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Christmas Ornament Red Velvet Cheese Ball on a bed of coconut snow flakes with string lights in the background
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Christmas Ornament Red Velvet Cheese Balls

This Red Velvet Cheese Ball is filled with cream cheese, red velvet box mix, and chocolate chips. It's covered in festive sprinkles to make an colorful edible ornament. This last minute holiday dessert couldn’t get any easier or cuter!
Course Dessert
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 5 minutes
Resting time 2 hours
Total Time 2 hours 20 minutes
Servings 12 people
Calories 409kcal
Author Mara

Equipment

  • Instant Food Thermometer
  • Plastic Wrap

Ingredients

  • 16 oz cream cheese softened to room temperature
  • ½ cup unsalted butter softened to room temperature
  • 1 box red velvet cake mix (15.25 oz)
  • 1 & ¼ cups powdered sugar
  • ¼ cup chocolate chips mini
  • 1 cup sprinkles red, white and green
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • vanilla wafers for serving

Instructions

  • Pre-heat an oven to 350°F. Spread cake mix onto a baking sheet lined with parchment paper or Silpat. Bake for 5-10 minutes at 350° F until the cake mix reaches a temperature of 160°F. Then, cool for 30 minutes or until room temperature.
  • In a stand mixer bowl or large mixing bowl, whip cream cheese and butter with a whisk attachment or hand mixer until smooth.
  • Next, sift in cooled red velvet cake mix and powdered sugar to the butter and cream cheese mixture. Beat until smooth using a beater attachment or by hand using silicone spatula.
  • Next, add in chocolate chips and vanilla extract and beat until incorporated.
  • Scoop 1 cup of the mixture out and shape into a ball with your hands. Gloves are recommended!
  • Place the shapen ball into 1-2 sheets of plastic wrap and wrap it. Repeat 3 more times and place the cheese balls in the refrigerator for 2 hours to firm up. While they firm up, make the rolo ornament topper.
  • Before serving, roll the ball in a bowl with high sides with sprinkles.
  • Top with the rolo ornament topper and serve with cookies of your choice or pretzels!

Notes

  • Raw flour may contain harmful bacteria when eaten uncooked. Toast the cake mix in a 350F oven for 5 minutes to cook it.
  • Using gloves to shape your cheese ball and roll them in sprinkles will save you from having stained hands for the next few hours.
  • This recipe makes 4 cheese balls that use 1 cup mixture each. Each cheese ball can serve 3-4 people. Or, you can make them ½ or ¼ cup each to make them more individually portioned.
  • Rolo Ornament Topper instructions are at the bottom of this post.
How to store: you can keep the cheese ball unsprinkled for up to a week. Then, cover in sprinkles and serve.
Nutritional information for this recipe is only an estimate. The accuracy of the nutritional information for any recipe on this site is not guaranteed. Please calculate your own nutritional information if you want it exact to what you make and use my calculations as a guide only.

Nutrition

Calories: 409kcal | Carbohydrates: 40g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 27g | Saturated Fat: 14g | Cholesterol: 62mg | Sodium: 419mg | Potassium: 171mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 27g | Vitamin A: 744IU | Calcium: 93mg | Iron: 2mg