Ingredients

8 oz. softened low fat cream cheese

4 oz. shredded low fat cheddar cheese

1 teaspoon dried onion powder

1 teaspoon dried garlic powder

1 1/2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce

2 teaspoons dried parsley

1/4 cup low fat ranch salad dressing

1/2 cup chopped pecans & walnuts

pretzel sticks

thin bread sticks (for tail feathers)

1 Slim Jim

Twizzlers

green & yellow food coloring for beak and eyes

Preparation

  1. In a medium bowl mix all cheese ball ingredients, except for the nuts. Form the cheese mixture into a ball and gently roll in the chopped walnuts and pecans.
  2. Bend the end of a Slim Jim to create the turkey neck and head. I find this works best when you warm the Slim Jim in your hand before you bend it - This way it won’t break.
  3. Mix cream cheese with a couple drops of yellow food coloring in a small zip lock bag. Clip the corner and squeeze cream cheese to create the beak.
  4. Mix cream cheese with a couple drops of green food coloring in a small zip lock bag for the turkey’s eyes.
  5. I used a small piece of red licorice for the gobbler and stick it right into the cream cheese “beak” - this holds the licorice in place. I arranged 3 rows of pretzel sticks for the feathers. The last row of feathers is thin breadsticks.
  6. Serve with crackers and/or veggies - Gobble, Gobble!!