Confetti Cookie Dough Ball is the best kind of New Year’s Eve ball drop! Keep me home and let me dive on into this while snuggled up on the couch with a good book. Kids love this one, and it is also great to make and take as it transports easily. Use your favorite dippers of choice.

Ingredients

12 ounces cream cheese spread
¼ cup butter, softened
¾ cup brown sugar
½ teaspoon vanilla
¼ teaspoon almond extract
1 cup mini chocolate chips
Sprinkles
For serving: Nilla wafers, pretzels, strawberries

Directions

Using a mixer, beat cream cheese and butter. Add brown sugar and vanilla. Fold in mini chocolate chips. Lay a piece of plastic wrap on counter and scrap mixture onto it. With your hands form into a ball. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate at least 3 hours. Pour sprinkles into a small bowl. Reshape ball if needed. Transfer to serving platter and press sprinkles to cover it. Serve with Nilla Wafers, pretzels or strawberries.

(Ashley Madden Rowton is a wife, mom and published cookbook author who lives in Minden, La.)