This S’mores Cheese Ball is filled with all of the flavors of s’mores in a fun party dessert. Serve with graham crackers and watch it get devoured!
I love a good s’mores inspired treat! Skip the campfire and try these S’mores Muffins or these Indoor S’mores.
One of my most popular posts to date is the Red Velvet Cheese Ball that I made back in February.
And ever since I made it, the wheels in my brain have been turning with different flavor combinations that could be made just as easily. And now I’m only sad that it has taken me this long to actually try a different version.
Because really, this is one of the easiest recipes ever. No baking, (yay for summer!), and very little hands on time. I used my KitchenAid stand mixer, but you could seriously just mix this by hand.
The flavor combination that kept popping to the forefront of my mind was s’mores. S’mores are all the rage these days – and it’s understandable. What could be better than chocolate, graham crackers and marshmallow?
Ingredients
- Cream Cheese: I would suggest using full fat cream cheese. Reduced fat seems to be a bit softer and makes it so that the cheese ball won’t hold up as well.
- Butter: I like to use unsalted, but if you like a touch of saltiness with your sweet, salted butter would work just fine.
- Cake Mix: You’ll want a chocolate cake mix. I typically use devil’s food or milk chocolate, but any chocolate will work.
- Brown Sugar and Powdered Sugar: I like the mixture of both of these sugars to sweeten up the cheese ball.
- Mini Marshmallows: I just use regular mini marshmallows, but you could also use marshmallow bits.
- Graham Crackers: You’ll want some graham crackers to crush into crumbs, as well as more graham crackers for serving.
How to Make a S’mores Cheese Ball
Read the recipe card below for the full instructions.
- Beat the cream cheese and the butter together well.
- Add in the cake mix and both sugars and mix well. Stir in the marshmallows.
- Lay out a piece of plastic wrap, then scoop the mixture out.
- Wrap in the plastic wrap, forming a ball. Refrigerate this for at least 2 hours.
- Place the crushed graham crackers on a plate, then remove the cheese ball from the refrigerator and unwrap.
- Roll the ball in the crumbs to adhere the crumbs to the outside, then serve with more graham crackers.
Tips and Tricks
There is a small chance that the dry cake mix can contain harmful bacteria. If you are concerned about this, you can heat treat the mix before using. To do this, you can microwave the cake mix to 160ºF before using.
You can refrigerate this for as little as 2 hours, but I will usually make it the day before serving it.
I left the graham cracker crumbs pretty large, but you could make these as fine or as big as you’d like.
More Cheese Ball Recipes
Cannoli Cheese Ball
Cheese Ball Recipe
Southwest Cheese Ball
Red Velvet Cheese Ball
S’mores Cheeseball
Ingredients
- 8 oz cream cheese at room pretty
- 1/2 cup butter at room temperature
- 1 1/2 cups dry chocolate cake mix dry*
- 2 tablespoons brown sugar
- 1/2 cup powdered sugar
- 2 1/2 cups mini marshmallows
- 3 whole graham crackers broken into crumbs
- Graham crackers for serving
Instructions
- In the bowl of a stand mixer (or with a hand mixer), beat the cream cheese and butter together until smooth. Add in the cake mix, the brown sugar, and the powdered sugar. Beat until smooth and combined.
- Turn the mixture out onto a piece of plastic wrap. (I like to use 2 pieces layer over each other intersecting in the middle.) Wrap the ball up in the plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 2 hours.
- Put the crushed graham crackers on a plate or in a shallow dish. Remove the cheese ball from the refrigerator and unwrap. Roll the ball in the graham cracker crumbs. Place the ball on a serving plate and serve with more graham crackers for serving.
Jenna says
A co-worker made this and everyone raved over it. Another co-worker made it a couple weeks later for us to have again at work! Delish!
Amber O. says
Does anyone know if you can freeze this? My son’s first birthday party is this coming weekend and I’m trying to make as much stuff ahead of time as possible!
Deborah says
I haven’t tried freezing it, so I’m not exactly sure how it would turn out. I would probably freeze it without adding the graham crackers, and then just roll the ball before serving. If you do try it, let me know how it turns out!
Kat Patterson says
Made this and it was WAY too sweet and even my husband who likes things 10 times as sweet as I do agreed. The marshmallows also made the cheeseball very hard to get a portion of and place on the graham crackers. Going to be making the red velvet cheeseball recipe for Valentine’s Day and I hope that the marshmallows were the issue but seriously contemplating cutting the powdered sugar amount in half or completely out?
danielle says
Making this for a get-together today. Can’t wait to try it!
Heather of Kitchen Concoctions says
I loved your red velvet cheese ball and I love this one even more (self proclaimed s’mores freak hear!!)! I think I am going to have to whip this up and feature it as part of my 2nd annual s’mores week, coming in a few weeks!
sally @ sallys baking addiction says
Deborah, this looks TO DIE for! I’ve seen the peanut butter ball all over interest… with peanut butter and chocolate chips but S’MORES? So creative! I just love it. Especially for summertime!
Averie @ Averie Cooks says
This looks so good and I’ve been eyeing all kinds of party balls lately from peanut butter to red velvet….now smores! I need to throw a party just to make this thing. Must have guests to help with this one 🙂
Steph@PlainChicken.com says
I need to make this. I wonder how it would work with chocolate cream cheese…….. I must find out. Looks incredibly delicious!
Anna @ hiddenponies says
LOVE this! Funny how s’mores are so “in”…I have a s’mores recipe for later this week too, so I am totally on that bandwagon 🙂
Jennifer | Mother Thyme says
Brilliant! I have been seriously craving s’mores and this looks like it would hit the spot. Love this!
Joanne says
This probably won’t even make it out of my kitchen, let alone to my next bbq dessert table! Amazing!
Mrs. L says
I have such a soft spot for anything smore’ish!
Cara says
I’ve always been a huge fan of s’mores 🙂 I am quite certain I wouldn’t be able to resist this!
Kristy says
This is perfect for the kids’ bday BBQ this summer!