheese to make eye balls.
• Chill for several hours or over night. Serve with your favorite crackers.

Steps:

• In a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, combine the cream cheese, Cheddar, Monterey Jack cheese, butter, salsa and some salt and pepper and beat until smooth. Alternatively, mix all the ingredients in a large bowl with a spoon. Reserve 1/3 cup of the dip and wrap in plastic wrap.
• Make 2 balls with the remaining dip, one twice as big as the other, wrap in plastic, and shape into balls. Refrigerate all three portions of the cheese until hardened and cold, 2 to 3 hours.
• Unwrap the two balls and coat in the crushed tortilla chips. Place on a platter directly next to each other and make eyes in the smaller ball with 2 olives. To make the legs, arrange 8 green beans to stick out of the "spider's" side, then place a small ball made out of the reserved 1/3 cup dip on the end of each bean and connect another bean to each ball to make long legs.
• Serve with vegetables, crackers or tortilla chips.