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    Home » Recipes » Halloween

    Black Cat Cheese Ball

    Modified: Sep 8, '23 · Published: Oct 1, '11 · By: Beth Klosterboer · Commission earned on paid or sponsored links.

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    Surprise your Halloween party guests with this adorable  Black Cat Cheese Ball! It's fun to serve for a cat-themed party or pet adoption too.

    black cat cheese ball for Halloween.

    I created this cheese ball recipe last Halloween for a recipe contest and posted a picture on my Hungry Halloween blog (now forwarded to Hungry Happenings).

    Unfortunately, I lost to a pumpkin puking out pumpkin dip. Oh, well, that's how it goes sometimes.

    Anyway, I just loved this recipe and wanted to share it with you. Sorry for the lack of step-by-step images. I didn't take any as I only needed the final picture to enter the contest.

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    See more cute Black Cat recipes listed below the recipe card.

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    Black Cat Cheese Ball
    Prep Time
    20 mins
     

    Decorate your cheese ball to look like a black cat for your Halloween party.

    Course: Appetizer
    Cuisine: American
    Keyword: black cat cheese ball
    Servings: 18
    Author: Beth Klosterboer
    Ingredients
    • 8 oz. softened cream cheese, divided
    • 4 oz. shredded Havarti cheese
    • 4 oz. shredded Gruyere cheese
    • 3 roasted red peppers, drained, patted dry and seeds removed
    • 1 small clove of garlic, minced
    • 2 oz. blue corn tortilla chips (or black tortilla chips)
    • 1 black olive
    • crackers
    Instructions
    1. In food processor, combine 7 oz. cream cheese, Havarti cheese, Gruyere cheese, roasted red peppers, and garlic.
    2. Pulse until creamy and smooth. You will need 1 heaping teaspoon of this cheese for the cat's nose. Wrap the 1 teaspoon in plastic wrap and refrigerate until needed.

    3. Place the remaining cheese mixture on a large piece of plastic wrap.
    4. Use the plastic wrap to mold the cheese mixture into a flattened ball.
    5. Reserve two whole blue corn tortilla chips for the cat's ears.
    6. Place remaining chips in a clean food processor bowl and pulse to fine crumbs.

    7. Pour onto a large piece of plastic wrap.
    8. Set cheese ball round size down on crumbs.
    9. Use the plastic wrap to press the crumbs all over the surface of the cheese ball. Set cheese ball on a serving platter.
    10. Put the remaining 1 oz. cream cheese into pastry bag or zip-top bag.
    11. Snip off the tip of the bag. Pipe three whiskers onto the cat's face.
    12. Remove the reserved cheese mixture from the refrigerator and mold it into a triangular shape for the nose; place in the middle of the cat's face, on top of the middle of the whiskers.
    13. To create the eyes I suggest you scoop out the crushed tortilla chips and a bit of the cheese ball in two circles above the nose.
    14. Pipe cream cheese into these holes. Smooth it out into a nice circle.
    15. Cut an olive in half and lay on top of the eyes for pupils.
    16. Press the two reserved blue corn tortilla chips into top of head for ears.
    17. Refrigerate until needed. Let sit at room temperature for at least 30 minutes before serving with crackers.

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    Hi, I'm Beth Klosterboer, a professional chocolatier & baker, cookbook author, and event planner. I love sharing recipes for happy occasions here on Hungry Happenings. I also create easy fudge recipes to share at HowToMakeEasyFudge.com, rice krispie treat recipes at HowToMakeCerealTreats.com, and easy cookie recipes at HowToMakeEasyCookies.com
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    1. lesley says

      October 24, 2015 at 9:45 am

      how did you make the mouth of the cat?

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      • Beth says

        October 25, 2015 at 4:19 pm

        I colored some of the cream cheese black and piped on the mouth. You could also cut slivers from an olive and use that instead.

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    2. Beth Jackson Klosterboer says

      October 21, 2011 at 1:40 pm

      The Whitfields - Enjoy creating this recipe. I might be making it too for our party. It goes along with our witch theme. I'm just now planning our menu (I can't believe my party is only a week away and I don't have them menu planned.) Be sure to send a picture of your creation so I can share it with everyone here at HH.

      Beth @ Hungry Happenings

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    3. The Whitfields says

      October 21, 2011 at 12:40 pm

      Just love this recipe! Going to use it next week for a Halloween party!

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    4. Beth Jackson Klosterboer says

      October 16, 2011 at 3:28 pm

      Thanks Erin and Carol:)

      Softa, thanks for all the kind words and for the links and stumbles!!!! I love this cat and am working on another cute cat recipe for this coming week.

      Beth @ Hungry Happenings

      Reply
    5. atzimmes says

      October 16, 2011 at 3:20 pm

      I am in awe! You are soooo creative! I just want to pet this cute cat! It sounds yummy! I am going to post a link and give you a plug on the article I'm working on for my blog. I hope you don't mind that I'm lifting this recipe! I am adding you to my blog roll and bookmarking your blog too. Thanks for sharing! I just decided I'm Stumbling! this website also...too good not to share!

      Love,
      Softa123

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    6. Carol Browne says

      October 07, 2011 at 4:32 pm

      I love this. And also, if you're going to have to lose in a contest, losing to a pumpkin puking dip out of his/her mouth is not such a bad thing. LOLS. Thanks for the great recipe!

      Reply
    7. Erin says

      October 06, 2011 at 2:04 pm

      This is really cute! And it sounds delicious too!!!

      Reply
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