Jack-O-Lantern Cheese Ball(Childrens Treat) - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 cups shredded Cheddar cheese
4 oz. cream cheese, softened
1/4 cup solid pack pumpkin
1/4 cup pineapple preserves
1/8 tsp. ground allspice
1/4 tsp. ground nutmeg
1 pretzel rod, broken in half
dark rye bread
red bell pepper
black olive, sliced
assorted crackers

Preparation

Beat cheese, pumpkin, preserves and spices in medium bowl until smooth. Cover and refrigerate 2 or 3 hours, or until cheese is firm enough to shape. Shape into round pumpkin. Place on serving plate. Using knife, score vertical lines down pumpkin. Place pretzel
rod in top for stem. Cut bread into triangles for eyes and black olive slices curved upwards to form smile. Cut red pepper in one triangle for nose and two for ears.