"Trick or Treat" Nacho Pumpkin-shaped Cheese Ball

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      Forget the trick, everyone at our birthdaydinner club thought Betty Krenger’s Nacho Pumpkin-shaped Cheese Ball was atreat! She found the recipe in a magainze and bought the Halloween coloredchips locally.       It’s the perfect Halloween appetizer orsnack. But, if you saved some of the orange chips, it could be made forThanksgiving too, and served with either regular tortilla chips or with crackers.
NachoPumpkin-shaped Cheese Ball2 (8 oz.) pkgs. cream cheese, room temperature
1½ cups shredded Cheddar cheese3 tablespoons minced onions
1 teaspoon jalapeño, seeded & minced
2 teaspoons ground cumin
2 tablespoons salsa1 nice-looking stem from a squash or pumpkin, or use the stemfrom a green pepper12 orange colored tortillas, crushed
-------Black colored tortilla chips, for serving
1.    Put all ingredients, except black tortillachips, into the bowl of a mixer, and blend thoroughly. 2.    Form into a pumpkin-like shape, and refrigerateuntil firm, about two hours. 3.    Before serving, roll the cheese ball in thecrushed orange colored tortillas. 4.    Arrange the cheese ball on a plate, and pressthe stem into the top.5.    Serve with black colored tortillas