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3 Quick & Easy Cheese Bite Appetizers

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These 3 quick & easy cheese bite appetizers are festive, ready in no time and will become staples for your next cocktail party at home.
  • Author: Delphine Fortin
  • Prep Time: 20 mins
  • Total Time: 20 minutes
  • Yield: 36 cheese bites 1x
  • Category: Appetizers
  • Cuisine: Savory

These 3 quick & easy cheese bite appetizers are festive, ready in no time and will become staples for your next cocktail party at home.

Ingredients

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Pear, Pecan and Prosciutto Cheese Bites (about 12 servings):

  • 8 ounces (225g) plain cream cheese, at room temperature
  • 3.5 ounces (150g) fresh goat cheese or blue cheese, at room temperature
  • 1 cup (125g) pecans, chopped
  • Freshly cracked black pepper
  • 1 pear, peeled, cored and diced
  • 4 slices Prosciutto

Pear, pecan and Gingerbread Cheese Bites (about 12 servings):

  • 8 ounces (225g) plain cream cheese, at room temperature
  • 3.5 ounces (150g) fresh goat cheese or blue cheese, at room temperature
  • 1 cup (125g) pecans, chopped
  • Freshly cracked black pepper
  • 1 pear, peeled, cored and diced
  • 4 slices gingerbread, diced

Mango and Goat Cheese Balls with Timut Tepper (about 12 servings):

  • 3.5 ounces (150g) fresh goat cheese, at room temperature
  • 8 ounces (225g) plain cream cheese, at room temperature
  • 1 fresh mango, peeled and diced
  • Freshly cracked Timut pepper

Instructions

For the Pear, Pecan Cheese Bites with Prosciutto + version with Gingerbread:

  1. In a large mixing bowl, combine cream cheese and goat/blue cheese.
  2. Shape into small balls*, roll out into freshly cracked black pepper and then into chopped pecans, until evenly covered.
  3. Add a piece of pear, some prosciutto and attach with a skewer. Repeat all the steps until step 3, replacing prosciutto with a small piece of gingerbread.

For the Mango and Goat Cheese Balls with Timut Tepper:

  1. In a large mixing bowl, combine cream cheese and fresh goat cheese.
  2. Shape into small balls* and roll out into freshly cracked Timut pepper.
  3. Add a piece of fresh mango and attach with a skewer.

Notes

* To make it easier, you can use latex gloves for cooking and roll out cheese bites onto a plate lined with cling film.