Bacon Ranch Cheese Ball

5 from 2 votes

These Bacon Ranch Cheese Ball Bites are delicious hand held appetizers that are perfect for any gathering! Made like a classic cheeseball with bacon, cream cheese, green onions, and pecans and held together with a pretzel, these little bite-sized snacks are hard to resist!

Prep Time20

Total Time20

Course: Appetizer, Side Dish, Snack

Cuisine: American

Keyword: cheese ball, cheese ball recipe, cheeseball, cheeseball recipe

Servings: people

Author: Alyssa Rivers

Ingredients

2 (8 ounces) packages cream cheese
1 (1 ounce) packet dry buttermilk ranch dressing mix
1/2 cup cheddar cheese, grated
1/4 cup green onion, thinly sliced
6 pieces of bacon, fried and crumbled
1 cup pecans or almonds finely chopped for coating
pretzel sticks

Instructions

Mix the 2 (8 ounces) packages cream cheese and 1 (1 ounce) packet dry buttermilk ranch dressing mix together. Mix in a bowl until smooth.
Add the 1/2 cup cheddar cheese, 1/4 cup green onion, olive if using, and 6 pieces of bacon,. If you are short on time, buy the real bacon bits and add about a 1/2 cup.
Use a 1-inch cookie scoop to scoop out the mixture and roll in your hands to form a ball. Roll it in 1 cup pecans or almonds mixture. Stick a pretzel sticks into each center.

Notes

Originally posted on December 28, 2019

Updated on November 16, 2023

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