Christmas Cookie Dough Dessert Cheeseball

This Christmas Cookie Dough Dessert Cheeseball is a fun, delicious holiday dessert! This Christmas Cheese Ball only has a few easy ingredients and will be a hit at your office party or Christmas get-together.

Originally posted December 2020, updated September 2024.

Christmas Cheese Ball

Y’all know I’m a big fan of doctoring up cake mix for cakes (my top 6 recipes here!), but there are so many other great ways to use cake mixes.

For example, these cake mix cookies. I call them Butter Crisp Cookies and they are delish! And that’s not all…

In addition to using cake mix creatively, I wanted to make a sweet cheese ball that would work as a dessert or an appetizer. After a few trials, I ended up with this sweet white chocolate chip cheese ball recipe.

Dessert Cheese Ball

This dessert cheese ball recipe is a new recipe using cake mix and you’re going to love it! By adding some cream cheese (you can’t go wrong with cream cheese, right?), sugar, butter and a couple of other ingredients, you’re going to create a sweet cream cheese dessert ball that’ll knock your socks off.

The best part is – this is a no bake dessert which makes life even easier.

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Tools Needed

• Hand mixer
• Large Bowl

Ingredients for Cream Cheese Ball Dessert

Here’s exactly what you’ll need for this Christmas Cheese Ball recipe. They are simple ingredients easiy found at any grocery store.

• Cream Cheese –  use regular cream cheese
• Yellow Cake Mix
• Powdered Sugar
• Butter
• Chocolate Chips – I used white, but you could also use regular chocolate chips or mini chocolate chips.
• Vanilla Extract
• Red Sparkling Sugar
• White Sparkling Sugar
• Vanilla Wafers

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How to Make a Dessert Cheeseball

Once you have everything on hand, this dessert cheeseball is super easy to put together!

1. Put the softened cream cheese, cake mix, butter, chocolate chips, powdered sugar, and vanilla into a large mixing bowl.
2. Use an electric mixer to mix the cream cheese mixture until well combined. 
3. Then roll into a ball shape. The cheese ball mixture will be sticky. If you have time, wrap it in plastic wrap and let it chill for 30 minutes 
4. In a bowl big enough to hold the cheeseball, add about 1 inch of red sparkling sugar and drop your cheeseball in.
5. Roll cheese ball over and over, pressing into the sugar until the entire cheeseball is covered in sugar. Or pour it over the top and roll… however seems most fun to you!
6. Place in the middle of a plate and surround with vanilla wafers.
7. Sprinkle the finished cream cheese chocolate chip ball with white sugar.
8. Serve and enjoy!

TIP: If you don’t have red and/or white sparkling sugar, you could also decorate the outside of the Cookie Dough Cheeseball with M&M’s (bonus for Christmas one) or some other Christmasy sprinkles! Get creative and have fun!

Variations

You could make a chocolate chip cookie dough dip (cheeseball) by substituting brown sugar for white sugar and semisweet chocolate chips for the white chips. So you have a recipe for chocolate chip cheese ball too!

If you don’t have sanding sugar, you can use Christmas M&M’s instead!

Serving Suggestions

Place the finished chocolate chip cheese ball on a pretty platter or in a small shallow bowl and surround it with your favorite dippers. Its best served at room temperature!

This cookie dough cheese ball recipe is so versatile and can be served with lots of crunchy snacks.

• Cinnamon Sugar Tortilla Chips
• Graham Crackers or Chocolate Graham Crackers
• Chocolate Chip Cookies
• Vanilla Wafers or Mini Vanilla Wafers
• Graham Cracker Sticks
• Teddy Grahams or Animal Crackers (a fun snack idea if the easy Christmas cheese ball is for kids!)
• Apple Slices
• Pretzel Sticks

Serve this sweet cheese ball recipe for Christmas movie nights, baby showers, or your next party. It’s a perfect dessert appetizer for all of your holiday celebrations.

Storage Instructions

Store your chocolate chip cheese ball in an airtight container in the refrigerator.

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