Flayed Man Cheese Ball

This Halloween cheese ball, cleverly disguised as a skinned human face, is the perfect centerpiece for your scary party! It looks gross and yet tastes so good. Arrange crackers, pretzels, or any snacks you want around the face, and

Basic Details:

Prep time:

1 hr

Cook Time:

Total Time:

1 hr 30 mins

Servings:

24

Yield:

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Ingredients

Original recipe (1X) yields 24 servings

  • 1 plastic mask (from a craft store)
  • 2 (3 ounce) packages prosciutto
  • 2 pimento-stuffed green olives
  • 24 ounces cream cheese, softened
  • 6 ounces shredded Cheddar cheese
  • 6 ounces shredded Havarti cheese
  • ½ cup pitted green olives, chopped
  • ¼ cup roasted red peppers, drained and chopped

Directions

  1. Lightly coat plastic face mask with cooking spray. Line the face mask with plastic wrap, taking care to press it down fully into the nose and eyes.

  2. Reserve two or three slices of prosciutto and set aside. Tear remaining slices of prosciutto into strips and lay them into the mask to form the “muscle tissue.” Start around the eyes, leaving eyes blank, and then create the cheeks, chin, and forehead.

  3. Take the two whole green olives and position them in the eye holes, pimento side-down. Set the mask aside.

  4. Combine the softened cream cheese, Cheddar, and Havarti cheeses in a mixing bowl. Add the chopped green olives and roasted red peppers. Use an electric mixer or clean hands to mix until thoroughly combined.

  5. Take a heaping spoonful of cheese mixture and arrange it to form an eye around one olive, and then the other. Gently lay handfuls of the cheese mixture all around the mask, taking care not to move the slices of prosciutto. Press cheese down as you work to fill in all of the crevices. When mask is full, gently press in cheese mixture all around the mask. Refrigerate for at least 30 minutes.

  6. Invert the mask onto a serving platter and gently remove the mask and plastic wrap. You should be left with a gorgeous (and freaky) face. If there is cheese showing around the bottom edges, use the reserved prosciutto slices to cover it before serving.

    top-down view of a "face" made with prosciutto and olive eyes, surrounded with crackers

Cook’s Note

Plastic face masks are available at craft stores like Michael’s or Jo-Anns. If you have your own cheese ball recipe, you can certainly use it instead.

Nutrition Facts (per serving)

Calories

189

Fat

18g

Carbs

1g

Protein

7g