Going grocery shopping but your kid wants to build a snowman? Well you can do both with this Ranch Spread Snowman from
Taste of Home on one of our festive holiday plates, which range from only 99 cents to 2 dollars!
Plates
Recipe
Prep: 20 min. + chilling
21 servings
Ingredients
- 2 packages (8 ounces each) cream cheese, softened.
- 1/2 cup butter, softened.
- 1 envelope ranch salad dressing mix.
- 1 tablespoon spicy brown mustard.
- 1 garlic clove, minced.
- Assorted decorations: small pitted ripe olives, pretzel sticks, and sweet red and/or orange pepper.
- Assorted crackers and vegetables.
Directions
- In a small bowl, beat cream cheese and butter until smooth. Add the dressing mix, mustard, and garlic; mix well. Shape into two balls, one slightly larger than the other. Cover and refrigerate for at least 4 hours.
- Remove from the refrigerator 15 minutes before serving. On a serving plate, stack the small cheese ball on top of the larger ball to make a snowman.
- Cut ends from olives to make small circles; attach to snowman for eyes and buttons. Insert pretzel sticks for arms. Cut top hat from pepper; place on top of snowman. Trim pepper to make a nose; insert into face. Serve with crackers and vegetables. Yield: 2-2/3 cups.
Nutritional Facts
2 tablespoons (calculated without decorations, crackers, and vegetables) equals 122 calories, 12g fat (7g saturated fat), 35mg cholesterol, 374mg sodium, 3g carbohydrates, trace fiber, 2g protein.
Happy Holidays!
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