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Crab Ball

By: Tammy 
"This cream cheese and crab ball is a super easy and delicious snack. Perfect for holiday get-togethers or anytime. Serve with buttery crackers."

This Kitchen Approved Recipe has an average star rating of 4.0 Rate/Review | Read Reviews (4)

Prep Time:
5 Min
Ready In:
5 Min

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Original Recipe Yield 10 servings
 

Ingredients

  • 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
  • 1 (8 ounce) container sour cream
  • 2 cups minced crabmeat
  • 1 tablespoon garlic salt, or to taste
  • 1 (12 ounce) bottle cocktail sauce

Directions

  1. In a medium bowl, mix together the cream cheese, sour cream, crabmeat, and garlic salt. Form into a ball, and place on a serving plate. Cover the surface as well as you can with cocktail sauce. Refrigerate for at least 30 minutes before serving.

Nutritional Information open nutritional information

Amount Per Serving  Calories: 185 | Total Fat: 13.2g | Cholesterol: 59mg Powered by ESHA Nutrient Database

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The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 4.0 star rating.
Reviewed on Mar. 2, 2005 by GINAH1   view full review
When I make this, I omit the sour cream and mix in chopped onion and celery-delicious!
The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 4.0 star rating.
Reviewed on Jul. 20, 2009 by William Malady   view full review
What I did was instead of pouring it over the ball was to make it into a ball then to make a...
The reviewer gave this recipe 3 stars. This recipe averages a 4.0 star rating.
Reviewed on Dec. 19, 2005 by JANEDANSBURY   view full review
Sorry, but this just didn't quite make it. cream cheese and sour cream overpowered the...
The reviewer gave this recipe 2 stars. This recipe averages a 4.0 star rating.
Reviewed on Jun. 22, 2009 by Hayley   view full review
This recipe turned out terribly. That much sour cream prevents the ball from taking form, and...

 

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