Mini Goat Cheese Balls

5 from 1 vote

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

Total Time15

Course: Appetizer, Snack

Cuisine: American

Servings:

Calories: 96kcal

Author: Meaghan - The Quicker Kitchen

Ingredients

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

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Instructions

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!

Notes

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.

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