This savory cheese spread is an easy and festive appetizer recipe. If you are a blue cheese fan, this cranberry blue cheese spread with pecans will be a huge hit. Perfect for a holiday party, football game, or just a Friday night at home!
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My love of cheese appetizers!
I have a serious weakness for appetizers. I often go to a restaurant and just order a selection of things off the appetizer menu. That way I try small portions of several different dishes and they are easily shared with friends and family.
When we have company over, I serve my guests a selection of different appetizers rather than making a huge sit-down meal. Serving appetizers allows more room for mingling, wandering around and chatting, and just general socializing. A big sit-down meal just seems way too formal for my style of entertaining.
If you are looking for some cheese appetizer recipes, keep reading for a VERY quick and easy Cranberry and Blue Cheese Spread to serve at your next party!
One thing I really look for when making an appetizer for a holiday party is that it is EASY. I don’t want to have my guests all milling about and have me be stuck in the kitchen cooking and assembling tiny appetizers with toothpicks!
Cream cheese softened to room temperature
Blue cheese crumbles
Sour cream
Celery, finely minced
Parsley, finely minced
Pecans
Dried cranberries
Black pepper
Crackers for serving
This cranberry and blue cheese spread requires one bowl and only a small amount of chopping. Make sure your cream cheese is at room temperature before you get started for the easiest mixing.
I SWEAR by my Kitchenaid mixer. I’m sure you can mix this spread with a wooden spoon but it took all of 15 seconds in my mixer to get everything combined.
Love this cranberry blue cheese spread? Try these blue cheese recipes, too:
Blue Cheese and Bacon Stuffed Red Potato Appetizer: Essentially, a twice-baked potato is a baked potato with the inside scooped out and combined with delicious things like cheese, bacon, and sour cream. Then you put the whole thing back in the potato, bake a few more minutes and enjoy.
Creamy Asparagus Pasta Salad Recipe with Bacon and Bleu Cheese: This is a quick and easy pasta salad with blue cheese, asparagus, and bacon.
This savory blue cheese cranberry spread is loaded with crunchy pecans and celery. It gets its creaminess from cream cheese and sour cream. Blue cheese, of course, is a star flavor. If you are having company over and looking for an easy appetizer recipe I highly recommend you give this one a try!
Cranberry and Blue Cheese Spread
Looking for cranberry blue cheese appetizers? This cheese spread is delicious! Creamy, crunchy, and bold in flavor, it is an easy appetizer recipe for your next party!
Yield: 1 1/2 cups
Cranberry and Blue Cheese Spread
This savory blue cheese cranberry spread is loaded with crunchy pecans and celery and gets it’s creaminess from cream cheese and sour cream. Blue cheese, of course, is a star flavor!
Prep Time10 minutes
Total Time10 minutes
Ingredients
8 ounces cream cheese, softened to room temperature
4 ounces blue cheese crumbles
1/4 cup sour cream
1 stalk celery, finely minced
3 TBSP fresh parsley, finely minced
1/2 cup chopped pecans
1/2 cup dried cranberries
1/2 tsp ground pepper
crackers for serving
Instructions
Combine cream cheese, sour cream, blue cheese, celery, parsley, pecans, cranberries and pepper in a large mixing bowl
Mix thoroughly until everything is well blended
Place in serving bowl alongside crackers and enjoy!
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Looks like a delicious appetizer indeed! Love the addition of cranberries 🙂