Mini Goat Cheese Balls
Mini goat cheese balls are an easy to make, elegant appetizer. Your guests will never know you didn't spend a ton of time and energy making these pretty, tasty bites!
Prep Time15 minutes mins
Total Time15 minutes mins
Course: Appetizer, Snack
Cuisine: American
Servings: 12
Calories: 96kcal
- 8 oz goat cheese softened
- 4 oz cream cheese softened
- 2 green onions thinly sliced
- 1 1/2 tbsp Italian parsley finely chopped
- 1/4 tsp freshly ground black pepper
- 1 cup garlic croutons
- 12 pretzel sticks
To a mixing bowl add the softened goat cheese, softened cream cheese, green onions, one tablespoon of the chopped parsley, and the freshly ground black pepper.
Using a hand mixer, whip the ingredient together until the mixture's smooth and evenly combined.
Using a small cookie scoop, scoop an even scoop of the mixture. Roll it, between clean hands, into a ball then transfer it to a clean sheet or parchment paper. Repeat until all the cheese mixture's been formed into cheese balls.
Add the croutons to a blender, or food processor, and pulse until they're finely ground.
Transfer the ground crouton crumbs to a small mixing bowl. Add the remaining parsley, and stir together until evenly combined.
Working with one cheese ball at a time, roll it in the bowl of seasoned bread crumbs until evenly coated. Place the mini cheese ball onto a waiting serving tray. Repeat until all the mini cheese balls are coated and on the serving tray.
Stick a pretzel stick into the top center of each mini goat cheese ball.
Serve & enjoy!
- Letting the cream cheese and goat cheese come to room temperature on the counter makes this so much easier to make because the cheese is much easier to work with.
- You can jazz these up even more with other fresh chopped fresh herbs or even a hint of garlic.
- Feel free to skip the pretzel sticks if desired.
Calories: 96kcal | Carbohydrates: 3g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 7g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.3g | Monounsaturated Fat: 2g | Cholesterol: 18mg | Sodium: 124mg | Potassium: 31mg | Fiber: 0.2g | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin A: 384IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 40mg | Iron: 1mg