| Mix up a delicious beginning to the Christmas | | | | crackers. |
| holiday with our Christmas Cheese Balls and | | | | |
| Christmas Punch recipes. These recipes take | | | | Christmas Punch |
| only minutes to prepare. Keep the ingredients | | | | |
| on stock to whip up something special for | | | | 3 pkgs. Black Cherry Kool-Aid |
| those unexpected holiday drop-in guests. | | | | |
| | | | 1 can unsweetened pineapple juice |
| Christmas Cheese Ball | | | | |
| | | | 1 cup lemon juice |
| 1 large pkg. Philly cream cheese | | | | |
| | | | 3 cups sugar |
| Green tops of 8-10 green onions | | | | |
| | | | 2 liter bottles of ginger ale |
| 1 pkg. dried beef garlic powder | | | | |
| | | | Combine the Kool-Aid, pineapple juice, lemon |
| Worcestershire sauce 3-4 tablespoons | | | | juice and sugar in a large pitcher. Stir |
| | | | until all ingredients are blended and sugar |
| 1 cup cracker crumbs | | | | fully dissolved. Pour the punch base into a |
| | | | punch bowl and slowly add the ginger ale. |
| Set your cream cheese out to soften. Chop the | | | | |
| green tops of 8-10 green onions and pitch it | | | | I mix up the concentrate and refrigerate it |
| in with the cream cheese. Now cut up the | | | | then add the ginger ale just before serving |
| dried beef into small pieces and add to the | | | | so it has a lot of fizz. Be careful when |
| cream cheese mixture. Add a tablespoon of | | | | stirring as it will foam up and overflow your |
| garlic powder and 3-4 tablespoons of | | | | container if you stir it to fast or add the |
| Worcestershire sauce (add little more if it | | | | ginger ale too quickly - just like any soda. |
| is too stiff to mix). Mix it all together | | | | If you want to mix it up per glass it is 1/3 |
| well, then form it into a large ball. Roll it | | | | concentrate and 2/3 ginger ale to a single |
| in the crushed cracker crumbs to coat the | | | | serving. Warning: Black Cherry Kool-Aid can |
| outside of the cheese ball. Refrigerate | | | | leave a mean stain so don't let small |
| overnight and serve it with your favorite | | | | children carry it around the house. |