Easter Cheese Ball: an effortless appetizer to serve at your Easter feast

This easy Easter cheese ball recipe is a perfect appetizer if you're hosting friends and family over the Easter holiday. Shaped like a festive carrot, this Easter cheese ball boasts a wonderfully savory, herby, slightly spicy flavor and a decadent, creamy texture.

It's a phenomenal appetizer or snack you can make in no time flat. Serve your Easter cheese ball with a selection of crackers, flatbread, crudites, pretzels, artisan bread, pita, chips, crostini, or sliced apples. Whether you make it for Easter or other occasions this spring, this cheese ball is sure to be a hit with guests.

Tips for Making the Best Easter Cheese Ball

Use different types of cheese for your Easter cheese ball.

You can customize your Easter cheese ball however you like – use fresh or dried herbs, add spinach or kale, mix in spring onions, chopped crispy bacon, or nuts, or add caramelized onions.

Instead of a carrot shape, mold your Easter cheese ball into other festive shapes like a bunny rabbit, lamb, or Easter egg.

How to Store Easter Cheese Ball

Keep your cheese ball in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 5 days.

How to Make Easter Cheese Ball

Step 1

Step 1

Place the cream cheese in a bowl.

Place the cream cheese in a bowl.

Step 2

Step 2

Add the hot sauce, and Worcestershire sauce.

Add the hot sauce, and Worcestershire sauce.

Step 3

Step 3

Stir in the Italian seasoning.

Stir in the Italian seasoning.

Step 4

Step 4

Add 2 cups of cheddar cheese.

Add 2 cups of cheddar cheese.

Step 5

Step 5

Fold in the chopped parsley.

Fold in the chopped parsley.

Step 6

Step 6

Use an electric mixer to beat the ingredients until combined.

Use an electric mixer to beat the ingredients until combined.

Step 7

Step 7

Turn the mixture onto a serving platter, and shape it into a carrot.

Turn the mixture onto a serving platter, and shape it into a carrot.

Step 8

Step 8

Garnish with the remaining cheddar cheese.

Garnish with the remaining cheddar cheese.

Step 9

Step 9

Place the parsley bunch, so it looks like carrot greens.

Place the parsley bunch, so it looks like carrot greens.

Step 10

Step 10

Place in the fridge until ready to serve. Enjoy!

Place in the fridge until ready to serve. Enjoy!