Categories: cheese balls, dips, salsa

Ingredients

• 2 (8oz.) pkg. cream cheese, softened
• 1/4 cup powdered sugar
• 1 (6oz.) pkg. sweetened dried cranberries, divided
• 1 (15 1/2 oz.) can crushed pineapple
• 1 (11oz.) can mandarin oranges
• 1 (3 1/2 oz.) can shredded coconut, divided
• 1 cup chopped pecans, toasted
• 8 pecan halves, toasted

Directions

1. Stir together cream cheese and sugar until blended. Add dries cranberries, reserving

2. 1/4 cup cranberries.

3. Drain pineapple and oranges; pat dry between layers of paper towels. Set oranges aside.
4. Stir pineapple and coconut into cream cheese mixture, reserving 1/4 cup coconut. Stir in chopped pecans. Spoon mixture into a serving bowl.
5. Sprinkle reserved dried cranberries around edges of bowl. Arrange orange sections around inside edge of cranberries. Sprinkle reserved 1/4 cup coconut min center, top with pecan halves. Serve with gingersnaps.

6. makes 24 appitizers

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