We bet you’ve never seen anything like these amazing red velvet and s’more cream cheese balls! They’re the perfect treats to keep the kids entertained, or as a decadent dessert option for when you have guests over.

For the red velvet cheese balls

SERVES 12–15 // COOKING TIME 30 min, plus 2 hour freeze time

INGREDIENTS
500 g cream cheese, at room temperature
125 g butter, at room temperature
400 g box red-velvet cake mix
½ cup icing sugar
½ cup chocolate chips

METHOD
1. Beat the cream cheese and butter together until smooth. Add cake mix and icing sugar, and beat until smooth.
2. Turn out the mixture on to a sheet of cling film and form into a ball. Wrap up and freeze for 1 hour.
3. Place the chocolate chips on a plate and roll the cheese ball in them, ensuring it is evenly coated. Reshape ball if needed. Place in the fridge for 1 hour.

For the s’more cheese balls

SERVES 12–15 // COOKING TIME 30 min, plus 2 hour freeze time

INGREDIENTS
500 g cream cheese, at room temperature
½ cup icing sugar
½ cup marshmallow fluff
1½ cups mini marshmallows
1 cup chocolate chips
½ cup crushed vanilla wafer biscuits

METHOD
1. Mix together cream cheese, icing sugar and marshmallow fluff. Add 1 cup marshmallows and ½ cup chocolate chips.
2. Turn out mixture on to cling film and form into a ball. Wrap up and freeze for 1 hour.
3. Place biscuits, and remaining marshmallows and choc chips on a plate. Roll the cheese ball in them, ensuring it is evenly coated. Reshape ball if needed. Place in the fridge for 1 hour.

Our red velvet and s’more cream cheese balls go down perfectly with biscuits and a hot beverage!

Recipe & styling: Amerae Vercueil
Photography: Kendall-Leigh Nash // HMimages.co.za

For something savoury with a local twist, go for our deep-fried samp and cheese balls with chakalaka.