Turkey Cheese Ball (Thanksgiving)

By AnneS

YIELD 1 CHEESE BALL (3 CUPS).

EDITOR'S NOTE: THIS RECIPE WAS TESTED WITH TOWNHOUSE OVAL BISTRO CRACKERS.

Ingredients

• MARGE HARPER'S HOLIDAY CHEESE BALL RECIPE:
• 2 8 oz. packages (16 oz. total) cream cheese, softened
• 1 can (8 oz.) crushed pineapple, drained
• 2 Tablespoon green pepper, diced
• 2 Tablespoons onion, diced
• 2 cups walnuts (or pecans), diced
• DECORATIONS:
• 3 packages (3 ounces each) cream cheese, softened
• 2 Tablespoons milk
• brown fool coloring
• orange food coloring
• yellow food coloring
• 6 large oval crackers (Townhouse Oval Bistro crackers)
• 1 large sweet red pepper
• 1 small yellow summer squash
• 1 cup pecan halves

Details

Adapted from pinterest.com

Preparation

Step 1

1. In a bowl, make Marge Harper's Holiday Cheese Ball. Shape into a ball, then squish it a little. This is the turkey's body.

2. In a small bowl, beat the cream cheese and milk until smooth. Divide among four small bowls. With food coloring, tint one bowl brown, one dark orange, and one light orange (using yellow and orange); leave one bowl plain white.

3. Transfer each mixture to a snack-sized Ziplock bag, and cut a small hole in the corner of each bag.

4. For turkey tail feathers, decorate the top halves of 6 Townhouse Oval Bistro crackers with the tinted cream cheese mixtures. Look at the photo for guidance.

5. Using the red pepper, form the turkey head, neck, and wattle.

6. For the beak, cut a small triangle from summer squash; attach with cream cheese.

7. Add eyes, using brown and plain cream cheese mixtures.

8. Insert pecan halves and decorated crackers into the cheese ball.

9. Serve with assorted crackers.