{"id":3084,"date":"2020-08-29T17:55:48","date_gmt":"2020-08-29T21:55:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stirmypot.com\/wordpress\/?p=3084"},"modified":"2020-08-29T17:55:48","modified_gmt":"2020-08-29T21:55:48","slug":"chocolate-chip-cheese-ball","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stirmypot.com\/wordpress\/?p=3084","title":{"rendered":"Chocolate Chip Cheese Ball"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-indent:.25in;\">Here is an oldy but goody.  It had been some time since making this addicting desert.  With only a few ingredients this dessert is just plain simple to prepare and have ready for any party you are planning, whether it is a casual summer party or a holiday gathering. The key is to make sure your cream cheese and butter are at room temperature so that they blend well.  Enjoy! <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/stirmypot.com\/wordpress\/?attachment_id=3086\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3086\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/stirmypot.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/20200828_1646401-e1598651529813-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3086\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stirmypot.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/20200828_1646401-e1598651529813-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/stirmypot.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/20200828_1646401-e1598651529813-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>1 8-oz. cream cheese, softened<br \/>\n1\/2 C. butter, softened<br \/>\n1\/4 tsp. vanilla extract<br \/>\n3\/4 C. confectioner&#8217;s sugar<br \/>\n2 Tbsp. brown sugar<br \/>\n1\/2 C. miniature semi-sweet chocolate chips<br \/>\n3\/4 C. finely chopped pecans<br \/>\nGraham crackers<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-indent:.25in;\">In a mixing bowl, beat the cream cheese, butter and vanilla until fluffly. Gradually add sugars; beat just until combined.  Stir in chocolate chips.  Cover and refrigerate for 2 hours.  Place cram cheese mixture on a large piece of plastic wrap; shape into a ball.  Refrigerate for at least 1 hour.  Just before serving, roll cheese ball in pecans.  Serve with graham crackers. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here is an oldy but goody. It had been some time since making this addicting desert. With only a few ingredients this dessert is just plain simple to prepare and have ready for any party you are planning, whether it is a casual summer party or a holiday gathering. The key is to make sure &hellip; <\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link btn\" href=\"https:\/\/stirmypot.com\/wordpress\/?p=3084\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[9,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3084","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-desserts","category-recipes","item-wrap"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p29QDf-NK","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stirmypot.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3084","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stirmypot.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stirmypot.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stirmypot.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stirmypot.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3084"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/stirmypot.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3084\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3090,"href":"https:\/\/stirmypot.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3084\/revisions\/3090"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stirmypot.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3084"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stirmypot.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3084"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stirmypot.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3084"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}