Cheese Spread Dice

Total Time: 8 hrs Preparation Time: 8 hrs

Ingredients

• 3 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese, softened,divided
• 2 cups shredded italian cheese blend or 2 cups mozzarella cheese
• 1/2 cup finely chopped yellow sweet onion
• 1 tablespoon worcestershire sauce
• 1 tablespoon minced fresh basil
• 1 teaspoon garlic powder
• 2 dashes tabasco sauce, to taste
• 1 teaspoon milk (plus additional tsp if necessary for spreadable quality)
• 8 medium pitted ripe black olives

Recipe

• 1 in a mixing bowl, combine two packages of the cream cheese, shredded cheese, onion, worcestershire, basil, garlic powder, and tabasco.
• 2 line a 8-inch by 4-inch by 2-inch loaf pan with plastic wrap.
• 3 press cream cheese mixture into pan; cover and refrigerate overnight.
• 4 remove chilled cheese mixture from pan; cut in half width-wise and stack one on top of the other on a serving plate to make a cube.
• 5 in a mixing bowl, beat milk and remaining cream cheese until smooth and spread over cube.
• 6 cut olives in half and arrange on top and sides to decorate the cubes like dice.
• 7 serve with crackers.