Honey Pecan Cheese Truffles

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Ingredients

10 ounces goat cheese
6 ounces cream cheese
1 tablespoon Dixie Crystals Light Brown Sugar
1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon
3 tablespoons honey
1 1/2 cups finely chopped pecans, divided

Directions

In a large bowl, beat goat cheese, cream cheese, brown sugar, cinnamon, and honey until light and fluffy. Add 1/2 cup pecan chips, folding to combine. Set aside.
Line countertop with parchment paper. Place remaining pecan chips in the center of the parchment paper.
Using a large cookie scoop, scoop out one round of cheese filling and roll in pecans. Continue until all truffles have been coating in pecans.
Refrigerate cheeseballs until ready to serve. You can make these up to three days before, just make sure and store them in an airtight container.
To serve, drizzle with extra honey, if desired. Serve with crackers, warm crostini or as is with a toothpick.

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Recipe developed for Dixie Crystals by Jessica Segarra @TheNoviceChef.

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Carmen

Jan 03, 2022

I have made these several times. They are quick, easy and everybody loves them. I preferred to cut the cinnamon back to 1 tsp. I don't drizzle with extra honey as they are already sweet enough and the drizzle would make them messy for a finger food. You can make as individual 'truffles' (I used a 1 tbsp. scoop) with a toothpick or as one large cheese ball with crackers and spreaders. One time I substituted the goat cheese for more cream cheese (since that is what I had on hand) and found it just as good.