American cheese, cream cheese, and Dr. Pepper are the main ingredients.

From Lovat Bed and Breakfast Paisley, Ontario.

Baked and served hot.

Cream cheese with crushed pineapple, coconut, carrots, and raisins, flavored with ginger, nutmeg, cinnamon, and vanilla rolled in graham cracker crumbs.

This cheese ball is made with cream cheese, Cheddar cheese, garlic, pecans or peanuts, and other ingredients.

Combines cheddar cheese with chopped gerkins, garlic, curry powder, cayenne pepper, mayonnaise, parsley, walnuts, cooked ham, onion, onion soup mix, ketchup, and lemon juice.

Made with cream cheese, blue cheese, black olives, and chopped walnuts.

Made with cream cheese, sherry, cheddar cheese, and walnuts.

Cream cheese, Cheddar cheese and seasonings formed into a ball and rolled in pecans.

Simple appetizer recipe from the Road's End Restaurant.

One ball serves approximately 20. The recipe can be doubled to make two balls, or divided in half to serve 10 to 12.

Made with Spam, Cheddar cheese, and cream cheese.

Made with cream cheese, salad shrimps, and canned crabmeat, tuna, or salmon.

Offers a couple of variations.

Horseradish and dry mustard provide the bite.

Ingredients in this pecan cheese ball recipe include cheddar cheese, onion, chopped pecans, mayonnaise, cayenne and pepper.

Simple recipe served covered with raspberry preserves.

Made with olives, pimento, and chives.

Best if prepared a few hours in advance.

Simple recipe with nutritional information and a wine suggestion.

Made with Monterey Jack, Fontina, and cream cheese, combined with mustard, Worcestershire sauce, garlic powder, and chili powder.

Serve with graham crackers.

Recipe from a group weblog. Serve with graham crackers or chocolate wafers.

Features Neufchatel, cheddar, and Swiss cheese.

Made with imitation crabmeat, cream cheese, green onions, and powdered sugar.

Easy, four ingredient recipe combining sharp white cheddar cheese, reduced-fat cream cheese, crumbled blue cheese, and sweetened dried cranberries.

Made with chicken-flavored ramen noodle soup, cream cheese, sour cream, and sunflower seeds, rolled in parsley flakes.

Made with cream cheese, canned chicken, seedless grapes, green onions, sour cream, and curry powder.

Made by combining cream cheese, canned shrimp, and minced onion, then rolling in a coconut and curry powder mixture.

An easy make-ahead appetizer to take to a picnic or backyard party made with chopped dill pickles.

Calls for corn beef or smoked ham.

Made with dried beef, Monterey Jack, and cream cheese.

Combines cream cheese with powdered sugar, raisins, dates, pineapple, and coconut. Roll in chopped nuts.

Made with cream cheese, chopped garlic, and Good Seasons Garlic Herb salad dressing mix.

This needs to be refrigerated before serving but is a very quick appetizer to throw together.

Made from cream, Havarti, and feta cheeses.

Roll in crushed almonds, spices, or fresh parsley.

Two versions of this classic, one that's slightly hot and spicy and the other speckled with bits of pimiento and green pepper.

An appetizer for the holidays from Christmas Time.

Combines cream cheese, crushed pineapple, pecans, green bell pepper, and onion.

Cream cheese, Velveeta, chedder, Worcestershire sauce, and green olives rolled in chipped beef.

Flavored with brandy and hot pepper sauce.

Fresh basil leaves create interesting swirls when this cheese ball is served.

Combines cream cheese, pineapple, bell pepper, celery, onion, Worcestershire sauce, and chopped pecans.

From Melton Family Cookbook, from the decendants of William and Catherine Lewis Melton.

Cheese ball appetizer from Texas Cooking.

From The Honorable Steve Largent, United States Congressman from the State of Oklahoma on the Internet Cookbook of 1st Traveler's Choice.

Roll ball in chopped parsley or dried snipped slices of smoked beef.

This can also be served as a sandwich spread.

Serve plain or dress it up with chopped nuts, crumbled bacon bits, or chopped chives pressed on the outside.

Made with cream, cheddar, and blue cheeses.

Roll in parsley, garnish with pecan halves.

Mixes Cheddar, Swiss, and Blue cheeses with onion, sweet pickle relish, horseradish and mustard. Garnish by rolling into chopped nuts.

Cheddar cheese, Worcestershire sauce, cream cheese, mayonnaise, onion powder, and nuts.