Football Cheese Ball for Game Day

This post has been sponsored by Georgia-Pacific Consumer Products. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

Do you love game day but dislike the crowds? Save time and money with homegating! Homegating allows for all of those game day favorite foods without the hassle of a long drive or expensive tickets. Stock up on game day essentials and score big savings with Angel Soft® Toilet Paper and Sparkle® Paper Towels at Dollar General, then head home to make your favorite game day recipes, like this Football Cheese Ball!

We live in a rural area, and Dollar General is a convenient corner stop for items like Angel Soft® Toilet Paper and Sparkle® Paper Towels. Both of these products are located in the store with the other paper items. Check out where your closest Dollar General is here. I can also grab chips, salsa, and most of the rest of the ingredients for this game day recipe.

I am not fond of cheese balls that are overly cream cheese tasting. This one uses less cream cheese than most cheese ball recipes but extra shredded cheese for plenty of real cheese flavor.

Ingredients:

• 8 ounce block of cream cheese, softened
• 1 cup shredded mild cheddar cheese
• 1 cup shredded Colby Jack and Monterrey cheese blend
• 1 slice pepper jack cheese
• 3 slices bacon, cooked and crumbled
• 1/2 cup sliced green onions
• 1/4 cup crushed pretzels
• 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
• Pink Himalayan sea salt
• Pepper

Assemble all of your ingredients.

In a large bowl, combine the softened cream cheese, shredded cheddar cheese, shredded cheese blend, 1/4 cup sliced green onions, and garlic powder. Add sea salt and pepper to taste. Mix with a hand held or stand mixer until the combination is fluffy.

With clean hands, form the cheese mixture into a football shape. Place it in the refrigerator while mixing the cheese ball coating.

In a small bowl, combine the remaining green onions, the crushed pretzels, and the bacon.

Remove the cheese ball from the refrigerator. Press the pretzel mixture around the cheese ball.

Slice the pepper jack cheese into four rectangles, 1 slightly longer than the other three. Arrange them on top of the football.

Serve with crackers or additional pretzels. I bought a few boxes of Jalapeño Cheddar crackers that are awesome with this cheese ball!

Be prepared and don’t let guests miss-out on the homegating festivities. Leave Angel Soft toilet paper in the guest bathroom so that guests may grab their own if they run out. Angel Soft toilet paper has the ideal balance of softness and strength.

Keep Sparkle paper towels on hand for any game day messes. Each sheet of Sparkle can absorb up to six times its weight!

Check out Sparkle paper towels and Angel Soft toilet paper at Dollar General!