Cream Cheese Dessert Cheese Ball - BASIC CHEESE

Method

• Using a mixer, cream together butter and cream cheese. Add sugars and vanilla mix well. Add your desired mix-ins (see suggestions below). Form into a ball. Then roll on the crumb or nut mixture and place on a waxed-paper-lined plate.
• Cover loosely with plastic wrap. Refrigerate 1 hour. Serve on graham crackers or small cookies.
• Note:
• Here is the list of the different variations you can make. Please note I've only made a couple of fruit ones. Fruit must be well drained.
• Let your imagination go wild! I look forward to seeing your personal creations.
• Each is for 1 ball. Recipe may be multiplied for gift giving.
• Variations:
• 1. Mint chocolate chip or mint Andes candies: roll in crushed chocolate wafers or Thin Mint cookies.
• 2. Reese's Pieces, Butterfinger, Reese's Cups: roll in crushed peanut butter cookies.
• 3. Oreo chunks: roll in crushed Oreos.
• 4. Milano chunks: roll in crushed Milano.
• 5. Snickers, Milky Way, 3 Musketeers, Nestle Crunch: roll in chocolate wafers.
• 6. Mounds and Almond Joy: roll in a combined mixture of crushed chocolate wafers and shredded coconut, or roll in crushed macaroon cookies.
• 7. Chocolate chip, mini chocolate chips, mini baking m&ms: roll in crushed chocolate chip cookies.
• 8. Toffee bits: roll in crushed macaroon cookies or crushed chocolate wafers.
• 9. Pineapple: mix in well drained crushed pineapple, then roll in crushed macaroons and chopped macadamia nuts.
• 10. Pecan sandie chunks: roll in chopped pecans.