Recipe

Mini Date and Blue Cheese Balls

Ingredients
8 oz. Kowalski's Original Whipped Cream Cheese Spread, at room temperature
4 oz. crumbled blue cheese, at room temperature
8 Medjool dates, pitted and minced
2 tsp. Kowalski's Pure Honey
1 tsp. grated lemon zest
¼ tsp. freshly ground Kowalski's Black Peppercorns
1 tbsp. minced fresh Italian parsley
½ cup very finely chopped toasted walnuts
Directions
  1. Using an electric mixer, beat together first 3 ingredients (through dates) until completely smooth.
  2. Fold in next 4 ingredients (through parsley); chill for several hours.
  3. Scoop up a rounded tablespoon of cheese mixture; using your hands, quickly and lightly form into a ball about ¾" in diameter; repeat with remaining mixture.
  4. Roll balls in chopped nuts.
  5. Serve cheese balls on 4" bamboo skewers.