S’mores Cheeseball is a sweet, creamy dip inspired by your favorite campfire treat. Made with graham crackers, chocolate, and marshmallows.
A creamy, delicious Cheeseball is the perfect Appetizer to serve at a holiday party or family get-together. This S’mores Cheeseball takes a similar idea with rich cream cheese, but adds mini marshmallows, chocolate chips, and graham crackers to take the tasty dessert appetizer to a new level.
Sabrina’s S’mores Cheeseball Recipe
This tasty Cheese Ball is sure to become one of your new favorite treats. It’s a fun new appetizer that’s great to serve year-round. While the large round ball of sweet cream cheese is perfect to serve at a holiday party, the S’mores mix-ins are based on a classic summer treat, so you can enjoy it all year and never feel like it doesn’t match the occasion.
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Ingredients
- 16 ounces cream cheese , softened
- 2 cups powdered sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 1/2 cups semi-sweet mini chocolate chips , divided
- 1/2 cup mini cereal marshmallows
- 1/4 cup graham crackers , crushed into small pieces
Instructions
- To your stand mixer add the cream cheese and whip until creamy, about 30 seconds.
- Add in powdered sugar until well combined on medium speed, about 30 seconds.
- Fold in 1 cup mini chocolate chips.
- Add mixture to a large rectangle of plastic wrap (about 16-inches long), then wrap up into a ball.
- Refrigerate for 2 hours.
- Add remaining ½ cup mini chocolate chips, cereal marshmallows, and crushed graham crackers to a large bowl and stir to combine.
- Add cheese ball into the middle and roll to coat well.
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About This Recipe
The marshmallow bits, chocolate, powdered sugar, and graham crackers make this a sweet treat that kids and adults are sure to love. For similar sweet appetizers, be sure to try this Chocolate Peanut Butter Cheeseball. If you make both of them, your entire dessert table can be full of sweet dips!
Kitchen Tools & Equipment
- Stand Mixer with Paddle Attachment: You need a mixer to cream and combine the cream cheese mixture. If you don’t have a stand mixer, you can combine everything in a mixing bowl and use a handheld electric mixer. Set it on high speed to bring the cream cheese mixture to the right fluffy consistency.
- Food Processor: For this cheeseball, you’ll use small pieces of graham crackers to coat the outside. A food processor will help you break up the grahams. If you don’t have one, or just don’t want to take it out, you can put the graham crackers in a Ziploc bag and break them apart on the countertop with a rolling pin.
- Spatula: Use a rubber spatula to scrape the sides of the bowl, and to fold in the chocolate chips to your cream cheese mixture.
- Plastic Wrap: Use clear plastic wrap to shape and chill your Cheeseball.
Can This Be Made Ahead of Time?
You know you’ll be busy on a holiday, party day, or any time when you’re hosting people. It is so helpful to make a few things ahead of time. This S’mores Cheeseball is the perfect choice. It will keep well for several days in an airtight container in the refrigerator. The best way to make this Cheeseball in advance is to store it in the refrigerator without the outside graham cracker crust. When you’re ready to serve it, go ahead and add the graham crackers, chocolate chips, and marshmallow mixture to the outside and those ingredients will all still be fresh and crisp
What To Pair With
After making the S’mores Cheeseball, put it in a serving bowl on top of a large plate with varying sweet dippers surrounding it. Here are some reader-favorite dippers to try:
- Graham crackers
- Animal crackers
- Apple slices
- Banana chips
- Vanilla Wafers
- Pretzels
- Oreos, either chocolate or golden
- Shortbread Cookies
How to Store
- Serve: Don’t leave your S’more Cheeseball at room temperature for more than 2 hours.
- Store: Kept in plastic wrap, you can keep this Cheeseball snack in the fridge for up to 4 days.
- Freeze: As long as you keep the Cheeseball in an airtight container to keep the moisture out, it will keep nicely for up to 6 months in the freezer.
Ideas to Serve
The large Cheeseball surrounded by dippers makes a pretty presentation. However, you could choose to divide your cream cheese mixture up into small portions and create smaller, single-serving cheeseballs for your guests to enjoy. Just form several smaller Cheeseballs using plastic wrap, the same way you would the large ball. Refrigerate, then coat each one with the graham cracker mixture. This way, each guest at your gathering could have their own Cheeseballs. These could also be specially prepared for the kids at your party so they can each enjoy their own dessert Cheeseball.
Frequent Questions
If your Cheeseball isn’t holding its ball shape for you to add the outside coating, you just need to refrigerate it for a little longer. Make sure you give it at least 2 hours in the refrigerator, or longer if the ingredients were pretty warm when you mixed them.
Yes, you can choose reduced fat cream cheese for the base of your cheeseball. Just be aware the texture will be a little bit less rich and creamy.
Variations
- Hot Chocolate Cheeseball: To make a hot chocolate inspired Cheeseball stir hot chocolate mix into the softened cream cheese. You can leave out the graham crackers and keep in the mini marshmallows. Once it’s all combined, you’ll have a Cheeseball full of marshmallow and chocolate goodness.
- Chocolate: For some extra chocolate, you can mix in more than mini chocolate chips. Try adding larger chocolate pieces of your favorite candy bar. You can even break apart a Hershey’s bar to mix in, which will make the cheeseball resemble S’mores even more!
- Chocolate Cheeseball: To make a S’mores Cheeseball with rich chocolate flavor, mix ⅓ cup cocoa powder into the cream cheese.
- Sugar: Instead of powdered sugar, you could try using brown sugar or granulated sugar in the recipe. You can also use a combination of white and brown sugar in the recipe.
- Gluten-Free Cheeseball: To make a perfect gluten-free party snack, either omit the graham crackers entirely or replace them with a gluten-free version. You’ll also use gluten-free versions of all the dippers.
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I made this for a movie night and it disappeared in like 10 minutes lol so easy and sooo good!!
Thank you Bree for the five star review!