Bacon and Cheese Football Bites

Name: Bacon and Cheese Football Bites
Prep time: 30 min
Total time: 90 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: ½ cup sharp cheddar pub cheese; 1 Tbsp. cream cheese spread; ¼ cup real bacon bits; 20 RITZ Crackers; 2 green onions

Serve up the winning snack when you're celebrating fall football with friends and family. These fun - and easy! - bacon and cheese bites will be a hit.

Prep time:

0 min

Total time:

0 h 0 min

Servings:

Makes 4 servings, 5 topped crackers each.

Ingredient list

½ cup sharp cheddar pub cheese
1 Tbsp. cream cheese spread
¼ cup real bacon bits
20 RITZ Crackers
2 green onions

Directions

Mix cheese spread and cream cheese in bowl until blended.

Refrigerate 1 hour.

Shape cheese mixture into 20 oval shapes to resemble footballs, using about 1 tsp. cheese mixture for each football.

Coat footballs with bacon bits; place on crackers.

Cut green part of each onion into 5 thin strips. Discard or reserve white parts of onions for another use.

Cut green onion strips into smaller pieces, then place on footballs for the laces as shown in photo.

Recipe Tips

Substitute
Prepare recipe using your favorite flavor of pub cheese spread or cheddar cheese spread, such as dill or horseradish.
Substitute
Substitute 3 crumbled cooked bacon slices for the bacon bits.