Bacon Crusted Cheeseballs on a Stick

Ingredients:

• 6 slices of bacon
• 8 oz cream cheese
• 1/2 cup shredded cheese
• 2 tbsp chopped fresh chives
• 3/4 tsp garlic powder

Instructions:

1. Soften cream cheese. Fry bacon until crisp and set aside to cool.
2. In a small bowl, combine cream cheese, shredded cheese, chives and garlic powder. Chill for 20-30 minutes.
3. Crumble bacon. If using thick sliced, you may need to cut it with kitchen shears.
4. Place the crumbles in a shallow small bowl. Using a scoop or spoon, roll a walnut sized ball of cheese.
5. Coat it with bacon crumbles and set it on a plate.
6. Repeat with the remaining cheeseball mixture.
7. Place lollipop sticks or food picks into each cheeseball. Chill until serving time.

Nutritional Info:

12 servings-163 calories-5 g protein-13 g fat-1.3 net carbs