{"id":12773,"date":"2026-11-09T09:31:45","date_gmt":"2026-11-09T14:31:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pricechopperready.com\/home\/?p=12773"},"modified":"2026-11-09T09:31:45","modified_gmt":"2026-11-09T14:31:45","slug":"christmas-tree-cheeseball","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pricechopperready.com\/home\/christmas-tree-cheeseball\/","title":{"rendered":"Christmas Tree Cheeseball"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"ngg-singlepic ngg-none \" src=\"https:\/\/pricechopperready.com\/home\/wp-content\/gallery\/recipes\/ChristmasTreeCheeseball.jpg\" alt=\"Christmas Tree Cheeseball\" \/><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\/christmas-tree-cheeseball\/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\">Christmas Tree Cheeseball<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"recPrep\">Prep: 20 minutes plus freezing and chilling \u2022 Serves: 16<\/span> <!--more--><\/p>\n<div class=\"recIngre\"><span>2 <\/span>packages (8 ounces each)<strong> PICS cream cheese<\/strong>, softened<br \/>\n<span>2 <\/span>cups <strong>PICS shredded sharp white Cheddar cheese<\/strong><br \/>\n<span>1 <\/span>cup finely chopped raw almonds<br \/>\n<span>1 <\/span>cup <strong>PICS shredded Parmesan cheese<\/strong><br \/>\n<span>1\/2 <\/span>cup finely chopped fresh parsley<br \/>\n<span>8 <\/span>slices Italian dry salami<br \/>\n<span>3 <\/span>dried apricots, chopped<br \/>\n<span>2 <\/span>tablespoons drained <strong>PICS sliced pimento stuffed green olives<\/strong><br \/>\n<span>1 <\/span>tablespoon pomegranate arils<br \/>\n<\/span>Baguette, <strong>PICS crackers<\/strong>, and\/or <strong>PICS pretzels<\/strong> for serving (optional)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"recPrep\"><span>1.<\/span>In large bowl, stir cream cheese, Cheddar cheese, almonds, Parmesan cheese and 2 tablespoons parsley; cover with plastic wrap and freeze 30 minutes. Makes about 3 cups cheese mixture.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"recPrep\"><span>2.<\/span>Using damp hands, form cheese mixture into 5-inch wide x 6-inch tall cone-shaped tree; place flat bottom on serving plate and coat with remaining 6 tablespoons parsley. Wrap cheese &#8220;tree&#8221; lightly with plastic wrap; refrigerate at least 4 hours or up to overnight.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"recPrep\"><span>3.<\/span>Cut 2 slices salami into 1\/8-inch thick strips; press into sides of cheese &#8220;tree&#8221; to create &#8220;garland&#8221;; lay remaining 6 slices salami around bottom of tree to create &#8220;tree skirt.&#8221; Press apricots, olives and pomegranate arils into tree to create &#8220;ornaments.&#8221;<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"recPrep\"><span>4.<\/span>Serve tree with baguette, crackers and\/or pretzels, if desired.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"recNut\"><br \/>\nApproximate nutritional values per serving (3 tablespoons):<br \/>\n249 Calories, 22g Fat, 10g Saturated Fat, 50mg Cholesterol, 410mg Sodium,<br \/>\n5g Carbohydrates, 1g Fiber, 2g Sugars, 0g Added Sugars, 10g Protein<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"recPrep\"><span>Chef Tip:<\/span><br \/>\nFor a festive tree topper, use a star-shaped cracker or cut a slice of baguette into a star with a star-shaped cookie cutter and toast until crispy.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shop Ingredients &nbsp;&nbsp; Christmas Tree Cheeseball Prep: 20 minutes plus freezing and chilling \u2022 Serves: 16<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"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":[84],"class_list":["post-12773","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-appetizers","category-recipes","tag-26hol"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pricechopperready.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12773","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\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pricechopperready.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12773"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/pricechopperready.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12773\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12807,"href":"https:\/\/pricechopperready.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12773\/revisions\/12807"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pricechopperready.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12773"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pricechopperready.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12773"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pricechopperready.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12773"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}