Cheese Pumpkins

Total Time: 25 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• 8 ounces cheddar cheese processed cheese, well chilled (sharp or smoked)
• 4 miniature pretzel twists or 4 pretzel sticks
• 12 fresh parsley leaves
• 2 teaspoons very finely chopped peanuts (optional)

Recipe

• 1 line plate or tray with waxed paper or plastic wrap.
• 2 scoop out about 1 tablespoon of the cheese food, and roll into a ball. repeat with remaining cheese until you wind up with about 12 balls.
• 3 refrigerate for 15 minutes on prepared plate.
• 4 with a toothpick, draw ridges around the balls to resemble pumpkins. dip the bottoms of the pumpkins in the peanuts (to resemble dirt).
• 5 just before serving, place a couple of parsley leaves on the top of each pumpkin and insert a broken pretzel piece for each stem.
• 6 store in refrigerator until ready to use.