Fruit-Shaped Cheese Balls

 

4

ounces blue cheese, crumbled (2/3 cup)

1

container (8 ounces) sharp Cheddar cold-pack cheese food

2

packages (3 ounces each) cream cheese, softened

1

teaspoon Worcestershire sauce

Paprika

1/3

cup grated Parmesan cheese

4

drops yellow food color, if desired

1

stick cinnamon

Lemon leaf

Vegetable oil

Brown paper

Crackers, if desired

• 1 Mix blue cheese, cheese spread, cream cheese and Worcestershire sauce in medium bowl with fork until blended. Cover and refrigerate at least 8 hours until chilled.
• 2 Divide cheese mixture in half. Shape 1 half into a ball on waxed paper. Sprinkle another piece of waxed paper with paprika. Roll cheese ball in paprika, coating completely. Mold into apple shape.
• 3 Shape other half of cheese mixture into a ball on waxed paper. Shake Parmesan cheese and food color in covered container until cheese is evenly colored. Sprinkle another piece of waxed paper with cheese. Roll cheese ball in Parmesan cheese, coating completely. Mold into pear shape.
• 4 Make small depression in apple and pear for stem ends. Cut 2 small pieces from cinnamon stick. Insert cinnamon stick pieces for apple and pear stems. Insert lemon leaf in apple. Brush oil over small piece of brown paper; cut into leaf shape. Insert leaf in pear. Serve with crackers.