{"id":12490,"date":"2026-05-15T14:11:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T18:11:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pricechopperready.com\/home\/?p=12490"},"modified":"2026-05-15T14:11:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T18:11:09","slug":"mini-soccer-cheese-balls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pricechopperready.com\/home\/mini-soccer-cheese-balls\/","title":{"rendered":"Mini Soccer Cheese Balls"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"ngg-singlepic ngg-none \" src=\"https:\/\/pricechopperready.com\/home\/wp-content\/gallery\/recipes\/MiniSoccerCheeseBalls.jpg\" alt=\"Mini Soccer Cheese Balls\" \/><br><br \/>\n<a class=\"shop_ingred\" target=\"_blank\" href='https:\/\/shop.pricechopper.com\/store' rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Shop Ingredients  <\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"icoDL\" src=\"https:\/\/pricechopperready.com\/home\/wp-content\/images\/ico_Print.png\" alt=\"download\" title=\"Print Recipe\" onClick=\"window.print()\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/pricechopperready.com\/home\/mini-soccer-cheese-balls\/emailpopup\/\" onclick=\"email_popup(this.href); return false;\"  title=\"Email This Post\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"WP-EmailIcon\" src=\"https:\/\/pricechopperready.com\/home\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-email\/images\/ico_email.png\" alt=\"Email This Post\" title=\"Email This Post\" style=\"border: 0px;\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<span class=\"recTitle\">Mini Soccer Cheese Balls<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"recPrep\">Prep: 30 minutes plus chilling \u2022 Serves: 12<\/span> <!--more--><\/p>\n<div class=\"recIngre\"><span>1 <\/span>package (8 ounces) <strong>PICS cream cheese<\/strong>, softened<br \/>\n<span>1\/4 <\/span>cup <strong>PICS shredded white Cheddar cheese<\/strong><br \/>\n<span>3\t<\/span>tablespoons <strong>PICS sliced almonds<\/strong>, toasted and finely chopped<br \/>\n<span>1\/2<\/span>teaspoon <strong>PICS garlic powder<\/strong><br \/>\n<span>1\/2 <\/span>teaspoon <strong>PICS onion powder<\/strong><br \/>\n<span>24 <\/span>drained <strong>PICS sliced black olives<\/strong>, quartered <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"recPrep\"><span>1.<\/span>Line rimmed baking pan with parchment paper. In large bowl, stir cheeses, almonds, garlic powder and onion powder; form into 12 (1-1\/2-inch) balls and place on prepared pan. Place olive pieces on outside of cheese balls to form \u201csoccer balls\u201d; refrigerate 30 minutes or until firm. Makes 12 \u201csoccer balls.\u201d<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"recNut\"><br \/>\nApproximate nutritional values per serving (1 \u201csoccer ball\u201d):<br \/>\n85 Calories, 8g Fat (4g Saturated), 21mg Cholesterol, 85mg Sodium,<br \/>\n2g Carbohydrates, 0g Fiber, 1g Sugars, 0g Added Sugars, 2g Protein<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"recPrep\"><span>Chef Tips:<\/span><br \/>\nServe \u201csoccer balls\u201d with crackers.<\/p>\n<p>To toast almonds: Toast almonds in small skillet over medium-low heat 3 minutes or until lightly browned and fragrant, stirring occasionally; transfer to plate to cool.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shop Ingredients &nbsp;&nbsp; Mini Soccer Cheese Balls Prep: 30 minutes plus chilling \u2022 Serves: 12<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12490","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-appetizers","category-recipes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pricechopperready.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12490","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pricechopperready.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pricechopperready.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pricechopperready.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pricechopperready.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12490"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/pricechopperready.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12490\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12525,"href":"https:\/\/pricechopperready.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12490\/revisions\/12525"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pricechopperready.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12490"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pricechopperready.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12490"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pricechopperready.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12490"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}