Cherry Chocolate Chip Cheeseball

• Vegetarian
• Gluten free

• Baking & Spices

  • 1 cup Chocolate chips, mini
  • 2 1/4 cup Powdered sugar

• Dairy

  • 1/4 cup Butter, unsalted
  • 8 oz Cream cheese

• Desserts

  • 1/4 cup Maraschino cherries
  • 1/4 cup Maraschino cherry, juice

Found on shugarysweets.com

Ingredients

• 8oz cream cheese, softened
• 1/4 cup unsalted butter, softened
• 1/4 cup maraschino cherry juice
• 2 1/4 cup powdered sugar
• 1/4 cup chopped maraschino cherries
• 1 cup mini chocolate chips, divided

Directions

• In a large mixing bowl, beat cream cheese and butter until combined. Add cherry juice and powdered sugar until fully blended. Fold in chopped cherries and 1/2 cup mini chocolate chips. At this point you can either serve immediately...or continue on to make as a cheeseball.  For the cheeseball, line a rounded bowl with plastic wrap. Pour mixture into bowl, bringing up sides of plastic wrap to cover the top. Refrigerate overnight. When ready to serve, invert cheeseball onto serving plate and press remaining 1/2 cup mini chips into the cheeseball. Serve with graham crackers, animal cookies, apple slices, pretzels, etc!!