Jalapeno Popper Cheese Ball

12
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 0 minutes
Total Time 5 minutes

Get ready for the holidays with this Jalapeno Popper Cheese Ball! 5 minutes of prep are all you need to make this awesome party appetizer!Get ready for the holidays with this Jalapeno Popper Cheese Ball! 5 minutes of prep are all you need to make this awesome party appetizer! I’ve loved jalapeno poppers for pretty much my entire adult life. I had never had one until one day when I was in high school we went to a TGI Friday’s and someone ordered one. Having no idea what they were I figured it would be like a spicy mozzarella stick. No part of me expected to find half a jalapeno inside it! Or for it to be so good!

If this sounds a bit crazy let me explain. In our house growing up we ate a very small variety of meals. If it wasn’t Armenian food it was steak or grilled chicken. So things like jalapeno poppers weren’t really a food choice my mom would’ve made for us.

Now that I am in charge of what makes it into the house, jalapenos are one of my pantry ingredients. Every week when I do our main shopping I have a small list of everyday produce ingredients I keep on hand because I always need them including: Parsley, cilantro, jalapenos, green onions, tomatoes, grape tomatoes, lemons, limes, garlic, shallots, fresh ginger, lettuce, carrots, broccoli and yukon potatoes. If you happen to be my neighbor and you ever run out of one of those ingredients I can with 100% certainty let you have any of these because I always have them.

Since I always have jalapenos on hand and the kids and my husband won’t eat them I usually end up slicing them thinly over my food or inside sandwiches if I haven’t used them in a recipe during the week. I’ve gotten pretty creative with them over the years too, adding them to everything from cheesecake (honey cheesecake, this is SO good), grilled cheese, breakfast quesadillas, etc. So when I had some friends coming over for a game night I wanted something that was a throwback recipe to an old school party favorite. It was either going to be this cheese ball or a jalapeno popper fondue. I think I made the right choice because this cheese ball is so easy but so addicting!

Mix half the jalapenos and the parsley together. In a second bowl add the second half of the jalapenos, cream cheese, jack cheese, garlic, lemon juice, Worcestershire sauce and cumin to a bowl.

The assembly of the cheese ball can be done a couple of different ways. You can either put it in the freezer for 20 minutes to really harden up then roll the mixture in the parsley/jalapeno or if you aren’t as patient as me grab a large square of saran wrap and put the mixture in the middle. Bring the edges together and twist the top to make a small ball.

Finally roll in the jalapenos and parsley. At this point you can either serve it right away (but it would be sort of soft) or  keep it covered/refrigerated until you are ready to serve. Serve with crackers or tortilla chips.Get ready for the holidays with this Jalapeno Popper Cheese Ball! 5 minutes of prep are all you need to make this awesome party appetizer!

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Get ready for the holidays with this Jalapeno Popper Cheese Ball! 5 minutes of prep are all you need to make this awesome party appetizer!
Yield 12
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 0 minutes
Total Time 5 minutes
Course Appetizer
Cuisine American
Author Sabrina Snyder

Ingredients
 

  • 2 tablespoons fresh parsley , finely minced
  • 2 jalapenos , seeded and finely diced
  • 8 oz cream cheese , softened
  • 1 1/4 cup jack cheese , shredded
  • 1 large clove garlic , minced
  • 1 teaspoon lemon juice
  • 1 teaspoon Worcestershire Sauce
  • ¼ teaspoon ground cumin

Instructions

  • Mix half the jalapenos and the parsley together.
  • In a second bowl add the second half of the jalapenos, cream cheese, jack cheese, garlic, lemon juice, Worcestershire sauce and cumin to a bowl.
  • You can either put it in the freezer for 20 minutes to really harden up then roll the mixture in the parsley/jalapeno or if you aren't as patient as me grab a large square of saran wrap and put the mixture in the middle.
  • Bring the edges together and twist the top to make a small ball.
  • Roll in jalapenos/parsley.
  • Keep covered/refrigerated until you are ready to serve.
  • Serve with crackers or tortilla chips.

