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Blue Cheese, Sweet Pecan, and Cranberry Spread

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"Inspired by the flavors of an entree at our favorite end of the week chain restaurant. With blue cheese, candied pecans, and cranberries, you'll love this easy cheese spread on crackers." — Ramona

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Original recipe makes 2 1/2 cups Change Servings

4 ounces crumbled blue cheese
4 ounces cream cheese, softened

1/2 cup chopped candied pecans
1/2 cup chopped dried cranberries

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Directions

Mix the blue cheese and cream cheese in a medium bowl. Stir in the pecans and cranberries. Serve at room temperature.

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PREP 15 mins
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Most Helpful Positive Review

Jul 18, 2007

This has a great combo of ingredients and everyone loved it. I didn't have to time to make or find candies pecans, so I used regular ones, but toasted them first. Yum!

—Marnie J

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Most Helpful Critical Review

Nov 26, 2007

I made this as an appetizer for Thanksgiving with my family. Everyone tried a bite but the overwhelming response was that noone liked it at all. Although everyone in my family does like blue cheese, it just didnt tast right and certainly didnt look appetizing when the candied nuts I had used...to add a little extra sweetness...started to change the dip to an awful brownish looking color. Overall, not good. We'll not make this again.

—Shiloh

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10 Ratings

Feb 02, 2008

Very good mix of flavors. I would add about 1/2 of the blue cheese, and a little sour cream as well.

—CHARITYBOO

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Nov 24, 2007

This recipe was amazing. I made my own candied pecans which I recommend. The cranberries and pecans really complimented the blue cheese.

—KELLYJ78

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Dec 28, 2009

I'm sorry, we just didn't care for this. I used craisins and toasted, chopped pecans so the color was fine but the flavors just didn't seem to meld. We love this combination in a salad form so I had high hopes. I also added a bit of heavy cream to make this creamier/easier to spread and to dilute the strong blue cheese tang but it didn't seem to help. Thanks anyway.

—cookntaste

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Jan 11, 2010

A HUGE hit at my party last night. I candied my own pecans (using a recipe on cooks.com)

—patti

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Nov 10, 2009

I made this for Thanksgiving last year and it was requested again by my family. I doubled the recipe to serve 30 people and we had none leftover!

—heart2cook

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Feb 20, 2009

It was gobbled down in minutes!!

—QUADCHICK

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Nutrition

Calories
68 kcal
3%

Carbohydrates
4.1 g
1%

Cholesterol
10 mg
3%

Fat
4.6 g
7%

Fiber
0.5 g
2%

Protein
3 g
6%

Sodium
115 mg
5%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

Nutritional Information

Blue Cheese, Sweet Pecan, and Cranberry Spread

Serving Size: 1/20 of a recipe
Servings Per Recipe: 20
Amount Per Serving
Calories: 68
Calories from Fat: 41

% Daily Value *
Total Fat 4.6g 7 %
Saturated Fat 2.5g 12 %
Cholesterol 10mg 3 %
Sodium 115mg 5 %
** Potassium 50mg 1 %
Total Carbohydrates 4.1g 1 %
Dietary Fiber 0.5g 2 %
Protein 3g 6 %
Sugars 2.6g
Vitamin A 2 %
Vitamin C 0 %
Calcium 4 %
Iron 2 %
** Thiamin < 1 %
** Niacin 3 %
** Vitamin B6 < 1 %
** Magnesium < 1 %
** Folate 2 %

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
** Nutrient information is not available for all ingredients. Amount is based on available nutrient data.
(-) Information is not currently available for this nutrient. If you are following a medically restrictive diet, please consult your doctor or registered dietitian before preparing this recipe for personal consumption.