Nutrition

Calories: 110kcal | Carbohydrates: 1g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 10g | Saturated Fat: 6g | Cholesterol: 31mg | Sodium: 129mg | Potassium: 49mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin A: 426IU | Vitamin C: 4mg | Calcium: 107mg | Iron: 1mg
Keyword: Jalapeno Popper Cheese Ball

Get ready for the holidays with this Jalapeno Popper Cheese Ball! 5 minutes of prep are all you need to make this awesome party appetizer!

Get ready for the holidays with this Jalapeno Popper Cheese Ball! 5 minutes of prep are all you need to make this awesome party appetizer!
Get ready for the holidays with this Jalapeno Popper Cheese Ball! 5 minutes of prep are all you need to make this awesome party appetizer!

About the Author: Sabrina Snyder

Sabrina is a professionally trained Private Chef of over 10 years with ServSafe Manager certification in food safety. She creates all the recipes here on Dinner, then Dessert, fueled in no small part by her love for bacon.

Sabrina Snyder is a professionally trained personal and private chef of over 10 years who is the creator and developer of all the recipes on Dinner, then Dessert.

She is also the author of the cookbook Dinner, then Dessert – Satisfying Meals Using Only 3, 5 or 7 Ingredients, published by Harper Collins.

She started Dinner, then Dessert as a business in her office as a lunch service for her coworkers who admired her lunches before going to culinary school and becoming a full time personal chef and private chef.

As a personal chef Sabrina would cook for families one day a week and cook their entire week of dinners. All grocery shopping, cooking and cleaning was done along with instructions on reheating. As a private chef she cooked for private parties and cooked in family homes in the evenings for families on a nightly basis after working as a personal chef during the day.

Sabrina has been certified as a ServSafe Manager since 2007 and was a longstanding member of the USPCA Personal Chef Association including being on the board of the Washington DC Chapter of Chefs in the US Personal Chef Association when they won Chapter of the year.

As a member of the community of food website creators Sabrina Snyder has spoken at many conferences regarding her experiences as a food writer including the Indulge Food Conference, Everything Food Conference, Haven Food Conference and IACP Annual Food Professionals Conference.

Sabrina lives with her family in sunny California.

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  1. I have jalapenos that I just picked off the stems before our chill down tonight. I have all the tohr ingredients. I know it will be a hit especially since we are dieting and don’t treat ourselves often. I love anything with cream cheese too!

  2. Sabrina, I am in love with this! So much heat, so much cheese, so much deliciousness! Shared!

  3. Im a food lover. Jalapenos looks delicious. Maybe i would make mine one of this days. The mouth watering cheesy dressing.

  4. That looks awesome! What a great idea for snacking or bringing to a party. My husband and older son love Jalapenos.

  5. Such a vibrant color! And I’m sure I’d love these flavors. If I saw this at a party, I’d be snacking on it all night!

  6. This recipe looks so delicious. My family loves spicy food so i know they are going to love this. I will have to try this on the weekend.

  7. This looks so delicious and easy to make. I will have to get the ingredients so i can make the Jalapeno Popper Cheese Ball for our get together this weekend.

  8. Oh I’m definitely liking this idea. It’s such a cool looking appetizer and it sounds delicious with some flavorful crackers.

  9. You know, over the holiday season we go to many, many, many holiday parties and I always have to bring something. This would be super-simple and great to bring with me.

  10. I love cheeseballs and always wonder why I don’t make them more often! This jalapeno popper sounds awesome!

  11. Thank you so much for sharing this! Jalapeno poppers are my favorite, so I can’t wait to bust out this cheeseball next Sunday for game day.

  12. I bet the cheese and parsley add a nice balance to the warm flavors- this is definitely something I’d serve at an upcoming holiday event. Thanks for sharing the recipe!